The pace of contraction in exports from the level a year ago eased at   —19.8%YoY (Jul-09: -22.9%YoY) but the pace of contraction in imports rose to a sharper —18.6%YoY (Jul-09: —16.2%YoY). Signs of a strong recovery are not yet evident. We have previously said that we shall have to wait out Sep-09 before a more [...]

The Asian property sector started slowing down sometime in 2007 and remained weak in 2008 due to the slowdown in the global economy and the cautious state of investors after the crash of the United States housing market. The meltdown resulted in the collapse of several large banking and financial institutions in the United States [...]

Born    : February 23, 1965 in Houston, Texas, U.S. Education        : University of Texas, Austin, 1983–1984 Occupation      : CEO and founder, Dell, Inc. Net Worth       : Above $12.3 Billion (2009) Religious         : Judaism Spouse(s)         : Susan Dell He’s Michael Dell, the CEO of Dell Computers and one of the greatest entrepreneur of this [...]

In the year 1919, an entrepreneur from California named Roy Allen purchased a root beer formula from a pharmacist in Arizona, mixed up a batch of creamy root beer and sold the first frosty mug of this delightful beverage for five cents. Now, eighty-six years later, A&W Root Beer is still made fresh daily and [...]

Born    : March 29, 1918(1918-03-29) in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, U.S. Died    : April 5, 1992 (aged 74)in Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. Occupation      : Former Chairman, Wal-Mart Net worth        : US$58.6 bn (1992 Forbes 400), $128.0 billion (2008), according to Wealthy historical figures 2008. When a person from Berryville, Arkansas, began opening discount stores outside [...]