Metropolis Opinion

It is unbelievable. I brought my first paid domain Metropolis Opinion 1.5 month before and now the site is given PR 2 by Google.

Thank to Google.

My journey with my first paid domain got many problems. The biggest is Worpress is new one for me, so I have to learn it. Many times was spent to wordpress. My friend MasBoni also helped me when I needed back up.

Once a time, Metropolis is broken because I made an error when I was uploading Google Sitemap with FTP. Oh my God! I can clean too many. My brain is limited. I can to learn it slowly till now, I just understand for 40 percent in FTP.

I break my old record. Jacky’s Opinion only needed two months to PR 2 but Metropolis Opinion only takes 1.5 months. Full Article »

Oil Supply is running low, We must to think about it!

 China’s resurrection has been establishing since ten years ago. Now, China woke up as a new wild tiger and tries to eat all his victims. China followed his neighbor Japan; imitate Japan strategies to be Modern Country, Top industry and Asia Leader in Economic, Asia Tigers.

Now, China’s products have been spread to all countries; America, Japan, European, Asia and Indonesia. The China Resurrection made all rich countries scare because China’s products are very competitive in pricing.

Besides making industrial countries scare, Rich Countries look China as a potential investment field. Japan has been changing his face to China. Japan declined his Investment in East Asia (ASEAN) and increases his money in China.

While many new industries move to China, demand on oil also increases. Without investment (foreign direct investment in china), demand on oil is still high because China has two billions people. Full Article »

Efficiency and Low Average Cost

We had been arriving at 21 century, and now we are living in globalization and technology environment. If we look back at green revolution when agriculture and industry were starting to grow up, Technology was created to help human in their job. While human only has two hands, he couldn’t make more. This is the philosophy why technology was created. Technology has been playing many rules and important rules in all aspects. We need Technology. Sometimes, technology is described as a external factor, to help our hand, help our feed, help our mind to make more result in our job. When Adam and Eve worked as farmer, they need mattock, cow (to plow the farm) and irrigation. Mattock, cow and pipeline irrigation is technology. Cow is replaced by tractor; mattock is also replaced by tractor, ancient irrigation is replaced by modern pipeline irrigation and maybe lumber mill.

This is a stupid metropolis opinion, talking about Technology Vs Labor. Who get the benefits, Employee or employer?

To describe about technology and labor is very sensitive because labor without technology is meaningless and otherwise. The both still help each other. The point is how much percent technology is required and how we combine technology and labor percentage so we get lower Variable Cost (VC)

The graph above represents that company expects to produce more goods with lower VC, closer to zero. Full Article »

We have good news from my Uncle Sam, America. Time lag had been working for 1 month, when LA Times sent me good news that Interest rate cutting by FED has show his magic. I think worldwide economic will be impacted and reaction to better condition. LA Times told on the report that credit problem return go nice.

What does it mean? When fall into Bad Credit, Number of dollar to payback their credit has arisen, now, people have ability to payback because of lower interest rate.

Understanding people must know that correlation between interest and ability to payback their credit or loan. Lower interest rate, makes people turn to invest their money or create a job. Lower interest rate also makes dollar to payback will lower than before. Full Article »

Before I continue my report (based on Reuters.com), I would like to tell that ConocoPhillips, is the third-largest U.S. oil company. When oil price is running up, as the producer we know well that ConocoPhillips get this opportunity to take profit. If the price of your goods you produce is running high as external reasons (not your internal reason, such as high salary, high input cost), you will take profit more, right. ConocoPhillips did it on First Quarterly Report.

Reuters said, ‘Oil prices have increased nearly six-fold since 2002 on surging demand from emerging economies, supply concerns and the weak dollar. They were at or near record levels for most of the first quarter and surged to a record of nearly $120 earlier this week.’

Last period, ConocoPhillips booked profit $3.55 billion, or $2.12 a share and current period, ConocoPhillips book $4.14 billion, or $2.62 a share.

Off course, High profit in current quarterly makes ConocoPhillips repair and increase their capital and planning their business in next quarterly. Internal staff said that second quarter will more difficult, because of others competitors in oil and gas company. They will battle with Russian Oil and Gas Company, Lukoil LMOH.MM and Shell. Full Article »

Microsoft Quarterly Report

According to Reuters, Microsoft books little low profit against forecast on first quarterly report. Reuters said, ‘Microsoft posted a net profit of $4.39 billion, or 47 cents per diluted share, for its third quarter ended March 31, compared with $4.93 billion, or 50 cents per diluted share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose 0.4 percent to $14.45 billion.’

Microsoft’s staff claimed that, lower profit on first quarterly is caused by lowering on software sales.

 An issue is rising, that with the lowering profit on first quarterly report, Microsoft will get hurt in battling to buy Yahoo. But the staff claimed the issue and gave no comment till consultant with internal analysts.

In my opinion (Microsoft has too), lowering on their sales (Microsoft and office software) is also caused by the economic fundamental problem in America like credit problem and their main state market.

American Express, First Quarterly Report

As same as Microsoft on their first quarterly report, American Express reports that lowering profit on first quarterly report. According to Reuters, American Express in this first-quarter profit fell 6 percent as it set aside more money for credit losses, but results beat expectations, and shares rose in after-hours trading. Full Article »