Oil steadies after falling on demand concerns

By Alex Lawler
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil held above $122 a barrel on Thursday, steadying after two sessions of losses that were prompted by growing concern about a slowdown in global demand.
Crude ticked up on an explosion at a petrochemical plant in Kuwait, but it pared gains after a Kuwait official told Reuters the blast did [...]

Continental Airlines to Cut 3,000 Jobs

(Reuters) – Continental Airlines Inc said on Thursday it will cut 3,000 jobs and that the company’s chief executive and president will decline their salaries for the remainder of the year.
The airline also said it would reduce capacity and trim 67 mainline aircraft from its fleet.
The announcement follows a similar move on Wednesday from [...]

Syabas: Tiada air percuma di S’gor

Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) akan terus mengeluarkan bil air seperti biasa tanpa sebarang penurunan atau potongan subsidi, kata ketua pegawai eksekutifnya Datuk Ruslan Hassan.
Katanya, perbincangan antara syarikatnya dengan kerajaan negeri Selangor masih belum mencapai keputusan untuk membolehkan pemberian air percuma kepada pengguna mulai bukan ini.
Ruslan berkata, Syabas belum menerima arahan bertulis dari [...]

Advice on the economy from Dr M, Wan Azizah

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — The government’s decision to allow petrol prices to increase by 40 per cent is giving critics of Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi an opportunity to put forward their ideas of managing the Malaysian economy.
Seizing the moment is Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, best known as the man who used currency controls [...]

Rakyat miskin mendadak – Salahuddin

Post By Maulana
Thu | Jun 05, 08 | 2:55:38 pm MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Jun (Hrkh) – Rakyat miskin mendadak kerana harga pelbagai barangan makanan pasti akan turut naik dengan mendadak berikutan kenaikan harga minyak yang mendadak dan begitu tinggi semalam, kata Ketua Pemuda PAS, Salahuddin Haji Ayub.
“Baru-baru ini harga beras naik melambung-lambung sehingga ramai [...]

FUEL PRICE HIKE – ONLY SOLUTION

Since the government had announced a drastic increase in fuel prices effective midnight today, despite claims that a review will only take place sometime in August, the rakyat is devastated and really unhappy with the Barisan Nasional administration who have all the while be deemed UNCARING, INEFFECTIVE, INEFFICIENT and CORRUPT.
To overcome this problem the rakyat [...]

FUEL HIKE PROTEST BEGINS………….

There was a half an hour peaceful fuel hike protest at the Jalan Pasar in Kuala Lumpur this morning in wake of the announcement by Prime Minister and First Finance Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday despite assurances that it may rise sometime in August.
The rise of petrol by 78 sen and diesel by [...]

KeADILan’S NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AT KUALA LUMPUR

Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR or KeADILan) will move to its new five-storey building at Merchant Square in the commercial zone of Kuala Lumpur’s Tropicana, which will serve as its new headquarters.
It is learned that currently it operates from two places namely one in Brickfields and the other in Section 16, Petaling Jaya.
This new building will [...]

Kenaikan Harga Minyak – Hadiah Kemenangan BN – Part 2

Kenaikan Harga Minyak – Hadiah Kemenangan BN – Part 1

Inflasi dijangka lebih 5 peratus kesan harga minyak

Post by Maulana
05-06-2008 05:00:12 PM
KUALA LUMPUR: Inflasi dijangka melepasi 5.0 peratus bulan ini berikutan kenaikan harga bahan api yang diumumkan semalam, meningkat 4.2 peratus daripada anggaran awal pada 2.5 peratus bagi keseluruhan tahun ini.
Gabenor Bank Negara, Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz hari ini berkata, inflasi juga dijangkakan memuncak pada suku pertama 2009 sebelum menyederhana [...]

Mukhriz bantah kenaikan harga minyak

Post by Maulana
Anggota exco Pemuda Umno Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir meminta kerajaan menilai semula keputusan menaikkan harga minyak secara mendadak, berkuatkuasa hari ini, kerana kenaikan itu terlalu tinggi dan membebankan rakyat.
Ahli Parlimen Jerlun itu – pemimpin Umno pertama yang menyuarakan bantahan secara terbuka – berkata, rakyat belum mampu menangani masalah kenaikan itu pada ketika kos sara [...]

Fuel prices: Bikers protest with motorway go-slow

Bikers protest against rising fuel prices by staging a go-slow on the M62 in Salford and Manchester this morning. Photograph: Lucy Collins/PA
Up to 500 motorcyclists mounted a slow convoy into Manchester city centre at rush hour this morning to protest at the rising cost of fuel.
The bikers, who were joined by taxi drivers and about [...]

Syabas to issue water bills without rebates

Posted by Maulana
Thursday, 05 June 2008
PUTRAJAYA: Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) will continue to issue utility bills to consumers without any subsidy or reduction at the end of this month.
This is because the company had yet to receive any written order or undertaking from either the state or the federal government to pay [...]

Jeritlah Wahai Rakyat!Minyak Oh Minyak!

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Apa lagi yang mampu kita semua ungkapkan? Apa lagi jalan yang mampu rakyat harungi untuk keluar dari rentetan semua nie. Setakat mana suara kita semua didengar oleh seseorang……….
Selagi bergelar rakyat setakat mana semua suara mahu didengar dan diambil kira? Tahla sedih bila mengenangkan terlalu sukar untuk rakyat lalui segala keperitan ini. Apa lagi bila memikirkan [...]