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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Simon de Burton, Sale of the week: Fallout from the fervour. Financial Times, Oct. 31, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9d9303fc-c4e3-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html
(Sale: Mao and the Arts of New China)
My comment: An outsider, I would have thought artifacts of Mao and Cultural
Revolution were myriad as sand. I simply can not understand why Chinese "
ripped up" little red book as something of a ritual. Why would the shown
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发帖数: 6973 | 2 Why will ARJ21 be dead on arrival?
Isabel Gorst, Superjet aims to blaze a trail; Many national hopes are riding
on the Sukoil airliner. Financial Times, Nov. 17, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5ef96a62-cfe9-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
excerpt in th ewindow of the print edition: 'The good news is Superjet looks
like a decent plane. The bad news is that the global market for regional
jets is saturated.'
My comment:
(a) There is a photo of Superjet 100 that accompanied this report. |
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发帖数: 6973 | 3 Articles in this posting are in chronological order.
(A)
(1) Editorial, The cost of China's excess capacity; Investment is not a
solution, but rather adds to the problem. Financial Times (FT), Nov. 30,
2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a75ade98-dd14-11de-ad60-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
("China has become hooked on an unbalanced pattern of economic development,
in which investment cures this year’s excess capacity by increasing next
year’s.")
My comment:
(a) This editorial is a must-read.
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发帖数: 6973 | 4 Richard McGregor, The rocket scientist key to cold war efforts on both sides
; Qian Xuesen, Missile researcher 1911-2009. Financial Times, Nov. 28, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fced9746-dbbc-11de-9424-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
("But more than his expertise, he understood how to train and manage teams
of scientists and had the clout in a deeply politicised research system to
give them the freedom to work.")
Excerpt in the window of the print: The injustice of the persecution of Qian
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发帖数: 6973 | 6 Jamil Anderlini, A blast from the past; A wawter diversion scheme mooted by
Mao has 50 years on grown into the state's latest grand engineering project,
leaving the chairman's heirs facing uncomfortable choices. financial Times,
Dec. 15, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/20759602-e917-11de-a756-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1
Excerpt in the window of the print edition: 'Behind closed doors, the main
justification for the project seems to have been reduced to its strategic
importance in case of a |
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发帖数: 3386 | 8 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/479c8416-082b-11de-8a33-0000779fd2ac.html
An epic battle looms over Obama’s big push
By Roger Altman
Published: March 3 2009 19:51 | Last updated: March 3 2009 19:51
If leadership is measured by seizing big opportunities that others do not
see, then Barack Obama is already proving himself a leader. His 2007
decision to run for president was audacious but shrewd. He saw the opening.
Now, he has judged that the severe economic crisis, his own soaring
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发帖数: 6973 | 9 Kimiko Barber, In search of traditional Japanese tofu. Financial Times, Nov.
28, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/407812a6-dae2-11de-933d-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
(1) Quote:
"Between the eighth and the end of the ninth century, Japan sent a series of
missions to China to learn from China’s rich religious and cultural
advances and it is almost certain that the tofu-making technique was
introduced by visiting Chinese priests or returning Japanese Buddhist monks.
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发帖数: 617 | 13 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b47c8f8-488c-11de-8870-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_
check=1
看起来天朝虽然频频口头警告美国，但实际上不得不继续购买美国债，当冤大头，
联想到本周一千亿美元的国债要找买主，营造一个和谐的气氛吧。
报道里没敢提两个关键问题:
1. 极短期国债占了总购买额的比例;
2. 买这么多国债的钱从哪里来的(出口剧减)。
事实上天朝一直在卖GSE债卷，然后用其中的一大块买很短期的美国债，因为
伯南克才是GSE市场上的冤大头，高价购买试图维持债卷价格来压低利率，引诱
市场上观望的人买房托市或者投机者进来抄底，副作用就是正好解决了天朝一直
没法脱身的大难题。
GSE市场走到这步田地已经是严重警告了伯南克，国债市场玩下去(买长国债)
美联储就成了唯一的实际买家，等于切断了联邦政府从外部筹款的能力。 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 14 【 以下文字转载自 Salon 讨论区 】
发信人: choi (choi), 信区: Salon
标 题: Drugs More Expensive in China Than in the West
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Oct 21 13:49:59 2009, 美东)
Kathrin Hille, China: The rural and poor still lack services. Financial
Times, Sept. 30, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b16760f0-abc8-11de-9be4-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
Quote:
"'We have the wrong incentive structure' for hospitals and doctors, says Mr
Chen [Zhu 陈竺, health minister]. Chinese clinics get close to half of their
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发帖数: 6973 | 19 【 以下文字转载自 Taiwan 讨论区 】
发信人: choi (choi), 信区: Taiwan
标 题: Entrepreneurship of foreigners in US
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue May 19 15:46:05 2009)
David Gelles, When all roads lead to the Valley; California's high-tech
sector remains a magnet for foreign-born entrepreurs in spite of the
challenges. Financial Times, May 19, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/83197f2c-440c-11de-a9be-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
Note:
(a) The report mentions "angel-funded" and "angel investors." The noun "
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发帖数: 6764 | 22 【 以下文字转载自 JobHunting 讨论区 】
发信人: gc01 (GC), 信区: JobHunting
标 题: BofA withdraws job offers to foreign MBAs ZT
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Mar 8 21:00:26 2009)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aa648182-0c3d-11de-b87d-0000779fd2ac.html
BofA withdraws job offers to foreign MBAs
By Della Bradshaw in London
Published: March 9 2009 00:07 | Last updated: March 9 2009 00:07
Bank of America has become the first US bank to withdraw job offers made to
MBA students graduating from US business schools this summer, citing
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发帖数: 4549 | 23 【 以下文字转载自 MBA 俱乐部 】
发信人: ot ()ot(), 信区: MBA
标 题: 这篇比较搞笑-毒贩谈商业管理心得
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Sep 22 12:24:29 2009, 美东)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c8bbd33e-a485-11de-92d4-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
总结：
50 Cents 从他十多年的贩毒经历中摸出了一套经营管理的优秀经验。并且敏锐的指出
，贩毒和金融都是零信用操作，所以CEO们最好学习一下他的经营理念。
Drug dealers are perfect gurus in a recession
By Lucy Kellaway
Published: September 20 2009 20:16 | Last updated: September 20 2009 20:16
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发帖数: 6973 | 25 Robin Kwong, Beijing behind my arrest, says Chen. Financial Times, Feb. 23,
2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6984b3a-0149-11de-8f6e-000077b07658.html
("Mr Chen's case has raised questions of judicial independence and fairness
in Taiwan * * * his prison diaries, published last month, are on many local
bestseller lists") |
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发帖数: 6973 | 26 At annualized rate. Not just -8.4%.
Editorial, Strait dealing. Financial Times, Feb. 23, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8d3c3b0e-012a-11de-8f6e-000077b07658.html
Paragraph 1:
"Singapore * * * may shrink a ghastly 5 per cent this year. Now Taiwan,
another export-dependent economy gasping for survival, has gone one worse:
its gross domestic product fell 8.4 per cent in the fourth quarter, an
annualised contraction, seasonally adjusted, of an alarming 22 per cent.
My comment:
(a) US and Japan repo |
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发帖数: 6973 | 27 Geoff Dyer, China’s dollar dilemma; Beijing is likely to resist domestic
criticism of investing its foreign exchange reserves in low-yielding dollar
assets--but it will ask Washington for something in return. Financial Times,
Feb. 23, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/299e404c-011b-11de-8f6e-000077b07658.html
My comment:
(a) "Blackstone’s shares down 84 per cent since flotation" or initial
public offering. Paragraph 3. So Paragraphs 1 and 2 suggest that blackstone
partners saw it coming that Amwer |
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发帖数: 6973 | 28 The following are excerpt from Financial Times, today (Feb. 24, 2009).
All definitions come from Webster (3rd ed.; 1966), except "parastatal" in (5
).
(1) Mure Dickie and Daniel Dombey, Japan to pay price for US friendship; Aso
to be first PM to visit obama; Tokyo told it has 'cornerstone' status.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/335d5456-0215-11de-8199-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
Definition: To butter (vt for transitive verb) 1: to cover or spread with
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发帖数: 6973 | 29 Japan is Due to Industrail Production for January, 2009.
(1) Michiyo Nakamoto, Japanese exports in 45.7% fall; Worst plunge for half
a century; Fears grow of longer downturn. Financial Time (FT), Feb. 26, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/14a46cb0-03a6-11de-b405-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
Quote:
"Japanese exports fell 45.7 per cent in January, compared with the same
month last year, eclipsing a 35 per cent drop in December and big declines
last month for Taiwan and South Korea.
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发帖数: 6973 | 32 (1) Andrew Parker, Huawei eyes deals worth $30bn; Group seeks growth at
rivals' expense; Bullish mood defies poor sector outlook. FT, Mar. 9, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3a7b94d8-0c00-11de-b87d-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
My comment: Huawei is not a public company with stocks traded anywhere. So
its finance is murky. After reading this rreport, I still do not know.
(2) Edward Luce and Chrystia Freeland, Summers backs state action; Obama
adviser urges global cash injections; Crisis over |
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发帖数: 6973 | 33 Patti Waldmeir, Entrepreneurship: Podcast puts a world in your ear; Wit,
brevity and the wweb are the basic tools of a pioneering method of language
teaching without frills. Financial Times, Mar. 11, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3ed363f2-0ddc-11de-8ea3-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
Legend to the photograph that accompanies the report: "Speaking volume: Ken
Carroll recorded Mandarin lessons have nearly 250,000 users
My comment:
(a) One has to learn how to do podcast with Apple iPod. See
Pod |
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发帖数: 6973 | 36 Kathrin Hille and Robin Kwong, Calm returns after chipmaker rally; After
initial hopes of a recovery, the industry is now thought to be 'rebalancing.
' Financial Times, Apr. 3, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4165e696-1fe6-11de-a1df-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
Excerpt in the window (of the print edition): "Recently the pace [of sales
declining] has slowed, but we still see negative growth' Li Jia[,] Carrefour
employee"
My comment: China is scrutinized because it boasts of seeing the bottom |
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发帖数: 6973 | 38 (1) Emma Saunders, Solar-powered cooker wins climate contest; 'Kyoto Box'
could earn carbon credit.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/65344920-249e-11de-9a01-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
The noun "hob" whose origin is unknown, is defined as "3. British : cooktop.
" www.m-w.com
My comment; One can search images.google.com with "Kyoto Box" inside
quotation marks. The company that makes the Box is
www.kyoto-energy.com
(2)
(i) Justin Lau and Tom Mitchell, Citic Pacific boss quits after HK police
raid; Y |
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发帖数: 6973 | 39 Zhang Lifeng, Appointments with Chinese characteristics. Financial Times,
Apr. 13, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7b9620aa-27c1-11de-9b77-00144feabdc0.html
Note:
The phrase "play by ear":
(a) "to play (music or a musical instrument) without printed music, as by
memory of what one has heard or by unschooled musical instinct." www.
dictionary.com
(b) "to deal with something without previous planning or instructions" (by
extension). www.m-w.com
It is (b) in this article.
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发帖数: 6973 | 40 (1)
(i) Javier Blas and Geoff Dyer, China sows seeds of food self-sufficiency;
The country is investing heavily in agriculture but big chanlleges remian.
FT, Apr. 17, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3cad5fdc-2ae8-11de-8415-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
Quote:
"China is mostly selfsufficient in the crops it considers key to its food
security: rice, wheat and corn. Nevertheless, its agricultural trade balance
has moved from a small surplus in the 1990s to a large deficit as it has
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发帖数: 6973 | 43 The Lonfon-based Financial Times (FT) has a column "Dear Economist" whose
subtitle is ""resolving readers' dilemmas with the tools of Adam Smith."
Last Saturday saw a Q & A.
Tim Harford, Dear Economist: Do I show my hand and risk my home? FT, Apr. 25
, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/983f7c58-2d73-11de-9eba-00144feabdc0.html
Note:
(a) The noun "pass" in "to make a pass at somebody" is defined as "informal.
a gesture, action or remark that is intended to be sexually inviting;
amorous overture." R |
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发帖数: 6973 | 44 to Current Financial Crisis; A Chinese Genius Named David Li.
The above is the title and subtitle of my posting.
(1) Sam Jones, Of Couples and Copulas. Financial Times (FT), Apr. 25, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/912d85e8-2d75-11de-9eba-00144feabdc0.html
(a) Captions to the two photographs in the print edition:
(i) "Lovestruck Johnny Cash died a few months after his wife June Carter (
pictured here in 1970). In David Li's formula, broken hearts are like broken
companies.
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发帖数: 6973 | 45 Jamil Anderlini, Chinese face rising cost of dying: Huge profits and lax
oversights in the funeral business are driving up prices of 'extras.'
Financial Times (FT), Apr. 28, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cbc29a3c-3350-11de-8f1b-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
The teaser on the front page: "Beijing funeral[:] Anger eruots over china's
profiteering overtakers.
My comment: No quote. The report is succinct. You have to read it yourself.
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发帖数: 6973 | 47 David Pilling, Fatal flaws that wrecked Thailand's promise. Financial Times,
Apr. 30, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eebd8ff2-3520-11de-940a-00144feabdc0.html
Excerpt in the window of the print: "Once mentioned in the same breath as
high-tech Taiwan, it is more likely tobe grouped with the Philippines."
My comment:
(a) Only the first three paragraphs are worth reading. The res is about Thai
politics hindering nation's economic progress.
(b) To put Taiwan and Thailand--the two nations that are c |
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发帖数: 6973 | 48 (1) Robin Kwong, A delicate detente; As a global crisis hits exports to the
west, Taipei is turning to its old enemy to forge economic links. Although
mistrust remains, Beijing is now more receptive. Financial Times, May 7,
2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9a68d8c-3a9e-11de-8a2d-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
Caption to a photo: "New departures: Chinese premier Wen Jiabao says he is '
willing to crawl' to reach Taiwan. But after the island last July
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发帖数: 6973 | 49 This is the Japanese writing for a lunch box. Around 1987 I showed a
Japanese physician how Taiwanese wrote it: 便當. He laughed uncontrollably,
saying the first character means "shit."
Mariko Sanchanta, Think outside the bento box. Financial Times, May 17, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7a7ec45a-40db-11de-8f18-00144feabdc0.html
Note:
(i) ekiben 駅弁 where the fist character means a bus or train station, a
character invented by Japanese.
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发帖数: 6973 | 50 David Gelles, When all roads lead to the Valley; California's high-tech
sector remains a magnet for foreign-born entrepreurs in spite of the
challenges. Financial Times, May 19, 2009.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/83197f2c-440c-11de-a9be-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
Note:
(a) The report mentions "angel-funded" and "angel investors." The noun "
angel" here means "slang: one who aids or supports with money or influence (
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