c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 1 You may be considering buying galaxy tablets or smartphones from Samsung.
This posting is to provide more information. I do not say Samsung products
are good or bad, because I have not used most of modern electronics (like
smartphones, not to mention tablets--computers, yes). A month ago, Taipei's
DigiTimes reported that Apple would switch chip maker from Samsung to Taiwan
Semiconduuctor Manufacturing Company, from Samsung, because Apple was
concerned that Samsung was a competitor. (Samsung will... 阅读全帖 |
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d***u
发帖数: 313 | 2 Why ETFC? (if anyone doesn't know about this)
There have been lot of rumors around for quite while that ETFC would be
acquired sometime this year. Barrons published at least two articles at the
begining of this year about this. (I can't find them due to Barrons lousy
indexing, if anyone keeps a copy or know where they are, please send me
links). “油工” also mentioned this several times, here is the most recent
- http://www.mitbbs.com/article0/Stock/32545357_0.html. I also remembered he talked abou |
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I**N
发帖数: 102 | 3 I'd say life is not only about breeding |
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L****n
发帖数: 12932 | 4 this is what this guy said about FUQI back in Dec. 09 (last quarter) about
FUQI's earning report on seekingalpha:
"In the past month, Motley Fool produced a jaw-dropping 10 headlines for
Fuqi International (FUQI), a Chinese jewelry manufacturer. During this
period, the stock went from $20 to $22 and then to $18 at the close of last
Friday. I will not be a buyer for Fuqi here. In the last earning report,
Fuqi had an irregular item to boost revenue and showed little progress in
its expansion into |
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E*******r
发帖数: 2723 | 5 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
Lexian (蒙古大夫) 于 (Sat Mar 20 09:50:46 2010, 美东) 提到:
this is what this guy said about FUQI back in Dec. 09 (last quarter) about
FUQI's earning report on seekingalpha:
"In the past month, Motley Fool produced a jaw-dropping 10 headlines for
Fuqi International (FUQI), a Chinese jewelry manufacturer. During this
period, the stock went from $20 to $22 and then to $18 at the close of last
Friday. I will not be a buyer for Fuqi here. In the last earning repor |
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b********y
发帖数: 5829 | 6 I have been watching with a mixture of awe and dismay some of the really
bad analysis, sloppy reporting, and just unsupported commentary about
the GS case.
I put together this list based on what I know as a lawyer, a market
observer, a quant and someone with contacts within the SEC. (Note: This
represents my opinions, and no one elses).
Ten Things You Don’t Know (or were misinformed by the Media) About the
GS Case
1. This is a Weak Case: Actually, no — its a very strong case. Based
upon what is |
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c********t
发帖数: 4527 | 7 【 以下文字转载自 Hardware 讨论区 】
发信人: choosewhat (bet on any), 信区: Hardware
标 题: on discussions about Adobe Flash
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat May 1 17:07:55 2010, 美东)
A lot of discussions on Flash and the future of flash and adobe are very
superficial and biased.
If we really want to talk about technology and from that perspective, we
should think what technology brings first
Technology boosts productivity.
Flash is not just a media player in a browser. It is now a middle ware and a
platform for enterprise ap |
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x****u
发帖数: 87 | 8 I am going to write something in term paper about DELL's payout policy.
But it seems never pay dividens over time, and then now I dont know what to
say abou this issue in term paper.
Anyone can tell me what to say and how I can write about in paper?
Thanks a million |
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k********8
发帖数: 7948 | 9 Guest Post: Plaza Accord 2.0: Is it Coming? Is it Here?
October 15th, 2010 by Michael Krieger
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of
zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.
Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the
government’s purposes are beneficent.
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and
assembly. Men feared witch... 阅读全帖 |
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g*******2
发帖数: 651 | 10 Accidentally, I did a wash sale in Dec of 2010. I am not clear about the
consequences. Just by checking online info, the following may the
consequences I need to swallow. (pls comment)
(1) I can not claim the loss of the stock in filing 2010 tax.
(2) My disallowed loss may be added to the basis of the replacement stock.
An instance I found online is as
"Example: Some time ago you bought 80 shares of XYZ at $50. The stock
has declined to $30, and you sell it to take the loss deduction. But t... 阅读全帖 |
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w*********s
发帖数: 2136 | 11 #1
05-01-2011, 05:34 AM
mojo1
Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 736
Silver
I was thinking about what silver is to me? Is it investment, savings,
insurance, money, wealth, or all of these things? I
believe gold and silver are unique in that they are acting very effectively
as all of the above, except their historical role
as money, in today’s fiat world.
Look at the all the long years of deception and methodical effort that the
bankers have put into convincing the masses
... 阅读全帖 |
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j***b
发帖数: 5901 | 12 Time decay is kind of mystified here. It is not magic.
For example, people talk about shorting tna and tza at the same time. Lets
take a look at such a trade.
Imagine you short $10,000 worth of TNA and TZA both. So you need a fund of $
20,000. Imagine IWM first go down 3% and then up 3%. So TNA and TZA go up 9%
and down 9% in different order, and both becomes 99.19% of the original
value, and you pocket a profit of .81%, or $162.
Now imagine instead of doing the above trade, you buy $5400 worth ... 阅读全帖 |
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j***b
发帖数: 5901 | 13 Lol. That some big suggestions. I will suggest you a little differently,
just know what is delta, and read my earlier posts about delta, so that you
can understand what I'm talking about. |
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M*****8
发帖数: 17722 | 15 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: MB80528 (肥猫(Contrarian)[食MM而肥]), 信区: Military
标 题: 13 Staggering Facts About The Global Super Rich
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Nov 13 13:51:10 2011, 美东)
13 Staggering Facts About The Global Super Rich
http://read.bi/nnvkqA
http://read.bi/pNalax |
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h*****8
发帖数: 4754 | 16 Analysis declares 'twilight of coal-fired power' in U.S.
ClimateWire, 5-9-12
By Daniel Cusick
The era of U.S. coal-fired electric power generation will effectively end as
new federal regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from fossil
plants take effect, a new analysis from Bloomberg Government concludes.
The report, from energy analyst Rob Barnett, posits that the new U.S. EPA
rule, rolled out last month and open for public comment until June 12, will
effectively ban the construction of n... 阅读全帖 |
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p******e
发帖数: 22 | 17 Just noticed S&P recommended BB&T Corp (NYSE: BBT) - 5 star in valuation. It
's price to book ratio is about 1; P/E ratio is 11, almost historically low;
and 3% dividend. This regional bank never had any loss for the past 10
years, making money even in the 08-09 financial crisis. Looking forward, the
mortgage loan is getting better and better. So its loss reserve should drop
significantly. Anybody lives in Southeastern states that can shed some
lights about your 1st hand experience with this reg... 阅读全帖 |
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Y****g
发帖数: 662 | 18 Very basic skills about investing
1) If you choose to catch a falling knife, you should have the endurance to
suffer the pain for long-term.
2) If you choose to create fear for the shorts, then you need to do it quick
a) get out as fast as you can if you fail;
b) hold no more than three days if you win for the second class-stocks or
lower;
c) You can hold at least half positions if you win for super stocks
3) If you are begging for good news or for somebody to bail you out, you are
most likely g... 阅读全帖 |
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u******4
发帖数: 4281 | 19 Thank you for your petition. Your petition requested an apology from those
involved, and to "cut the show."
The parties involved have already apologized independently. Jimmy Kimmel has
apologized on-air, and issued a written apology. ABC has removed the skit
from future broadcasts, taken the clip down from online platforms, and
detailed several changes in its programming review process in response to
this incident. You can find more about Jimmy Kimmel's apology here, and ABC'
s apology here.
On ... 阅读全帖 |
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g*******0
发帖数: 2933 | 20 【 以下文字转载自 SanFrancisco 讨论区 】
发信人: topcard (topcard), 信区: SanFrancisco
标 题: Facebook just laid off about 40 people (转载)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon May 9 02:21:27 2016, 美东)
发信人: BernartoS (BS), 信区: JobHunting
标 题: Facebook just laid off about 40 people
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun May 8 13:32:43 2016, 美东)
http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-just-had-some-layoffs-h |
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r********n
发帖数: 300 | 21 I got 110k gain from selling company stock this year to buy a house.
Although it is long term investment, I still need to pay about 24k tax from
this gain. How to save this part of tax?
I consulted CPA. They asked me to get a loan from my left stock holdings,
and then make charitable contribution to trusted foundation. By doing so,
the above 24K can be saved a lot (about 20k).
I am wondering if anyone has done similar thing before. Thanks! |
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s*******h
发帖数: 7 | 22 Hi,
I have a question for 2014 1040x form, I have filed with 2013 Tax
with incorrect filling status "Single", then I have to submit 1040x to
correct it as "Married filing jointly". (my wife was in China last year).
I'm clear about the "Income and Deductions" and "Tax liability". However, I
'm confused about "Payments" and "Refund or Amount You Owe".
example: line 11 Total tax:
Column A (original amount) $13335----in my previous 1040,
Column B (Net Change... 阅读全帖 |
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d*********r
发帖数: 87 | 23 got h1b visa this year, but the working location is a little bit off, should
be 123 abc rd, but it shows on the visa that it is 23 abc rd. I asked my
company to change it, and they asked their lawyer, the response they got
from the lawyer is dont worry about that. I can just write that missing "1"
on the visa.
Is this true?
I am planning to go home, so I am a little worried about this.
Please advise.
thanks in advance. |
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i********d
发帖数: 46 | 24 If the HR person who applied your H1B visa left, then they don't know about
it.It is clear things are bad when you even can not use company's bathroom.
But when you resign you have all your right to talk about how to deal with
your two weeks vacation time.
.
the
receptionist
,
they
USCIS |
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a*****p
发帖数: 189 | 25 I just got my first paycheck. In fact, I paid about 40% of my salary as tax.
Very unhappy. :(
Anybody know which tax item I do not have to pay? Or I have to pay all of
them. It seems I still have 5000 tax treaty. Do I need to talk to our
accounting department about it? Thanks a lot.
1.Federal Income Tax
2.Social Security (FICA)
3.Federal Medicare
4.California Income Tax
5.California Vol. Disability |
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h**********2
发帖数: 775 | 26 Hello,
I am not sure about the dress code of my new company. Is it ok for me to
send an email to the future boss to ask him about the dress code? Also, is
it ok to ask him the typical daily schedule (like 8-5 or 9-6)?
Thank you! |
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a**********t
发帖数: 9684 | 27 I think you were talking about the cases in which people actually didn't
tell their current companies about their new jobs when they finally decided
to stay and declined the new offer. Because it's not necessary to tell your
current employer right away once you start proceeding H1B transfer.
If you already gave the two week notice and then decided not to pursue the
new job, good luck |
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l*****e
发帖数: 123 | 28 【 以下文字转载自 Immigration 讨论区 】
发信人: leonpce (时来运转), 信区: Immigration
标 题: Question about PERM
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Apr 7 11:07:35 2010, 美东)
My EB2 PERM was submitted in Sep. 2009, if it is approved, will my lawyer
get notification from Dept of labor automatically? Or do I need to ask my
lawyer to ask Dept of labor about the status? Thanks a lot. |
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s******y
发帖数: 236 | 29 I can not type Chinese in office. Sorry for about it.
I am thinking to use EXpress mail to mail my package to Lawyer. But, the
package is about 4'' high. it seems it doesn't fit express evonlope. Do I need
prepare the mail box myself? I don't know if USPS has the big box for express
mail.
Also, I am wondering if it has different price (discount) for printed paper
by express mail. I know the standard
mail has. |
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A*********r
发帖数: 8271 | 30 EB1a和EB1b关于这一项的说明
EB1a
(iii) Published material about the alien in professional or major trade
publications or other major media, relating to the alien's work in the field
for which classification is sought. Such evidence shall include the title,
date, and author of the material, and any necessary translation;
EB1b
(C) Published material in professional publications written by others about
the alien's work in the academic field. Such material shall include the
title, date, and author of the mate |
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i***0
发帖数: 8469 | 31 Many encouraged by Obama's call for immigration reform but concerned about
lack of specifics
July 1, 2010 | 11:41 am
About two dozen workers, students and advocates gathered Thursday at the
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles to watch President
Obama’s speech on immigration overhaul on a large screen.
Many said they were encouraged by Obama's call for creating a pathway to
citizenship for the country's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants. But
they also said they were concern |
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m****w
发帖数: 1304 | 32 I applied for EB1A with PP.
When I filled out the efile 140 form, there is a question about the proposed
employment: Is this a permanent position. Actually I am a postdoc fellow in
a university, however, I checked the "yes" option, which is not a fact.
The application package was mailed out yesterday. I began to worry about
this, will it be a big mistake, do I need to contact USCIS to modify it? I
wonder if my case will be affected by this mistake.
Thanks. |
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t******p
发帖数: 810 | 33 How to answer this question?
Is there any documentation from USCIS about the independent letter?
Thanks!
"
would you please direct me to the requirements for this letter? Is there an
online document from the Immigration office, about what the letter should
state?
" |
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w*********i
发帖数: 670 | 34 我们公司律师把人家引用算到这一条了。我当时感觉就不大对。今天我看了一下精诚律
师里面对此有个说明。我感觉那我的公司律师理解完全不对？有人碰到过这个问题吗？
Published material in professional publications written by others about the
person's work in the academic field。
There seems to be widespread misunderstanding of a number of nuances of this
criterion. Many petitioners presented evidence of citations to the
petitioner's works as evidence of published material about the petitioner.
However, the AAO has repeatedly stated that citations do not satisfy this
requirement. |
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t********4
发帖数: 1160 | 35 Don't make any assumption that IO has scientific background. But if you don'
t talk about any research detail at all, your PL may not be convincing
enough. So I think you should talk about your research detail in a way that
anyone without similar background could understand. Just my opinion...
has |
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c**c
发帖数: 74 | 36 Hi, Old guru and all experienced brothers and sisters,
My questions come from the post: http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t1/Immigration/32685835_0_2.html and some kind replies actually confused me. So I want to ask publicly for opinions.
1. May I ask what new evidence can be used when RFED?
It appears to me now that newer stronger reference letter definitely works.
2. Will any new Citations to old papers published before I-140 submission or
RFE date, but shown in database after RFE or the date that... 阅读全帖 |
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W*****s
发帖数: 684 | 37 We recently got some funding from Bill's via a third agency. This third
agency will issue a press release on this thing. How can I take some
advantage of this.Thanks!
This is about "Evidence of published material about you in professional or
major trade publications or other major media." |
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D***1
发帖数: 200 | 38 标 题: "EB1A "Basic Information About the Proposed Employment" 项没填
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Aug 22 14:33:53 2013, 美东)
我是自己申请 EB1A, 在efil I140 时，有一项 “Basic Information About the
Proposed Employment” 没填，会有什么结果？ |
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发帖数: 1 | 39 在USCIS网站上写：
You can submit an inquiry about your Form I-765 if your case has been
pending more than 75 days.
但是在e-request的page上并没有I-765的选项，请问大家怎么样submit inquiry about
I-765？在同样的表格里提交I-130说日期没到不让查。然而AP/EAD 已经RD之后整90天
了都还没到。。。 |
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p**8
发帖数: 3883 | 40 many people asked me the exact spillover visa number.
I said spillover visa number is about 10K. about = 大约.
No one knows the exact spillover visa number, even Mr. O. he said "I cannot
speculate on whether any additional numbers may become available later in
the year." (the attached file)
该做的都做了，该讲的都讲了。 |
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p**8
发帖数: 3883 | 41 I said spillover visa number is about 10K. about = 大约. |
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i***0
发帖数: 8469 | 42 Many encouraged by Obama's call for immigration reform but concerned about
lack of specifics
July 1, 2010 | 11:41 am
About two dozen workers, students and advocates gathered Thursday at the
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles to watch President
Obama’s speech on immigration overhaul on a large screen.
Many said they were encouraged by Obama's call for creating a pathway to
citizenship for the country's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants. But
they also said they were concern |
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a*******d
发帖数: 4846 | 43 Senator Scott Brown says Irish E3 immigrant visa bill is “about to pop”
on Capitol Hill.
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/-Senator-Scott-Brown-says-Iris
immigrant-visa-bill-is-about-to-pop-138938264.html
...
"The Republican Senator has said it is possible it will pass as
soon as this week."
...
"Meanwhile the Boston Globe reported on Wednesday that "Senator Charles
Grassley, ... who has held up Schumer’s bill because of immigration issues
unrelated to the Irish work visa provision, is hoping to... 阅读全帖 |
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s******t
发帖数: 926 | 44 EB45 goes to EB1 to SO as well. They have about 10k. So EB1 and EB2ROW
filings should be around 5k per month.
I don't think 1/3 of Jan filers will miss 485 by the end of Jan. 10% at most
How about refugees 485? I remember it is a huge number.
485 |
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D***1
发帖数: 200 | 45 标 题: "EB1A "Basic Information About the Proposed Employment" 项没填
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Aug 22 14:33:53 2013, 美东)
我是自己申请 EB1A, 在efil I140 时，有一项 “Basic Information About the
Proposed Employment” 没填，会有什么结果？ |
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l*****m
发帖数: 98 | 46 I still did not receive my RFE. Therefore, I sent SR to resend RFE. Right
now the system says, your inquiry about a Request For Evidence that you did
not receive, referral number xxx, was completed; we sent a response to your
inquiry about a Request For Evidence that you did not receive. So what
should I do? Did they mail RFE to my current address again? Thanks. |
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r*******e
发帖数: 3 | 47 【 以下文字转载自 Complain 讨论区,原文如下 】
发信人: cinic (no longer angry), 信区: Complain
标 题: Complain about Finishgo
发信站: The unknown SPACE (Mon Apr 30 16:50:14 2001) WWW-POST
Chinese board is stucked by his rubbish, i say rubbish
because he use very irresponsible language, propose
arbitrary point of view with little common sense about MANY
deep topics that each calls for great amount of research
and thinking.
but it's OK he just makes his own board a dustbin, what's
outrageous is he recommended these stuff a |
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e******7
发帖数: 144 | 48 Here is the link for the discussion from NPR about politics and religion in
China. It is a great discussion and very neutral. The two professors told
the truth about things happened in China. Topics include Daila Lama, One
Child policy, Olympics, Minority, Jew Community in China.
http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/mt/podcast/0908Dialogue.mp3 |
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d****e
发帖数: 3 | 49 One of my friends wants to apply for the COMPUTATIONAL LOGIC master program in
this university and asked me about it. But I don't know much about it either.
She is in China now, and wants to go to Germany for a MS degree; doesn't know
Germany, but she took toefl and got a good score.
Thanks in advance for any information. |
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d****e
发帖数: 3 | 50 One of my friends wants to apply for the COMPUTATIONAL LOGIC master program in
this university and asked me about it. But I don't know much about it either.
She is in China now, and wants to go to Germany for a MS degree; doesn't know
Germany, but she took toefl and got a good score.
Thanks in advance for any information. |
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