Just saw this chart in an FT article about Malaysia: Not good! Also, they seem to have taken a bigger hit than Brazil as well: But Brazilians might beat their own record in the first quarter of 2009, as a thrifty American consumer and less demand for oil have hit Brazil hard. Overall exports fe...

When a friend emailed me to post something about Indonesian National Companies, I was stunned at myself that actually, i missed out putting them in my previous entries. I think, it is time for me to post something about Indonesian Companies, particularly on those who already gained international rec...

Ever since camera has become a common feature in mobile phones, we are used to see how fast the mobile manufacturers increase the number of megapixels in camera. I still remember clearly my first mobile phone with camera; the Nokia 7650. The 640x480 pixels (VGA) camera in it was considered the '...

Do you know the secret in stock trades, or in comedy? For you who work as an investment broker or a comedian, you know exactly the answer: timing. And that’s probably is the same answer for Palm in order to rise from the ashes of doubts, and from the grim preliminary 3rd Quarter of Fiscal Year 200...

What really concern a big guy like Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Windows Mobile competing with Apple’s iPhone & RIM’s BlackBerry? It’s not the handsets themselves that worries him, let’s just hear what he said during a midyear update with analysts on last Tuesday: "The truth of the...

Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry You don't know how lovely you are I had to find you Tell you I need you Tell you I've set you apart Tell me your secrets And ask me your questions Oh, let's go back to the start Running in circles Coming up tails Heads on the science apart Some...

I am very sure, Indonesians at my age and above were very much hit in the financial crisis in 1997-1998. No, it wasn’t only financial crisis. Our government administration also lost the mandate, and the country was in a big chaos, worst than in 1965. The wave of the crisis was felt across the arch...

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Psychedelic bouncing fish ‘discovered’ in Indonesia A funky, psychedelic fish that bounces on the ocean floor like a rubber ball has been classified as a new species, a scientific journal reported. The frogfish — which has a swirl of tan and peach zebra stripes that extend from its aqu...

A price comparison website called Moneysupermarket.com did a research and found surprising facts that over a third of Brits would prefer a mobile phone that's just used for calling and texting over a smartphone. James Parker, manager of mobiles at Moneysupermarket.com, said (vi...