Here is my first edited video of pictures of nature plus music by Mozart. It is just a short clip that is done by me. It is a milestone to my blogging venture and I have always wanted to edit and create short movies with music to Youtube. Since I am still using Streamyx, I [...]
Archive for March, 2010
How to Train your Dragon – 2010 3D Movie
March 27th, 2010 
Diana It’s in 3-D and it’s gorgeous animation. But what really matters is the story. And it’s a good one. At first it seems the main story is about a Viking colony equally distant from nowhere, which is being constantly attacked by a wide variety of marauding dragons. It’s a full time job trying to keep [...]
N-Viro International Corporation develops Renewable Energy
March 26th, 2010 Diana There are ways to create alternative energy from waste. This is a brilliant idea that not many people are aware of. You might like to know that a company by the name of N-Viro International Corporation develops and licenses its technology to municipalities and private companies. Their patented processes use lime and/or mineral-rich, combustion byproducts [...]
Highest Concentration of Millionaires in Singapore
March 25th, 2010 Diana Thanks to the global economic crisis, wealth destruction has slashed the net worth of the rich all over. Singapore, however, has managed to stay on top with the highest concentration of millionaires. According to a report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 8.5 per cent of Singapore households had more than US$1 million (RM3.5 million) [...]
Alice in Wonderland (2010 film in 3D)
March 22nd, 2010 Diana Alice in Wonderland is a 2010 fantasy adventure film directed by Tim Burton, written by Linda Woolverton, and starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen and Stephen Fry. It is an extension of Lewis Carroll’s novels Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The film uses a [...]
Top 10 Biggest Malaysian Stocks
March 19th, 2010 Diana Maybank’s market value of RM52.45bil means it is still the most valuable stock on Bursa Malaysia ahead of Sime Darby Bhd at RM52.22bil. CIMB, with a market value of RM49.94bil yesterday, currently ranks third, a notch above Public Bank Bhd. Public Bank, the share price of which slipped six sen from a record to close [...]
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No Comments »Socso has more than RM15b in accumulated assets
March 15th, 2010 Diana The Social Security Organisation (Socso) is working on a pension scheme for members. Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said yesterday he hoped the scheme would be implemented by the middle of next year. He said Socso has been directed to conduct studies on two pension schemes — one for retirees and the other [...]
Malaysia has most number of billionaires in South-East Asia
March 13th, 2010 Diana Malaysia has the most number of billionaires in South-East Asia with tycoon Tan Sri Robert Kuok leading the pack as the 33rd richest man in the world with a net worth of US$14.5bil (RM48.1bil). The former Sugar King, 86, was among nine Malaysians who made it into the 2010 Forbes List of the World’s Billionaires [...]
Malaysian Fixed Deposit Rates on the Rise as of 11 March 2010
March 11th, 2010 Diana Depositors will be getting higher returns for their savings as banks raise interest rates for fixed deposits (FD) in tandem with the rise in lending rates. In a telephone survey, StarBiz found that most banking groups, with the exception of EON Capital Bhd, and Alliance Financial Group Bhd (AFG), had already increased their FD rates [...]
EPF declares 5.65% payout after a sound performance
March 8th, 2010 Diana The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has declared a dividend of 5.65% for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2009, an increase of 1.15 percentage points over the 4.50% paid out for 2008. The dividend rate was declared on the back of the highest ever net income achieved of RM19.63bil, an increase of 34.82% from the [...]
