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What a year 2008 has been!
Exactly a year ago, whoever would have thought 2008 could bring with it so much financial turmoil?
Whoever would have thought we would all be ending the year with a quiet pessimistic whimper as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930s continues to pull down the [...]

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The 2008 financial crisis has been a terribly far-reaching one throughout the entire industry. While many thought the collapse of banks was partly their own fault, the reality and effects of the crisis are painfully sinking in when Britain’s most loved retailer, Woolworths, closed its doors for the last time after over 100 years of business.
Although it was [...]

The scariest part of the World Economic Crisis is starting to hit.
The recent talk about US debt surpassing US$10 trillion, about Wall Street collapsing and big banks falling although scary was a little too big to comprehend and a little far removed for the average man on the street. Unfortunately, the ripples of this recession [...]

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The Malaysian Government announced a RM7 billion stimulus package for the Malaysian economy after cutting its economic growth forecast for 2009 from 5.4% to 3.5% (source). Some of the goodies this package offered were RM1.5 billion Investment Funds, RM1.2 billion of low and medium cost houses, RM600 million to upgrade roads, bridges and community [...]