By stlplace on Jan 23, 2007 in China | 2 Comments
There are lots of talk about the Starbucks store in Forbidden City in Beijing these days. It started in Chinese demestic media, and now it speads all over the world (tonight I saw it on BBC). I happened to take a picture of that Starbucks store during my 2005 visit to Beijing. Personally I also […]
By stlplace on Jan 23, 2007 in Stocks, China | 0 Comments
Yes. It’s up and running now. Here is the link. I don’t know exactly how new IPOs got the message board started. It usually takse many requests, and lots of patience.
Oh, don’t take the discussions (especially the price target) too seriously. Because if you believe it and trade accordingly, you may regret later. That being said, I did […]
By stlplace on Jan 23, 2007 in China | 3 Comments
Wang Jianshuo, the famous (yet low profile) blogger in Shanghai, wrote an excellent series about living cost in Shanghai.
By stlplace on Jan 23, 2007 in Stocks, China | 0 Comments
SNDA (Shanda): Feb 12
BIDU (Baidu): Feb 14
NCTY(the9): Feb 14
Note Feb 18 is the Chinese New Year.
By stlplace on Jan 23, 2007 in Stocks | 1 Comment
Fruit of the Loom, a whole owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway (Buffett’s company), bought the intimate apparel business from VF corp. Here is the deal.