Month: June 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Update June 25) Fuwei has a news release regarding this today. (Update June 19) The stock (FFHL) got a big lift (18%) today. Major’s rule No. 2: stock moves when Major mentions it at stlplace, e.g., EDU (mentioned in June 9) and FFHL. Some speculative Chinese stocks got big move too, e.g. EFUT is up 30% today. Seriously I am not saying Fuwei is

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June 18, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute This sounds a little strange: a smaller fish swallowed up a bigger one. Here is some details (Houston Chronicle): “Finish Line operates 694 Finish Line stores in 47 states, 93 Man Alive stores in 19 states and 15 Paiva stores in 10 states. Nashville-based Genesco sells shoes, hats and accessories in more than 2,000 retail stores in

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June 18, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Last summer I wrote about this. This year’s show starts tonight, June 18 at Forest Park. Hope I can catch more shows this year. Nice things about the MUNY:

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June 18, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Here is the definition from Per Dohler, a software localization guru: Localization is the process of adapting a product, in our context a software program, to a specific locale, i.e., to its language, standards and cultural norms as well as to the needs and expectations of a specific target market. A properly localized product also

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June 17, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Mop is less cool (pacific epoch): Mop, the Chinese teen social networking web sites, became less cool because it did not turn on the Air Condition to save utility cost. Separately, Mop’s parent Co., Oak Pacific, is not going IPO very soon.   Starbucks to offer salad (Starbucks Gossip): so that they can offer a one stop shop for lunch customer?

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June 16, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes I created my aStore and added some books there. You can go there by clicking the “aStore” link at my home page. Those are the books I have read over last few years, and I will recommend to others who have interest in business, management and finance. A little comments on those books (listed in

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June 16, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Tomorrow is Father’s day. My parents are wonderful parents, they did all they can to support me and my brothers’ education, under difficult circumstances. But everyone has his/her limit, my dad is no exception. I think from “personal finance” point of view, my dad is a good saver, but he does not know much about investing (that’s understandable because

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June 15, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute All right, the all mighty San Antonio Spurs swept Cleveland Cavalier 4 games in a row, and gave the Cleveland little chance during all 4 games. So the winner is obviously the Spurs, its team and fans. Among those players in the Spurs, Michael Finley is the happiest because it’s the first championship during his

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June 15, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Today is probablly the least volatility day since I invested in the US stocks 3.5 years ago, my portifolio only changed -0.1%. Previously the biggest volatility day was Feb 27 this year, my portifolio dropped almost 10%. For reference, Dow went up 0.53%, S&P went up 0.66%, and Nasdaq went up 0.48% today. I don’t know the

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June 14, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Yesterday they did a presentation at Goldman Sachs 28th Annual conference (no web cast). Today they announced two new products getting FDA approval. The following picture is BC-3200, a hematology analyzer.

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June 14, 2007
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