Back to Shenzhen for a couple days now, and just been hearing all over about foxconn factory (the one where I blogged about the chinese factory suicides) HAS DOUBLED the salaries of their workers. Here is an article I read from a Taiwanese newspaper:
Commercial...
Been spending over a week here in Shanghai, with the majority of my time around ecommerce and ebay where Mike Song’s office is. Been seeing how he manages his office and organizes the workflow, has been very interesting. I mentioned the other day how much...
I guess if it was easy, everyone would be doing it. And as much as I complain, I like the adventure, the struggle. But hey, I have to vent. While I am traveling in Shanghai, my USA merchant account was PUT ON HOLD. Piling up problems taking payments from resellers,...
Just read a great article – where all that money went from the financial meltdown that came from the NY times. It speaks of how in the past couple years, American households have lost 11 trillion dollars of WEALTH.
But then it says, WHAT IS WEALTH , what...
its will and drive.
its about focus.
Its about going against the odds.
Its having the strength to keep going, even when maybe your closest friends think you’re completely insane.
I just refuse to give up. Maybe its the way I grew up, but I feel I need to...
Ya, sounds crazy right….but everyone must think how great it is to win the lottery, yet…have we considered the ramifications?
Here are some reasons i would consider it more:
If it were kept private – i think the feeling of winning the lottery...
Just read an article from an Israeli company statement that jobs outsourced to India and China and other emerging markets will never return to Israel. And for the country to continue to thrive, it must focus on innovation and original ideas.
Baharav said, “The...
This is another emotional transaction in my life….but in the process of transferring the assets and liabilities of the parent companies of newyorkbarstore.com and newyorkbarstore.co.uk to shadstone hong kong company….
This parallel phenomena was the...
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned for things they dont like to impress people they dont like” – Will Smith
This is a great quote…i mean, funny because its so damn true!! But sad at the same time.
And its even sadder...
I have been spending a lot of time with my friend Jon Conte, whom I met in ITALY back in 2003 when we were part of a scholarship program for Italian Americans to learn about their heritage in Italy…..we were both living in New York at the time, so after our...
Just want to log this in the journal….I am trying to make a payment to someone in USA, rather urgent. took some time collecting the proper information – account details, wire information, zip code, etc.
I get to the online banking, and what stops...
another interesting fact when moving abroad, especially China…is not only the time difference but dealing with finances from back home in USA.
US credit collapse
So, lets go through this saga step by step -
1) newyorkbarstore.com’s credit card program...
having dinner with Brent today, discussing chinese visas, passport expirations, all those worries one needs when traveling in a country that requires a passport visa, and then I realized my current visa expires TOMORROW!!!!! Basically, after dinner, quickly met...
