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Reading Time: 2 minutes (CNET) Chinese authorities probe iPhone worker’s death (PCWorld) iPhone Suicide Case Spotlights Tech’s Dark Side Apparently many foreign media can not understand why a guy will jump off the building just because the iPhone he was in charge went missing? Well, it appears to me there are two factors: 1) It’s very very hard to

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July 22, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Well, yes or no. As with many things in life, there are honest (at least try to be honest) western media outlets, such as NPR and PBS; and there are some biased ones, mostly for profit media, such as CNN, and even WSJ which is a business newspaper. Why is that? The simple reason is

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July 8, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute This Is It, the offiical Ad/Promo video of the scheduled London concert (YouTube link) Beat it (YouTube). More videos (powered by YouTube, complied by Trader1688). Pictures: Michael Jackson Life and Times by Life Magazine.

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June 25, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute GM is going to file bankrupcy. This was not expected 6 months ago. But it’s a reality now. Many people blame the UAW, the management for the problems at GM, which I think only tells part of the story. GM was doing fine after Sept 11, remember the 0% “Keep America rolling” Ad campaign? (Paula

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May 29, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Indian Mumbai incident caught a lot attention these two days (started on Wednsday Nov. 27 10 PM Indian time). Obviously this is extra-ordinary and tragic event (there are no winners). But I would like to share two story I heard yesterday and today, both of which are much closer to our daily lives. I

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November 28, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute This is probablly the most expensive lunch: Chinese fund manager Zhao Dan Yang won the Buffett lunch bid for $2.1 million (International Herald Tribune). The proceeds benifit Glide foundation, a San Francisco based charity formerly supported by Warren Buffett former wife Susan Buffett (Susan passed away in 2005?). My 2 cents I was surprised by

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June 30, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute Don’t know exactly when I learned about Tim, most likely the Bush-Gore 2000 election. But I do remember watching Tim at Meet the Press on Sunday mornings after that. (source: CNET) The thing I like about Tim Russert is: he always asks intelligent questions, provide objective information for the audience to consume, not personal views;

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June 22, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute Finanlly I got the free Wifi here at Jackson, WY, the foot hill town of Grand Teton National Park. The Anvil hotel has free Internet, which is better than the fees starting from $9.95 at Hilton at SLC. Back in STL, I noticed Chinese politicians, led by vice Premier Wang Qi Shan (note he is

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June 17, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute CFA level I exam It’s here. I have already sharpened the H2B pencils; prepared the backup battery for calculator. I will check out the test place today. Tomorrow I am going to spend the whole day for the test. NBA final and European championship soccer I don’t care too much about the NBA final these

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June 6, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute (Update May 13) I put two links about Sichuan earthquake on the top of middle side bar: one in Chinese; one in English. Yesterday afternoon when I listened to NPR Melissa Block live report (click on listen: Melissa Block at a shattered school) from Chengdu/China, I was almost in tears. Melissa was in Chengdu for

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May 12, 2008
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