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Who says that its no fun at the Petronas Philharmonic Concert Hall!!! I am definitely going to be there for at least two shows highlighted below.Btw, don’t you think Ramli Sarip sports an uncanny resemblance to Rocky Bru (A. Attan)??!! See you there!POPS SERIES 12 & 13 March 2010 8.30PM Showstoppers Mala……
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Well, I got a lot of feedback on the CEO issue following my mentioning of Nazir Razak. There have been naysayers who reminded me that the family name and connections played a significant part. I have to say that there are plenty of people who got to the top with just connections and by having the right family name - but the crux is what do you with it. I have extended the list, its not just GLCs C……
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What’s the difference between a good CEO and a great one? In Malaysia there are not many great CEOs for sure. Many of our top companies are still family controlled companies, and generally its very rare to get family members that are also great CEOs. Family owned enterprises are usually started by a great entrepreneur but as you mushroom into a listed company, many have problems in letting go. An……
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Their forays into property and other local projects pale into insignificance when its the South luzon expressway project that keeps taking all their time and resources. It is obviously an increasingly attractive asset with multitude of partners. It got litigious probably because it is so attractive now and they are being muscled out.Dec 23 2009 / The Edge: MTD Capital Bhd, which received a restrai……
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REITs continued to be bought up aggressively as the deep discounts saw many funds taking the plunge to buy for value and recovery. Commercial properties are still a long way off to normalisation but its gratifying to see activity there, and the returns for the past 12 months was nearly 100%.The trend in February was again one of posting a wide range of results and a shifting pattern of winners and……
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Credit Suisse is organising its annual Asian Investment Conference on March 22-24 in HK. Let’s see if you can suss anything wrong with that. Keynote Speakers Keynote Speakers (listed in order of appearance) Kamal Nath, Minister for Road Transport and Highways, India Korn Chatikavanij, Finance Minister of Thailand Martin Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Pr……
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Coincidentally, KLGCC is holding the Malaysian Open golf tournament the same weekend, which started yesterday. While SDCCC has more than 500 car park bays, a number of them would have been taken up by those watching the golf next door. Hence you may have to park inside the building if the open air car spaces have been taken up.There will be refreshments and notes on the talk will be handed out at ……
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Asian countries fearing a disastrous US-style property bubble are striving to cool down their real-estate markets as the region powers out of the global financial crisis. Policymakers are worried that excessive exuberance could push property prices far above their real value, only to crash and bring down with them banks that lent money too freely and individuals who borrowed beyond their means. “I……
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Further updates to Salvador Dali Mutual Fund (SMF) at Marketocracy. Beating the S&P500 by 52.04 percentage points for the last 12 months.Previous update: http://malaysiafinance.blogspot.com/2010/02/marketocracy-portfolio-updated-february.html SMF m100 S&P 500 DJIA Nasdaq Graph Period: [7 Days] [30 Days] [90 Days] [6 Mont……
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