Diablo III! You have to love Blizzard, when they do promos they sure do it right. Rather than leave us hanging with initial announcements, then drag on the PR campaign with the odd screenshot, concept art, staff interviews, etc, they usually already have working footage of the game – which is what the fans really [...]
This week’s TIME had a piece on Norway’s Government Pension Fund-Global, Norway’s sovereign trust fund. Profits from their oil and gas resources are channeled into it and invested.
Highlights:
- Assets of USD 382 billion.
- Owns 1% of the entire European stock market
- Scored 100% in governance, accountability, and transparency in a study by the Peterson Institute. [...]
Robert Mugabe, the tyrant of Zimbabwe (and good friend of Dr. M), on his impending election loss:
“We fought for this country, and a lot of blood was shed,” Mr Mugabe told his supporters. “We are not going to give up our country because of a mere X. How can a ballpoint fight with a gun?” [...]
“Report is Public”, blares the front page of The Star today:
KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas has been publishing its annual report for the past 18 years and it is easily available, including on its website, said its president and chief executive officer Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican.
“We print 5,000 copies of the report every year even though [...]
Finally.
State oil company Petronas will finally open its books to the public after a decision to hike fuel prices by more than 40 percent set off days of protests.
It came with a major opposition party still calling for as many as 100,000 people to take to the streets at a rally early next month amid [...]
Dr. Mahathir says it again [Malaysian Insider]:
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has told non-Malays that they should stop questioning the special rights of the Malays and count themselves privileged, having been given citizenship and other rights in this country.
He urged them to understand history and realise that an agreement was reached before independence in 1957 when [...]
The much-awaited Opera 9.5 was released on Thursday. There are several improvements that I’ve been waiting for, especially the optimized mail and RSS feed engine. Opera no longer freezes for a while when you have a lot of feeds subscribed – according to the devs this is due to better spreading of the load among [...]
Entertainment
A new Street Fighter movie is said to be in production. The title: The Legend of Chun Li. The star: Kristin Kreuk
A MacGyver film is rumoured to be in the works.
Hilarious Batman vs Iron Man video:
Russian Communist Party members threaten to beat up Harrison Ford if he ever steps foot there, following the negative portrayal [...]
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