TigerTalk

KINIBIZ Tiger travels to Thailand to find out why their auto industry is doing well while ours is headed down the road into oblivion.

KINIBIZ All that remains is for Malaysia Airlines to play its cards right. The game is yield management and the stakes are high.

KINIBIZ It could argue that there is nothing in its enabling law to mandate any such obligation to the bumiputera community.

KINIBIZ Tiger wonders if the SC’s action had enough deterrent element in it. Maybe it’s time for the commission to have more punch.

KINIBIZ Public pension fund Kumpulan Wand Persaraan has been seduced by potentially higher-yielding but treacherous investments.

KINIBIZ Sometimes an association with a name, yes, ZTE, sees stocks running - and Tiger would like to run along with them, too.

KINIBIZ But where were the measures to cut wastage and, yes, corruption? Where was the sequencing of mega projects?

KINIBIZ Tiger is encouraged by the good things in Budget 2014, but the rot in spending habits has been left unaddressed.

KINIBIZ The ultimate losers will be the Felda settlers and employees, some 230,000 of them, who are the effective vendors.

KINIBIZ Tiger loves auditors, because someday when Tiger’s financial empire is flying high, auditors will ensure Tiger does not get cheated.

KINIBIZ After Tiger’s management genius turns the company into a cash cow, Tiger will start raking in the money. Rinse and repeat!

KINIBIZ Aspiring leaders often do, say and pay whatever is necessary to attain power. An example: politicising the use of English.

KINIBIZ In late July, Silver Bird informed Bursa that it found two parties willing to provide funding to the tune of RM16 million.

KINIBIZ Why the airline chose to screen 'Tanda Putera' for its 41st anniversary celebrations is just beyond Tiger.

KINIBIZ Tiger is not one to sit on his paws while watching so-called corporate big shots fumble at their jobs.

KINIBIZ Any move to increase excise duties for ‘sin’ products will not have their intended effect if nothing is done about the illegal market.

KINIBIZ Tiger does not know which political party to join - they are all unsuitable. Perhaps Tiger should just form its own?

KINIBIZ Tiger knows that you do not prosper just through sheer force, it is important to use one’s intelligence to get ahead of the game.

KINIBIZ The way Tiger sees it, PNB is in quite a pickle. Its CEO Liew Kee Sin may be moving to a rival and may take others with him.

TIGERTALK It looks set to diversify away from the traditional newspaper business for other seemingly sexier pursuits.

KINIBIZ Tiger read report after report on the auditor-general's findings in the 2012 audit with a mix of horror, outrage and amusement.

KINIBIZ Since Tiger’s other efforts are not going that well, maybe it’s time Tiger started offering some consultancy services...

KINIBIZ The world of higher education does not seem so different from the jungles, with the hiring of the biggest and baddest as figureheads.

KINIBIZ Maybank has produced major luminaries - two central bank governors, two ministers and rival bankers.