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Entries from February 2008

Yao Ming Suffers Stress Fracture

February 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Yahoo/AP: Yao Out for Season with Left Foot Injury. All-Star center Yao Ming is out for the season with a stress fracture in his left foot . . . .
Currently, the Houston Rockets are 3 games behind the Los Angeles Lakers, the Western Conference leader. However, the Rockets are only 3 1/2 games ahead [...]

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Tags: China · Entertainment

Pearl River Bridge Superior Light Soy Sauce

February 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I just discovered that Kylie Kwong recommends Pearl River Bridge soy sauce, the brand that I’ve been using for a number of years. Kylie Kwong explained that “[s]ome inferior versions are full of chemicals, so make sure you buy naturally fermented soy sauce.” The ingredients for Pearl River Bridge Superior Light Soy Sauce [...]

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Tags: Food

Credit Card Offers

February 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Made me look, but was that really the point? Everyone receives credit card offers. People with excellent credit. People with horrible credit. Maybe even people who have previously declared bankruptcy. Everyone gets credit card offers. So, what can the marketing department at a credit card company do to make [...]

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Tags: Business · Finance

Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs

February 4th, 2008 · No Comments

I finally made the Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs recipe that I had found in Fuchsia Dunlop’s Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook. The flavor was spot on; however, the ribs ended up a bit dry and overcooked. I found the recipe instructions to be a bit vague in terms of cooking time. In her [...]

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Tags: China · Food

Microsoft Hearts Yahoo

February 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Microsoft made a bid for Yahoo last Friday. This move should prove beneficial for Yahoo if it can escape from the clutches of the Redmond behemoth. Yahoo has been wandering for a few years now, and it really needs to focus and execute again. Hopefully, this will accelerate their turn-around plans.
Yahoo used to be [...]

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Tags: Technology