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发帖数: 29846 | 2 Rubio to Obama: 'I Oppose Your Plans Because I Want to Protect My Neighbors'
Daniel Halper
February 12, 2013 6:10 PM
The following are excerpts of the Republican response to the State of the
Union Address, which will be delivered by Marco Rubio:
"This opportunity – to make it to the middle class or beyond no matter
where you start out in life – it isn’t bestowed on us from Washington. It
comes from a vibrant free economy where people can risk their own money to
open a business. And when they su... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 3 By Stuart J. Moskovitz
John Kerry always believed he was qualified to be President of the United
States. While I grant he certainly had a far better résumé than the
current office holder, there was little in that résumé to instill
confidence in any careful observer that he had the courage, the integrity,
the character to occupy this lofty perch. The lack of these three elements
are evident in the current president and we are all suffering the
consequences.
Our introduction to John Kerry came wit... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 4 The U.S. budget deficit widened in May from a year earlier on a 10 percent
increase in spending, the Treasury Department said.
Outlays exceeded receipts by $138.7 billion last month compared with a $124.
6 billion shortfall in May 2012, the Treasury said today in Washington. The
gap was in line with the $139 billion median estimate in a Bloomberg survey
of 23 economists.
The Congressional Budget Office last week said that spending in May would’
ve been $4 billion less than a year earlier were it... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 5 U.S. Says Economy's Pace of Gains Slowed Amid Revision in Consumer Spending,
Business Investment.
By SARAH PORTLOCK
And JONATHAN HOUSE
WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy expanded at a slower pace than previously
estimated in the first quarter as consumer spending and business investment
were revised sharply downward, indicating a weaker trajectory for the
economy even before growth downshifted in recent months.
The nation's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of all goods and
services produced... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 6 Stephen Moore: Obama's Economy Hits His Voters Hardest
Young people, single women and minorities have fared the worst during the
past four years.
By
STEPHEN MOORE
For better or worse, a truism of American politics is that voters vote their
pocketbooks. Yet according to a new report on median household incomes by
Sentier Research, in 2012 millions of American voters apparently cast
ballots contrary to their economic self-interest.
Each month the consultants at Sentier analyze the numbers ... 阅读全帖 |
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t*******y
发帖数: 21396 | 7 本版预测又准了，打脸Pia Pia响
Economic growth for the Q2 revised up to 4.2%
The economy expanded even more rapidly than previously estimated in the
second quarter, the government said Thursday.
The nation's gross domestic product grew at a 4.2% annual rate, vs. the
surprisingly strong 4% pace initially believed, the Commerce Department said
. Economists expected a revision to 3.9%.
The higher growth estimate was due to stronger business investment of 8.4%,
up from the 5.5% initially believed. Equipment spe... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 8 On January 21 when the Canadian Central Bank unexpected slashed interest
rates, I wrote Canadian Recession Coming Up.
Following the rate cut, the yield curve in Canada inverted out to three
years. Inversion means near-term interest rates are higher than long-term
rates.
I saw no other person mention the inversion at the time. An inverted yield
curve generally portends recession.
Nine days later, the Canadian yield curve is still inverted. Let's compare
what I posted about the curve on January 21... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 9 For bank account holders in Zimbabwe, the government will do a forced
exchange of Zimbabwean dollars to US dollars at the rate 175 Quadrillion
Zimbabwean Dollars Per $5.00.
The Zimbabwean dollar will be taken from circulation, formalizing a
multi-currency system introduced in 2009 to help stem inflation and
stabilize the economy.
The central bank will offer $5 for every 175 quadrillion, or 175,000
trillion, Zimbabwean dollars, Governor John Mangudya said in an e-mailed
statement from the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 10 August 11, 2016
Shocking data revision by feds: Americans’ wages dropped 4.2% instead of
rising in the first quarter
By Thomas Lifson
Wages for Americans are dropping at a rapid rate, instead of rising as the
feds had claimed. This shocking news -- making President Obama’s claim
that the economy has recovered from the great recession laughable – was
buried in a report on second quarter earnings, and has barely registered in
the nation’s media, which are anxious to elect Hillary Clinton.
Neil Mu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1939 | 11 Trump实在是贱，
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-foundation-ordered-to-stop-
fundraising-by-ny-attorney-generals-office/2016/10/03/1d4d295a-8987-11e6-
bff0-d53f592f176e_story.html
The New York attorney general disclosed Monday that it ordered Donald Trump
’s personal charity to cease fundraising immediately after determining that
the foundation was violating state law by soliciting donations without
proper authorization.
The message was conveyed in a “notice of violation” sent Friday to ... 阅读全帖 |
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W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | 12 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: WCNMLGB (CCC), 信区: Military
标 题: 床铺的移民政策即使成功实施也只能将白人成为少民进程推迟5年
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Feb 6 17:13:06 2018, 美东)
床铺螳臂当车，白人成为少民已是大势所趋。美国即使现在完全停止移民，白人最终也
将成为少民。只是时间早晚问题。
ANALYSIS
President Trump's proposal to cut legal immigration rates would
delay the date that white Americans become a minority of the population by&#
160;as few as one or as many as five additional years,
according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
The plan, released by the White... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5074 | 13 By Shobhana Chandra
Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The worst U.S. economic slump
since the Great Depression abated in the second quarter
as government spending programs started to kick in,
while the sharpest pullback by consumers since 1980
augured a muted recovery.
Gross domestic product shrank at a better-than-forecast
1 percent annual pace after a 6.4 percent drop the
prior three months, Commerce Department figures showed
yesterday in Washington. A survey of purchasing managers
showed separately that |
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发帖数: 2136 | 14 FDIC List of Problem Banks Surges, Putting Reserve Fund at Risk
By Alison Vekshin
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. added 111 lenders to its list of “problem
banks,” a jump that suggests rising bank failures may force the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp. to deplete a reserve fund that shrank 40 percent
this year.
A total of 416 banks with combined assets of $299.8 billion failed the FDIC
’s grading system for asset quality, liquidity and earnings in the second
quarter, the most since June 1994, the |
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p****s
发帖数: 940 | 15 Japan’s lowest auto sales in three years is reviving concerns that
manufacturing will hollow out in Asia’s second-largest economy.
Such rhetoric was tossed around regularly as recently as 2012 by car
executives as the stronger yen forced production to shift out of Japan.
While favorable currency rates since then paused such talk -- Toyota Motor
Corp. (7203) is headed for a second straight year of record profits -- the
country’s first sales-tax increase in 17 years has led to a slump in
consumpti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9939 | 16 1周一次regularly。中国店一趟+walmart一趟。我和老公特会吃菜吃水果，不够了就附
近的店里补充一下。
肉主要是牛肉，猪肉，有时候买个羊腿，小鸡来烤烤。偶尔鱼虾市场买个5磅大虾吃两
周。牛排买来当天或第二天就吃掉。pork ribs烤了可以吃2炖，小鸡烤了也吃两顿。羊
腿烤了炖萝卜可能马上吃完了，老公最爱。鱼不是很会做，所以很少吃鱼。偶尔吃猪排
。每周都会炖肉汤。牛尾骨汤，猪骨头汤，猪蹄香菇汤，换着来。开始有点厌烦了，天
天就吃这些玩意。顺便问美国的猪肉咋这么难吃啊。国内的五花肉一煎香喷喷的，这边
咋蔫蔫的，臭臭的。
蔬菜，大白菜一定要，小白菜用来煮面条，萝卜，西红柿，芋头，茄子，洋葱，蘑菇，
上海青，西芹，等等。每天吃新鲜的蔬菜。我们还爱吃豆制品：豆干，风味素鸡，豆腐
每次都要。
我会存一些面条，饺子，年糕，肉丸子，海鲜丸子，肉末等等以备不时之需。
做饭已经开始做的很生气了，周末想去买猪耳朵，猪舌头，beef shrank，牛蹄筋，卤
一大锅。然后冻起来。想偷懒了。
我爱吃橘子类的水果：橙子，柚子，citrus，grape fruit等等都爱，老公爱吃苹果和
梨。都讨厌葡... 阅读全帖 |
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K****D
发帖数: 30533 | 17 I don't have any exposure to financial sector!
My advantage to S&P shrank a lot, //sigh. |
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K****D
发帖数: 30533 | 18 No, supposedly contribution has higher priority than conversion.
Now the key question is the contribution is 8k or 2k.
OP has contributed 8k or more originally, and shrank to 2k now.
5 |
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K****D
发帖数: 30533 | 19 日期(MM/DD/YY):
04/03/09
YTD:
+2.97%
备注:
S&P 500: -6.73%
Trading: +16.08%
Lost to the index by an unbelievable 7% in 2 weeks. Advantage shrank to
a mere 9.x% now. Will likely continue to underperform if the bull keeps
marching on. |
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K****D
发帖数: 30533 | 20 日期(MM/DD/YY):
07/17/09
YTD:
Overall: 12.26%
备注:
S&P 500: 4.11%
Trading: 23.43%
Lost to index by 6% this week. It\'s not even surprising since I\'ve lost 7%
to index before, hehe. My advantage shrank back to 1 month ago.
I just hate bull market! //sigh. |
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K****D
发帖数: 30533 | 21 日期(MM/DD/YY):
04/30/2011
YTD:
9.83%
S&P 500: 8.43%, excluding dividends
备注:
Month of April has been horrible -- 1% vs 3%. The IRA accounts actually
shrank, thanks to bad ER. Regular investment account stayed flat and 401k
rose a little because I went indexing at some point.
Large transactions are still expected to happen in May since I am yet
to close my old brokerage account. My new brokerage account has been
sitting on cash for a whole month. |
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发帖数: 1491 | 22 By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment growth jumped in June and the jobless
rate closed in on a six-year low, decisive evidence the economy was growing
briskly heading into the second half of the year.
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 288,000 jobs last month and the unemployment
rate fell to 6.1 percent from 6.3 percent in May, the Labor Department said
on Thursday. Data for April and May were revised to show a total of 29,000
more jobs created than previously reported.
In additi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 44 | 23 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/snapchat-ceo-facebook-violently-implode-
nicholas-carlson
Facebook Doomed To Be Yahoo, Says Snapchat CEO
Dec 29, 2014 74,532views 527Likes 226CommentsShare on LinkedInShare
on FacebookShare on Google PlusShare on Twitter
Will Facebook go the way of Yahoo? Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel thinks so.
During the dot-com boom, Yahoo reached a $128 billion market cap on massive,
fast-growing advertising revenues. Then, when the bubble burst, Yahoo's
market cap shrank ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 313 | 24 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70Q2ON20110127?feedType=R
(Reuters) - Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker by volume, warned of a
weak start to 2011 after its market share shrank again in the fourth quarter
, sending its shares sharply lower.
Stephen Elop, who took over as chief executive last September, said the
company faced significant challenges in its competitiveness and execution.
"These results point to the daunting task ahead of Elop in 2011," Geoff
Blaber from CCS Insight said. ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 357 | 25 By Dina Bass
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. will pay Nokia Oyj
more than $1 billion to promote and develop Windows-based
handsets as part of their smartphone software agreement,
according to two people with knowledge of the terms.
Nokia will pay Microsoft a fee for each copy of Windows used
in its phones, costs that will be offset as Nokia curtails its
own budget for software research and development, said one of
the people, who declined to be identified because the final
contrac... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 26 The GDP curve is misleading:
'Government spending over the past decade worked like a credit card advance
on growth. GDP per person increased 5%, but if we subtract for the increase
in national debt, it shrank 6%, according to Robert Arnott of Research
Affiliates. ' quote |
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w*****u
发帖数: 4768 | 28 我感觉6月到现在经济增涨明显减慢，但现在的股价也差不多处于fair value的位置，所以上下似乎都有理由，感觉的真的很难做长线（以月为单位） |
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c**u
发帖数: 2230 | 29 如果上下都有可能, 那向下的力量可能会大些. 现在投资者情绪经历过大跌后很不稳定
, 稍有风吹草动就会离场. 现在的经济形势可能就是recession的前兆. 只差最后一个
push了. |
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c*****r
发帖数: 8227 | 30 The Trouble With French Banks
A Bank Paribas executive makes his concerns known.
We can no longer borrow dollars. U.S. money-market funds are not lending to
us anymore," a bank executive for BNP Paribas, who declines to be named,
told me last week. "Since we don't have access to dollars anymore, we're
creating a market in euros. This is a first. . . . We hope it will work,
otherwise the downward spiral will be hell. We will no longer be trusted at
all and no one will lend to us anymore."
He's no... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5492 | 31 ATHENS (Reuters) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide 1.44
billion euros ($1.75 billion) in loans to struggling Greek firms, providing
a stimulus to the debt-laden country's ailing economy, Greece's finance
ministry said on Saturday.
With Greek banks dependent on ECB cash to survive and reluctant to finance
any but the biggest companies, Athens and the European Union have been
pushing the EIB, the EU's long-term investment arm, to step into the breach.
But the EIB hesitated for mont... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 133 | 32 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone slipped deeper into recession in the last
three months of 2012, registering its first full year with no quarter of
growth after its largest economies, Germany and France, shrank markedly at
the end of the year.
[发表自未名空间手机版 - m.mitbbs.com] |
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发帖数: 9649 | 33 有个洗地的文章出来了
DJ Zynga Posts Surprise 1st-Quarter Profit on Lower Costs
By Ben Fox Rubin
Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) posted a surprise first-quarter profit as the embattled
social-games maker trimmed costs significantly, though bookings fell nearly
as much.
Shares sank 13% after hours to $2.90 after the company projected weak
second-quarter results. As of Wednesday's close, the stock was up 42% so far
this year.
For the current quarter, the company expects an adjusted per-share loss of
three cents t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2894 | 34 Coupons.com IPO gets full price, valuation tops $1 billion
By Jeremy C. Owens
j****[email protected]
POSTED: 03/06/2014 06:01:06 PM PST | UPDATED: ABOUT 5 HOURS AGO
MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Silicon Valley's first pure-tech IPO in 2014 brought in
millions more than expected Thursday, as Coupons.com convinced investors it
is worth more than $1 billion.
The discounts website planned to sell 10 million shares at a price ranging
from $12 to $14, but after meeting with potential institutional investors,
t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 44 | 35 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/snapchat-ceo-facebook-violently-implode-
nicholas-carlson
Facebook Doomed To Be Yahoo, Says Snapchat CEO
Dec 29, 2014 74,532views 527Likes 226CommentsShare on LinkedInShare
on FacebookShare on Google PlusShare on Twitter
Will Facebook go the way of Yahoo? Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel thinks so.
During the dot-com boom, Yahoo reached a $128 billion market cap on massive,
fast-growing advertising revenues. Then, when the bubble burst, Yahoo's
market cap shrank ... 阅读全帖 |
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W***n
发帖数: 11530 | 36 Natural gas prices have run up phenomenally since the June contract expired
on 26 May at $1.963/mmBtu. The natural gas prices touched an intraday high
of $2.48/mmBtu on 6 June before closing flat for the day.
Since October 2015, prices have not been able to cross the strong resistance
area of $2.5/mmBtu, as seen in the chart below. Do the fundamentals support
a breakout and higher prices in the coming weeks, or will we see a move
back into the range?
We have to consider supply and demand, along ... 阅读全帖 |
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c******a
发帖数: 4400 | 37 true. They wasted too much time. Elon's original lead was 10 years. Now it
shrank to 3-5 years |
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l****e
发帖数: 476 | 38 【 以下文字转载自 JobHunting 讨论区 】
【 原文由 warmheart 所发表 】
The Labor Department reported that the U.S. work force shrank by 86,
000 in
March, the largest decline in over a decade. Layoffs by Cisco,
Motorola,
Dupont, Inktomi and Sycamore Networks nudged the unemployment rate up to
4.3%.
We have been interviewed on a daily basis by newspaper and magazine
reporters concerning what the layoffs mean to H-1B workers. We have
scheduled a free, online chat on this subject on April 16 entitled "What
To
Do If You |
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m*********u
发帖数: 1491 | 39 【 以下文字转载自 JobHunting 讨论区 】
发信人: meiguolaotu (美国老土), 信区: JobHunting
标 题: U.S. job growth surges, unemployment rate near six-year low
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jul 3 19:34:12 2014, 美东)
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment growth jumped in June and the jobless
rate closed in on a six-year low, decisive evidence the economy was growing
briskly heading into the second half of the year.
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 288,000 jobs last month and the unemployment
rate fell to 6.1 percent ... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 40 【 以下文字转载自 ChinaNews 讨论区 】
发信人: choi (choi), 信区: ChinaNews
标 题: Breaking News: China Mar. Export to US Down Sharply
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri May 9 11:28:37 2008)
Bob Willis of Bloomberg News reports "U.S. Economy: Trade Deficit Narrows as
Demand for Imports Wanes."
A quote:
"The U.S. trade deficit narrowed more than forecast in March * * * The gap
shrank to $58.2 billion, the lowest this year, from $61.7 billion in
February, the Commerce Department said today in Washington.
"The shortfall with China |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 41 (1) Attached is my original posting of July. 10, 2008.
(2) The last paragraph indicated that Acer sale in US shrank "20.80%" in Q2,
2008, compared with the same period a year ago. The reason: (a) Acer
completed purchase of Gateway in December, 2007. (b) The sale figure a year
ago was addition of both Acer and gateway. (c) Inevitably, some customers (
in this case 20% of the combined company) of either companies shop elsewhere
, similar to merger of two banks causing certain customers to drift aw |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 42 Jack Healy, Trade Decifit Narrows As Imports Fall Sharply; US Exports Rise
After Months of Declines. New York Times, Apr. 10, 2009.
US commerce Department testerday released Februray trade data, which showed
US trade deficit ($26bn) narrowed to its lowest in nine years. "The trade
deficit with China shrank sharply from January to February as imports from
China fell 23.7 percent," The report states.
My comment:
(a) A few months ago China insisted that what it exported to China were
basic which Am |
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z*********n
发帖数: 94654 | 43 我的favorite:
19. For the 2012-2013 fiscal year, California will spend $8.7 billion on
prisons and $4.8 billion on its UC and state college systems.
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100 Mind-Blowing Facts About the Economy
By Morgan Housel | More Articles
July 17, 2012 | Comments (58)
In no particular order…
1. The unemployment rate for men is 8.4%. For married men, it's 4.9%.
2. The unemployment rate for college graduates is 3.9%. For high school
dropouts, it's 13%.
3. Accordin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 512 | 44 I did not like lucky strike at all!
For Cantonese restaurant, I really like Powell Seafood. Give it a try,
pretty good. the lamp clay pot, eggplant with string beans, and beef shrank
clay pot are my favorite. |
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F*******0
发帖数: 512 | 45 I did not like lucky strike at all!
For Cantonese restaurant, I really like Powell Seafood. Give it a try,
pretty good. the lamb clay pot, eggplant with string beans, and beef shrank
clay pot are my favorite. |
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q****v
发帖数: 31 | 46 我现在就是肺癌4期，4月29号biopsy confirms that my cancer is adenocarcima(肺
腺癌）， cancer cell DNA test shows that the cancer cell has the gene
mutation EGFR, that means I can use Tarceva or Irresa. the medcine can block
the protein for cancer self multiply. Afte I took the medicine for a bot
tow months, the results are so wonderful. all teh tumors in lung, lymp nodes
are shrink siginificantly.
the lung cancer is not so terrible as before because of many new medicines
and advanced new technologies.
Please goo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3417 | 47 Yes, but sadly its stock is not worth much any more, and it can't compete
RSU with the other companies. Lots of people's income shrank because of that. They will leave, and it is difficult to recruit the best now partly because of the stock, partly because of overall perception of the company.
it
margin.
industry
matter |
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发帖数: 26623 | 48 【 以下文字转载自 LosAngeles 讨论区 】
发信人: zhanglaosan (张老三), 信区: LosAngeles
标 题: 100条吹掉脑子的经济事实
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Jul 25 17:38:44 2012, 美东)
我的favorite:
19. For the 2012-2013 fiscal year, California will spend $8.7 billion on
prisons and $4.8 billion on its UC and state college systems.
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100 Mind-Blowing Facts About the Economy
By Morgan Housel | More Articles
July 17, 2012 | Comments (58)
In no particular order…
1. The unemployment rate for men is 8.4%.... 阅读全帖 |
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p****r
发帖数: 9164 | 49 熏的东西好像都很好吃， 最近在whole food 常买熏的鸡腿， 火鸡腿，lamb shrank
等，比烤的好吃多了 。 |
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p****r
发帖数: 9164 | 50 好像烤全羊要提前三天预订。 不过其他的菜不用。 最近在whole food 吃过几次smoke
lamb shrank, 觉得非常好吃。 呵呵。
下个月如果我们能凑够人，可以考虑去吃一次。 |
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