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Picked up Some XFML

Posted by Sun on March 10, 2007 (4) Comment

I originally thought I should wait some time before jumping in on Xinhua Finance Media (XFML). Well, I did wait, but not for long. Around 3:00 pm yesterday when I saw the stock lost almost two dollars to around $11 per share from its open price, I placed an order and bought 360 shares XFML [...]

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Xinhua Finance Media (XFML) Debut, then Sank

Posted by Sun on March 9, 2007 (0) Comment

Xinhua Finance Media Ltd (XFML) went ahead its scheduled IPO Friday despite recent sharp decline of Chinese stocks, but the reception of this latest offering on the street was nothing but cold.
Before the IPO, there were speculations that XFML may scrape its plan in wake of the plunge of Chinese domestic stocks on February 27th, [...]

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Next Chinese IPO on Deck: XFML

Posted by Sun on February 23, 2007 (4) Comment

IPOhome.com has reported that Xinhua Finance Media has filed for an initial public offering with SEC on February 21, 2007. According to the SEC filing, the company will offer 23 million American depositary shares (ADSs) in the IPO, priced between $12 to $14 per ADS. The business of Xinhua Fiance Media currently “focuses on business [...]

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Hello, 您好, Nín Hâo!

Posted by Sun on February 14, 2007 (9) Comment

Interested in learning some Chinese? Here’s a chance.
The Times is having a ChinaWeek, featuring some good articles and videos about China, as well as short lessons to learn Mandarin Chinese. For example, the first lesson is about Greeting People:
In Chiese (to view Chinese, set your browser character encoding to Chinese Simplified (GB2312)
Wang Nín hâo! (您好!)
Brown [...]

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One’s Trash is Other’s Gold

Posted by Sun on January 16, 2007 (1) Comment

Bloomberg.com today has a story about a Chinese woman, Zhang Ying, and her company Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd. The article says
Zhang is the world's richest self-made woman, ahead of U.S. chat show host Oprah Winfrey and EBay Inc. Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman, according to Shanghai-based Hurun Report, which ranks wealthy people in China.

And [...]

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