2007-01-24

Vaporisation of Taiwan's stock market - the MAC effect

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After ASE applied for withdrawal from the Taiwan Stock Exchange, today UMC is distributing its cash stash back to the shareholders. More ...
2007-01-20

IPod index? why not a Philipino maid index?

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The Chinese saying " 东施效颦 ", telling how "aping a beauty" could embarass oneself. But there is nothing to stop Macquari...
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Short eBay for its failed Skype acquisition

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1. eBay bought Skype at $2.6bn, plus another $1.6bn earn-out , i.e. if some performace target is met in future 2. Skype founder moved on to ...
2007-01-15

ASEAN 10+n?

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A while ago I discussed the rationale for ASEAN 10+n . I have there explained why it is more practical and realistic to add one national eac...
2007-01-13

Iraqi lesson - Fareed Zakaria - gradualism - Great Nation?

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If one follows Sun Zi's doctrine (or that of von Klausewicz), military solution is just an extension of politics. So if one does not sol...
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2007-01-08

Reading surveys

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a couple weeks ago some celebrated columnist (I really forgot who wrote it) in either Apple Daily or Next Weekly commented about an internet...
2007-01-07

The phenomenological explanation to the Roland Soong strategy in horse racing

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Flipping through the older issues of the Next Weekly I found the story of Roland's trick in gambling over the other side of the estuary ...
2006-12-21

Short notes in Dec 06

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Too busy to blog these days. So just a couple short notes 1) eBay exited China. I knew this many months ago . Unimaginative management, wron...
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2006-12-05

Dec reading list (Dec5)

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(blogging will be light in coming couple months) China 市场社会主义与中国和谐社会 請不要熄滅你的熱情 - (羅文嘉) Michael Chang and Ding Junhui GDP/cap in Song dynast...
2006-12-01

Maps of the 9 "Great Nations"

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The "Great Nations" series chose 9 nations. Only nations in the modern world were selected (i.e. after 1500s). This is significan...