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Thanks to Teh on his timely AIG coverage.AIA Malaysia, AIG General Insurance M’sia reassure policyholders AIA chief: It’s business as usualAIA: Local ops strong, well capitalisedInsurer …
Hypothetically…Imagine, you’ve been running the Organisation for 50 years, together with your board of directors. In the meeting, you’ve been calling the shots, signing the cheques and throwing the boardroom parties.Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Of course, in the midst of the celebrations, it was easily dismissible as your annoying secretary. Then …
I get lots of emails from readers on how to manage their personal finance. Some are just general question such as whether to clear up their debt with the cash they have or just to dump it all in an investment that gives higher return than the loan. For your information, the answer to that ...
Amidst heavy retrenchments and downsizing, a kind friend from Singapore emailed that Lucasfilm Animation Singapore is looking out for talents to fill up some openings and recruiting people to join the Jedi Masters Program.More details here.
Question (Q): Forty or Fourty?Answer (A): Forty.Q: Ten Cent or Ten Cents?A: Ten Cents.Q: Thirty or thirthy?A: Thirty.Q: Can I write sen instead of cent?A: Yes.Q: Is it cheque or check?A: “Cheque” if you are following the Brits, “Check” if you are following the Yankees.Q: Will my unsigned cheque be used?A: Yes, if that person ...
This is a good time to get the books you have been saving for.
Here’s a brief run through of the mini-budget, proposed by the Ministry of Finance.Total Stimulus: RM60 Billion RM15 billion: Fiscal Injection RM25 billion: Guarantee Funds RM 10 billion: Equity Investment RM 7 billion: Private Finance Initiative RM 3 billion: Tax IncentivesImplementation Timeline: 2009-20102009 GDP Forecast: -1% to 1%Fiscal Deficit: 4.8% ...
I can’t help but ponder on this article highlighted in The Edge Daily:Malaysians are world’s 6th largest SMS usersMalaysia ranks sixth in the world in terms of total SMS volume, behi …
Yup, if my memory serves me right, Amanah Saham Wawasan (ASW2020) did not issue any new units in the year 2008. I only remembered them declaring distribution last year.So, the news is out that PNB will be launching 3.30 billion units of (Amanah Saham Malaysia) ASM effectively today and 2 billion units of ASW2020 on ...
Centennial Max Plan is Great Eastern’s latest Investment-linked plan, and it’s the first plan that offers 100% Capital Protection. The investment period is 5 years.What this means is that if you invest RM 50,000, it would still at least be RM 50,000 five years later when the fund matures.The fund manager for this fund is ...
Speciality is gaining the most from the least.Commodity is gaining the least from the most.It’s a decision you have to make. Making it clear in advance will allow you to plan your strategy much more efficiently.Doing both at the same time will just be draining resources and causes unnecessary confusion in the organisation.
Blog Series Title: Insurance Buying GuideTable of ContentIntroductionPart 1: Needs or WantsPart 2: Comprehensiveness of Coverage 2.1 Personal Accident 2.2 Medical and Hospitalization …
Another scandal, which like any other scandals before this (e.g. InventQ Jaya scandal) , will be forgotten in time.Mavcap, MDeC clarify positions on Entellium scandalby Nadia S HassanKUALA LUMPUR: Multimedia Development Corp Sdn Bhd (MDeC) and Malaysian Venture Capital Management Bhd (Mavcap) are still mulling over what course of action to take over disgraced American ...
In the credit card industry, people who pays off their balance on time every month is labelled “deadbeat”.People who carries monthly debts are “revolvers”.But other consumers, like actor and author Ben Stein, use plastic purely for convenience. While it would appear that Stein — who says he charges a small fortune every month on his ...
Blog Series Title: Insurance Buying GuideTable of ContentIntroductionPart 1: Needs or WantsPart 2: Comprehensiveness of Coverage 2.1 Personal Accident 2.2 Medical and Hospitalization …
After barely a month migrating away from my previous webhost- Exabytes, I noticed that my PageRank (PR) is back to where it was again: 3.I lost my PR mysteriously sometime at the end of February this year. Since then, all the pages on Meshio.com were either PR 0 or PR Unavailable. I am pretty sure ...
The most downloaded PDF booklet from Meshio.com is now available in the 2nd Edition.The first edition was introduced sometime in February 2007.So what’s new in the 2nd Edition? Main addition is the “Wallet Damage” section, where for each diseases, I have included the amount of money needed for the treatment. I’ve touched up the layout ...
MSC Malaysia StatusThe MSC Malaysia status is your passport to a host of privileges reserved for ICT and ICT-facilitated business. It is also a mark of world-class service and achievement. Companies with the MSC Malaysia status will benefit from an array of world class facilities and premises that provide just the right environment for a ...
Over here in the peaceful Malaysia, free from the volcano rings and twisters of Asia, the closest we ever came to a real natural disaster was the Asian Tsunami where the hardest hit places were mainly up north, which claimed 68 lives.Of course, those figures paled in comparison to victims of “man-made disasters” such as ...
I had a bad time when visiting one of the KFC branch few days back, and decided to give the KFC people my piece of mind. My original email was sent to:customerservice@kfc.com.my (Email bounced…)customercomplaint@kfc.com.my (Email bounced…)camaris.kiat@kfcholdings.com.my (From a phone call, I gather he’s the Customer Complaint Head. No response since the …



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