“Tolong jelasin masalah resesi dong”

(Conversation as of 19 October 2008)
yyyy(9:43:38 PM): btw tlg jelasin masalah resesi dong
yyyy(9:43:43 PM): gw ga ngerti nih hehehe
yyyy(9:43:47 PM): lo kan pasti jago
Dhirosattha (9:44:40 PM): resesi ekonomi scr umum? ato yg sekarang?
yyyy(9:47:25 PM): yg sekarang

Detroit bailout? Wait, what about free competition? And all this talk about free international trade?

November 14, 2008.
The US automakers asked the US government to provide them with a $ 25 Billion bailout. Well, the executives said it’s not a bailout, it’s a loan, to allow the US automakers some breathing space to innovate.
Hogwash. Sorry Obama, I support you for the US presidency, but if the US automakers cannot compete [...]

Relation between Vocational & Computer Money and Reps & Dem leadership

So often economy and politics converge. It is political system that makes money, the blood of economy, possible; without a stable system of governing a country, no paper would be able to assume a value beyond its production cost. And it is politician who can make policies that affect the economy through laws, taxes, regulation, [...]

We have been talking about the wrong type of oil inventory

By Sendy Filemon, 25 October 2008
When one think about speculating on commodities, products with physical form, one thinks about hoarding.
Popular example in an Asian country would be, rice hoarding, speculators buys rice, hoard it in some warehouse, create supply gap in the market, prices starts increasing, consumer start to perceive the increase in price, consumers [...]

Will there be capital in Apac Oil and Gas? IFC stand to fill the void

by Sendy Filemon, 23 October 2008
Some say that the financial crisis is the worst crisis since 1930, I say, this is the best opportunity since 1930. Financial crisis happens, in such times, both big winners and losers will emerge at the end of the tunnel. And I believe, IFC stands to be a winner, here’s [...]

Delivering Stakeholder Value – by sendy filemon

By Sendy Filemon, Jakarta

It has been an established consensus that companies should deliver value to its investor’s, this principle, “managing for value”, has been a mantra for managers, consultants, and financial backers of corporations.

Yet recent events in the global financial market, specifically in the US market, shows that when companies fail, they fail not only [...]