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Yesterday I watched the Russia Netherland game. It was great. Russia has a young and energetic team, and they have lots of oppertunities. Guess who is Neatherland coach? My hero (20 years back) Dutch soccer star Van Basten!

(van Basten legendary goal in European Championship in 1988?).
TV schedule here. It is the first time ESPN […]

Interesting news: Buffett is put up a one miilion dollar bet for any hedge fund beat S&P in next 10 years. The proceeds (if Warren wins) will go to his charity.

I am going to take a week of vacation from tomorrow, and I may not update this blog during this period.
Meanwhile, I am going […]

I saw quite a few Smart cars in St. Louis lately. Another sign the gas price is going through roof. While the car looks cute, I would not drive one personally, because it is so tiny compared to other cars on the road.

Have you seen a Smart in your city?

(Update Mar 05) My wife Shanzi had a nice write up (and pics) about yesterday’s snow. In Chinese.
(Original) We had a 10 inch snow (huge by St. Louis standard) today. It took me more than 1 hour to drive from my work place to home, which usually takes 15 minutes. Of course I took a […]

For entertain purpose only, note I am not endorsing any one of the canidates
Super Tuesday surprise
1) Huckabee won 5 states in the south. Mitt, your “Huckabee is a spoiler” talk backfired.
2) The show me state (Missouri) voted for change; the coastal state (NY, CA) voted for more of the same. The US president […]

The miracle play of Eli Manning and his teammate. ELi is the little brother of Peyton Manning. I think this play will be remembered by people (at least me) for years…

By the way, there is a super bowl indicator for the market, it says if NFC team wins the super bowl the market will be […]

(eBay headquater, Sillicon Vally, 2008, copyright@Shanzi)
Who is Meg Whittman? She is the CEO of eBay, and has been in that position for almost ten years, and she is leaving the job on March 31. I don’t personally know her (my friend Wang Jianshuo may have seen her). But from the CNBC show “eBay effect”, I […]

From YouTube, the event was hold on Tuesday (Jan 15 2008)

Shoe retailers
Here are some of the major shoes stores in the US. Snapshot from the Shoe Carnival ICR XChange 2008 conference. X axis stands for the choices of shoes; Y axis stands for income level of customers.

My own experience
In recent years I bought most of my shoes shoes from online stores such as […]

Well, if one does not, like Under Armor who skipped ICR XChange conference this year, rumors will go out. Quote StreetInsider “Under Armour (UA) Sinks On Fears Of Back-End Weighted ‘08 Earnings”
January 17, 2008 11:01 AM EST Shares of Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE: UA) are under heavy pressure this morning which is being attributed to […]