Ipoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

At the heart of Kinta Valley. The capital city of the state of Perak. An opposition stronghold. Factory of brilliant people. Desolated through emigration of its inhabitants to other parts of the country and overseas. Yet... it is forever remembered by its people.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Aggresive Mittal against Archelor
Tycoon Lakshmi Mittal made a swift move by offering bid $23bil for rival Archelor's hostile takeover within the next 2 weeks. Despite Archelor's corporate structure re-organization and Dofasco's spin-off, and 5bil euros dividend payout to shareholders, Mittal is still making his great endevours of this world's 2nd largest steelmaker cum rival's takeover.

Skype says no "Falun Gong" and "Dalai Lama"
Text message's censorship by Skype is just another business regulation compliance. Is Niklas Zennstrom really playing footsie with dictators?

Apple is buoyant with $410mil profit on iPod sales
Continouosly yet without suprise. Sales of $4.36bil; profits of $410mil for the 1Q 2006. Revenues were up 35% y-o-y, while net profit grew 41%, thanks to 61% increase of iPod's sales, or 8.5mil units. Mac sales increased by 4% to 1.1mil units.

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