Sabtu, 12 November 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


Najib’s magic trick for 13th GE

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 06:22 AM PST

Mariam Mokhtar | November 11, 2011 Free Malaysia Today The rakyat should support calls for the 13th general election to be postponed until after ALL the recommendations (on electoral reforms) have been implemented. COMMENT Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's flurry of reforms in the last couple of months, raises disturbing questions about his desire to [...]

Wrap-Up: Italy braces for new govt, IMF warns Asia on euro fallout

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 05:17 AM PST

Reuters Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:16pm EST By Barry Moody and George Georgiopoulos Italy lower house set to vote on cuts, new govt seen by Sunday ROME/ATHENS, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Italy’s parliament was set to approve austerity measures on Saturday, triggering the formation of an emergency government to replace that of Prime Minister Silvio [...]

‘Rosmah, a thorn in Najib’s side’

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 04:05 AM PST

Tarani Palani | November 11, 2011 Free Malaysia Today Umno grassroots members wish BN would lose at the polls just so her antics and extravagant lifestyle can be toned down, says the author of ‘Kesilapan-kesilapan Najib’. KUALA LUMPUR: The author of "Kesilapan-kesilapan Najib" (Najib's Mistakes), Shahbudin Husin, said Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak should step [...]

Now Italy – What’s Next

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 03:57 AM PST

by Alex Lee 10th November 2011 After seeing his parliamentary majority decline further in a routine vote earlier today, Italian PM Berlusconi offered to resign once Parliament approves new austerity measures, possibly towards the end of next week. We see three possible outcomes at this delicate stage, with different implications for the BTP market and [...]

First Greece, Now Italy, Who’s Next?: Analyzing The Sovereign Debt Default Chain

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 11:28 PM PST

by: Nicholas Pardini November 11, 2011 Starting in May of 2011, the extent of the global sovereign debt crisis began to hit the equity markets. Greece was first, then Portugal, then Ireland, and now Italy has become the focus of the financial markets and a source of macroeconomic weakness. However, these countries are simply the [...]

Has Italy passed the point of no return?

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 11:03 PM PST

By Nick Thompson 2011-11-09 CNN.com (CNN) — Europe’s financial crisis claimed its second scalp in three days when Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi announced he will step down after parliament approves new austerity measures in an effort to stave off economic collapse. The scandal-plagued prime minister will follow his Greek counterpart George Papandreou into early retirement as [...]

The RM250 million National Feedlot Centre (NFC) scandal – “shouldn’t someone go to jail”?

Posted: 11 Nov 2011 10:38 PM PST

In his new book on the world's latest financial crisis hotspots, "Boomerang: Travels In the New Third World", journalist Michael Lewis wrote about how the then new Greek Minister of Finance George Papaconstantinou found out when he took office in October 2009 that his country had cooked its deficit figures with a budget deficit of [...]

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