Reading Time: < 1 minute I guess they changed name to differentiate from “UPS Ground”? I got my refurbished iPod today, from Fedex Ground (a.k.a. Home Delivery) office instead of receiving it at home. They attempted to deliver twice last week, but I was not at home in both occasions. The strange thing is they did not leave a notice. Yesterday (Monday) I received an email from
Reading Time: < 1 minute This sounds a little strange: a smaller fish swallowed up a bigger one. Here is some details (Houston Chronicle): “Finish Line operates 694 Finish Line stores in 47 states, 93 Man Alive stores in 19 states and 15 Paiva stores in 10 states. Nashville-based Genesco sells shoes, hats and accessories in more than 2,000 retail stores in
Reading Time: < 1 minute Last summer I wrote about this. This year’s show starts tonight, June 18 at Forest Park. Hope I can catch more shows this year. Nice things about the MUNY:
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mop is less cool (pacific epoch): Mop, the Chinese teen social networking web sites, became less cool because it did not turn on the Air Condition to save utility cost. Separately, Mop’s parent Co., Oak Pacific, is not going IPO very soon. Starbucks to offer salad (Starbucks Gossip): so that they can offer a one stop shop for lunch customer?
Reading Time: 2 minutes I created my aStore and added some books there. You can go there by clicking the “aStore” link at my home page. Those are the books I have read over last few years, and I will recommend to others who have interest in business, management and finance. A little comments on those books (listed in
Reading Time: < 1 minute Tomorrow is Father’s day. My parents are wonderful parents, they did all they can to support me and my brothers’ education, under difficult circumstances. But everyone has his/her limit, my dad is no exception. I think from “personal finance” point of view, my dad is a good saver, but he does not know much about investing (that’s understandable because
Reading Time: < 1 minute All right, the all mighty San Antonio Spurs swept Cleveland Cavalier 4 games in a row, and gave the Cleveland little chance during all 4 games. So the winner is obviously the Spurs, its team and fans. Among those players in the Spurs, Michael Finley is the happiest because it’s the first championship during his
Reading Time: < 1 minute Today is probablly the least volatility day since I invested in the US stocks 3.5 years ago, my portifolio only changed -0.1%. Previously the biggest volatility day was Feb 27 this year, my portifolio dropped almost 10%. For reference, Dow went up 0.53%, S&P went up 0.66%, and Nasdaq went up 0.48% today. I don’t know the
Reading Time: < 1 minute Yesterday after I bought air ticket, and refurbished iPod nano, I received an unexpected call from Discover card. It’s from “fraud prevention” department. Very good. This is a kind of customer service phone call that I like to hear. Because credit card threft (and identity threft) is not uncommon these days. I like discover card also because
Reading Time: < 1 minute I bought air ticket for my late July trip back to Shanghai. It cost me $1260, American Airlines, STL to PVG (via ORD). Compared to $1090 I paid for my March trip (UA), it’s a little more expensive. The main reason is of course the soaring oil price lately.
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