Day: May 23, 2007

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Business China

New US China Flights

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Last Updated on May 23, 2007 by stlplace

This is a part of the deals reached during Ms. Wu Yi and Mr. Paulson’s talk today. Here is an excerpt from MSN.

“Under the agreement announced Wednesday, starting this year, U.S. carriers will be able to operate 13 new daily flights to China within five years. One new flight will be awarded this year and one in 2008, four new flights will be awarded in 2009, three more in 2010, and two each in 2011 and 2012.”

Ms. Wu Yi

I also found the following very interesting, from Financial Times.

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Stocks

Postal Services Not Always the Cheapest

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Last Updated on May 23, 2007 by stlplace

I believe most people would think that Postal Services is usually cheaper compared to UPS or Fedex, this is not always. Today I was about to send a parcel at US Postal Service (USPS), but there were 13 people ahead of me. Don’t want to wait for another 20 minutes, and also want to check out the Fedex Ground, I decided to leave. I went to their web site  first. The rate was $16.95, which is lower than the quote I got from USPS web site.

After the comparison shopping, I sent the item via Fedex Ground at local Kinko (Fedex) store. One caveat in Fedex is the packaging material is more expensive than USPS. I packed the stuff using my own box so this is not an issue.

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Fun

Who Knows Chinese Stock Market Better?

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Last Updated on May 23, 2007 by stlplace

Mr. Greenspan (former US Fed chief), Jim Rogers (legendary investor), or Shang Fu Lin (Chairman, China Securities Regulation Committee)?

For me this is an easy pick (the latter two). But it seems people in the west believe in Mr. Greenspan better. Now after making comments in Feb (which partially caused the Feb. 27 crash), the old man speaks again. Don’t get me wrong, I have a lot respect for Mr. Greenspan regarding economy indicators, monetary policy, all the good stuffs, but not on the Chinese stock market.

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China Fun

Top Blogger in China Went Offline

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Last Updated on May 23, 2007 by stlplace

His name is “Dai Tou Da Ge”, here is his blog at Netease (163.com). According to many sources, his blog was more popular than Ms. Xu Jinglei’s blog at Sina, although he only blogged for three months. Not surprisingly his topic is Stock Market. I read his first page, interestingly everyday he started first sentence with “the market did exactly as I expected,…”. I did not verify his claims but it seems many people believed it.

Anyway, I think the music in his blog is pretty good. Oh, that “Si Le Dou Yao Ai” is very popular in Shanghai these days 🙂