Reading Time: < 1 minute A good article from Yahoo Finance. This may not directly be applicable to the restaurants in China, but I think we can all learn something from here.

Reading Time: 2 minutes There is a little piece of news in the software industry caught my attention this week. Red Hat, one of the biggest open source solution provider decided to buy JBoss, a not so well known open source middleware (application server) softare developer, for USD 350 million. I read an article on Business week about JBoss’s

Reading Time: < 1 minute My friend mentioned this real estate estimate web site to me. We were very excited to see the property value of our St. Louis homes went up sharply in the past month, according to the web site. While we are mature enough to know this is not 100% accurate, it’s good news nonetheless. Here is

Reading Time: 2 minutes I was a car junkie a few years ago. By that I mean I can call out the brand and models of most cars on the road; and I visited the dealership and test drive from time to time. Not to mention I spent tons of time on the car web sites, such as edmunds,

Reading Time: 2 minutes Trader Joe’s is a small grocery store which provides “high quality foods and beverages at honest low prices”. The quoted word is taken from its paper shopping bag (unlike Aldi, its bag is free). Recently Trader Joe’s is growing very fast and I remember reading a magazine article talking about business model and growth. Seeing

Reading Time: < 1 minute Saw the following words from a Doctor’s office today. I believe many people would agree it. But how many of us are actually following it? I think I should also put it on the wall so I won’t forget it. ======================================= Nothing in the world can take the place of PERSISTENCE. TALENT will not; nothing

Reading Time: < 1 minute I attended C++ training course at my work place last week. This is good for me because I did not feel well last week ( I got cold and headache): I can stay away from real coding during all these madness. Seriously, I did not find the C++ course to be any easier than the

Reading Time: < 1 minute I watched quite a bit NCAA men’s basketball this weekend. Although I am not a big basket ball fan, I like to watch college basktet ball (more than NBA) because the college game is more fun. First, the game is shorter (40 minutes total). Second, I can see more team work in play because there

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ruth’s Chris Steak House is opening a store in St. Louis (Clayton) on March 20. I happened to see the store sign today when I drove by. While I am not a big fan of steak, I got to know the restaurant because I bought/sold its stock last year. It’s a premium steak house, and

Reading Time: < 1 minute From mitbbs ================================================ 出租司机给我上的MBA课 我要从徐家汇赶去机场，于是匆匆结束了一个会议，在美罗大厦前搜索出租车。一辆 大众发现了我，非常专业的、径直的停在我的面前。这一停，于是有了后面的这个让 我深感震撼的故事，象上了一堂生动的MBA案例课。为了忠实于这名出租车司机的原 意，我凭记忆尽量重复他原来的话。 “去哪里……好的，机场。我在徐家汇就喜欢做美罗大厦的生意。这里我只做两个地 方。 美罗大厦，均瑶大厦。你知道吗？接到你之前，我在美罗大厦门口兜了两圈，终于 被 我看到你了！从写字楼里出来的，肯定去的不近~~~” “哦？你很有方法嘛！”我附和了一下。 “做出租车司机，也要用科学的方法。”他说。我一愣，顿时很有些兴趣“什么科学的 方法？” “要懂得统计。我做过精确的计算。我说给你听啊。我每天开17个小时的车，每小时成 本34.5元……” “怎么算出来的？”我追问。