Reading Time: < 1 minute The stock got another hit today as its CFO says that: meeting the high end of the coffee shop chain’s 2007 earnings forecast will be “very challenging” due to rising dairy costs and slowing sales growth in its U.S. business,… It seems high gas prices are really hurting them, in two ways. Some customers have to

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June 21, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Some interesting numbers in 1997 and 2007: Unlead Gas per gallon: 1997: $0.80 (Rolla, MO), 2007: $2.76 (St. Louis, as of today June 21), about 250% increase. International call to China per minute: 1997: $0.76(LCI), 2007: $0.08 (AT&T Advantage,  quote from ipevo), $0.02 (Skype or phone cards). Or you can use VoIP from iTalkBB $24.99 plan which offers

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June 21, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Mittal is the largest steel maker in the world. I happened to watch the CNBC interview of its CEO this morning. I checked the chart  (Google Finance) of Arcelor Mittal (MT), it went up 2129% in 5 years. I also happened to see the Nokia (NOK), a stock I traded in 2004, it went up 132% in 5 years.

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June 20, 2007

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

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June 19, 2007

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Update June 25) Fuwei has a news release regarding this today. (Update June 19) The stock (FFHL) got a big lift (18%) today. Major’s rule No. 2: stock moves when Major mentions it at stlplace, e.g., EDU (mentioned in June 9) and FFHL. Some speculative Chinese stocks got big move too, e.g. EFUT is up 30% today. Seriously I am not saying Fuwei is

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June 18, 2007

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

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June 18, 2007

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:

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June 18, 2007

Reading Time: < 1 minute Here is the definition from Per Dohler, a software localization guru: Localization is the process of adapting a product, in our context a software program, to a specific locale, i.e., to its language, standards and cultural norms as well as to the needs and expectations of a specific target market. A properly localized product also

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June 17, 2007

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?

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June 16, 2007

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

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June 16, 2007
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