Archive for January, 2010
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Business Insider reported in September 2009 that some people managed to weather the storm of the recession particularly well.
It listed the folllowing 25 people: Doug Kass, Jamie Dimon, John Paulson, Sallie Krawcheck, Sheila Bair, Mary Schapiro, Ben Bernanke, Governor Jim Douglas, Steve Jobs, Alan Mulally, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Mike Bloomberg, Andy Beal, Andrew Hall, Mike Duke, Jim Skinner, Kristin Gilbertson, James Chanos, Harry Markopolos, Mark Cuban, Frank Quattrone, Gregory Reyes, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, Elizabeth Warren.
What do you think? Some of them are world famous, some rings a quiet bell, and some you’ve never heard of. But they all have at least one thing in common: agents would be scrambling to give them insurance quotes.
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
It was reported by the BBC on 21st January 2010 that The Tonight Show’s host Conan O’Brien, 46 would be paid USD45 million to stop working and let veteran Jay Leno, 59 come back to the programme which he had hosted for 17 years previously.
He’d been the host for a mere 7 months.
Personally, he’d get USD33 million, the rest to be paid to members of his staff.
USD33 million – that works out to be about USD4.7 million a month – that’s a staggering RM15 million!
Mr O’Brien might never need to work again, but after some time he’d surely get restless and could try to try something new like going into
pet franchise.
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
According to Hot Jobs @ yahoo.com, the top 5 interview myths are:
ONE
Be prepared with a list of questions to ask at the close of the interview.
TWO
Do not show weakness in an interview: this one is my favourite myth. How to tackle it, reveal ONE genuine flaw (eg, I’m addicted to wrinkle lotions), explain that you are striving to get over it, detail how you’re going to do it, then stop and move on.
THREE
Be sure to point out all of your strengths and skills to the employer.
FOUR
Let the employer know your salary expectations.
FIVE
The employer determines whether or not you get the job.
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
It was reported in The Star on 14th January 2010 that the top 3 financial worries of the average Malaysian are cost of living, salary changes and personal debt.
Topping the worry league is cost of living, with 69% of survey respondents saying they were “extremely concerned”. The other 2 scored 62% and 59% respectively.
That means things like worrying about the value of retirement funds, fluctuating interest rates and diet pill side effects took back seats.
The survey was conducted on 5,520 people 18 to 65 years old.
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
A few days ago, it was reported in the Malaysian press that for her 31st birthday, the nation’s no.1 singer Datuk Siti Nurhaliza Taruddin received a relatively modest RM40,000 Louis Vuitton handbag from her husband Datuk Seri Khalid Mohamad Jiwa, more popularly known as Datuk K.
A RM40,000 bag for your birthday would be already extraordinary for any other person, but consider the fact that last year she got an RM800,000 Mercedes Benz, together with a Richard Mille wristwatch costing a whopping RM200,000.
*shakes head*
However, at this rate of pampering, sooner or later his present could include weight loss products!
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
The BBC reported on 13th January 2010 that video game Modern Warfare 2 has joined the elite club of entertainment franchises to rake in in excess of USD1 billion in revenue.
Wow, the game makers could surely give its employees phentermine without a prescription free of charge!
It’s simply mind boggling: in it’s first 5 days it made more than USD500 million!
The other members of the billion-dollar club are:
(i) Guitar Hero III (game)
(ii) World of Warcraft (game)
(iii) Avatar (movie)
(iv) Titanic (movie), at USD1.8 billion the all-time champion
(v) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (movie)
(vi) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (movie)
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
It was reported by the BBC on 13th January 2010 that Alan Ellis, 26 of the UK received USD18,000 a month in “donations” from users who used his pirate music website, Oink. These users paid so that they can invite their friends to join in.
USD18K per month! That is more than enough to get the most effective weight loss pills in the world!
At its peak had 200,000 members and recorded 21 million downloads.
It was shut down in 2007.
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Malaysia’s most popular employers among job-seekers was revealed at Malaysia’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers Awards 2009.
At the top is PriceWaterhouseCoopers, edging out the 2008 winner, Shell. In fact, Shell finished 3rd this time, behind Ernst & Young.
The top 50:
1. PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia
2. Ernst & Young
3. Shell Malaysia
4. KPMG
5. Sime Darby Bhd
6. Bank Negara Malaysia
7. ExxonMobil
8. Deloitte
9. ASTRO
10. Berjaya Corporation Bhd
11. Schlumberger WTA (M) Sdn Bhd
12. BDO Binder Chartered Accountants
13. Accenture
14. IBM Malaysia Sdn Bhd
15. Hilton Kuala Lumpur
16. CIMB Group
17. Maybank
18. BMW (M) Sdn Bhd
19. HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd
20. Public Bank Bhd
21. Media Prima Bhd
22. Citibank Bhd
23. Intel Malaysia Sdn Bhd
24. Bursa Malaysia
25. Marriott Hotels & Resorts
26. Dell Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd
27. Sony (M) Sdn Bhd
28. Chemical Company of Malaysia Bhd (CCM)
29. Microsoft (M) Sdn Bhd
30. Hong Leong Group Malaysia
31. Maxis Communications Bhd
32. Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd
33. Gamuda Bhd
34. The Sunway Group
35. GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Sdn Bhd
36. DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd
37. Celcom (Malaysia) Bhd
38. Honda Malaysia
39. Telekom Malaysia Bhd
40. MISC Bhd
41. Hewlett-Packard Technology (M) Sdn Bhd
42. Genting Malaysia Bhd
43. Freescale Semiconductor (M) Sdn Bhd
44. Star Publications (M) Bhd
45. Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB)
46. Ericsson (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
47. SJ Grant Thornton
48. Titan Chemicals Corp Bhd
49. Siemens (M) Sdn Bhd
50. Pfizer (M) Sdn Bhd
I think it’s safe to say that these companies are also among those offering the biggest pay packages, so those needing it don’t have to worry about getting the best weight loss diet pills.
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
As was reported in The Star on 9th November 2009, the most expensive number plate in Malaysia is for a car registered in the state of Terengganu and owned by a businessman in another state: Johor.
The number: TAN 1
Price: RM200,090
Whoa, he’s got bigger worries than blackheads on nose!
This is way higher than the minimum price for a “Premier Value Number”: RM2,000. There are other lower categories, “Interesting Number” (goes for a minumum of RM800) and “Popular Number” at RM200.
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
China, still one of the world’s poorest countries, yet the world’s biggest steel maker, leapfrogged Germany in 2009 to become the top exporter in the world.
Its export’s total value was USD1.2 trillion, edging Germany’s USD1.17 trillion.
This is another signal of its meteoritic rise.
Still, it has to be noted that China has 1.3 billion people, compared to Germany’s mere 80 million.
And that China focuses on low tech goods, in contrast with Germany’s high tech products.
Having said that, this shows that the Chinese, with their agility and low cost have managed to keep selling overseas even with the drop in worldwide demand.
China beat Germany into 4th place in 2007 in the biggest economy league. It could well be the world’s no.2 economy this year, edging out Japan.
Now, I wonder whether that means car prices worldwide are set to drop?
Source
yahoo.com, 10 Jan 2010
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