A copyright lawsuit has finally stopped the crazy stock market streak …

A copyright lawsuit has finally stopped the crazy stock market streak of Beijing Baofeng Technology – Quartz

For whom the bell tolls.(Reuters/Stringer)
SHAREWritten bySteve MollmanObsessionChina’s TransitionMay 15, 2015It had to end eventually. News of a copyright dispute has broken the breathtaking post-IPO rise (paywall) in the share price of Beijing Baofeng Technology, which offers online videos, a media player, and a low-price […]

Speculation Fever?

Share on StockTwitsEmbedThe world is awash in cash and time. It’s an interesting cocktail that has been brewing with the proliferation of money printing and smartphones. It makes sense to me that speculation would run rampant.My wife and I just made an offer on a home on Coronado. We were one of SIX. The counter came back at 10 percent […]

China's Stock Market Mania – How High Can Red Chips Fly? | Gary …

Recognized as the world’s single biggest attraction for high rollers at the gambling tables, Macau is the only location in the People’s Republic of China where betting on the roll of the dice is legal. Macau is just a short ferry ride from Hong Kong, through which many mainlanders travel to get to the casinos. As such, the former Portuguese […]

How IBM is using big data to fix Beijing's pollution crisis – Quartz

Of China’s major cities, Beijing’s pollution problem is probably the worst, causing thousands of premature deaths every year. Its residents are fed up. The growing outrage has forced leaders to declare a “war on pollution,” including the goal of slashing Beijing’s PM2.5— the concentration of the particles that pose the greatest risk to human health—by 25% by 2017. The Beijing […]