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December 12, 2009

Hans Rosling: Asia's Rise - How and When

via ted.com

I watched this video a little over 2 weeks ago and I was fascinated by Mr. Rosling's presentation to when exactly will Asia (specifically China and India) dominate the world economically and be on-par with the current economic powerhouses (USA, Europe, Japan).

Should you want to know more after this video, you can check out Han's Rosling's gapminder.org and his twitter: twitter.com/hansro

I checked out the countries of South East Asia on gapminder.org. Such a big economic loss we (Malaysians) endurered in 1997, and how Singapore grew drastically to reach the upper echelon of developed countries of the world during the 90's.

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November 8, 2006

Congress Drills US Big 3 Automakers

The big 3 automakers of the US has requested for a US$25 Billion bailout to prevent the entire industry from failing - from manufaturing, retailing, and suppliers of auto accessories. I watched on CNN how Representative Paul Kanjorski drilled GM’s CEO, Richard Wagoner. And read of how the 3 CEOs each flew to Washington to ask for money, then getting bashed for not downgrading to first class commercial, or even jetpool to Washington.

Very true. You’re asking for an immediate operational bailout from the government, and you don’t streamline your expenditure. Nor have the plan, or the will to sell your private jet. I watched the video posted on their website; gmfactsandfiction.com and just had two thoughts;

1. Sympathy card - Please call congress (our loaners) and help us loan money!
2. Data manipulation - Facts and figures are industry wide, and the bailout is only for the big 3. Drumming up the disaster scale aren’t we?

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