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Mid Autumn Festival SILC Party Picture

Posted by Andrew at 9/18/2008 5:50 AM | Add Comment

A phone call on my mobile FROM THE USA!

Posted by Andrew at 9/17/2008 6:01 AM | Add Comment

Not a free fall!

Posted by Andrew at 9/16/2008 5:10 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Pay Day!!! September 15

Posted by Andrew at 9/15/2008 6:18 AM | Add Comment

The Mid Autumn Festival

Posted by Andrew at 9/13/2008 7:11 AM | Add Comment

Pinky Finger - BROKEN - A week ago Today

Posted by Andrew at 9/11/2008 6:56 AM | Add Comment

Teacher's Day

Posted by Andrew at 9/11/2008 6:44 AM | Add Comment

Typhoon Sinlaku off Taiwan

Posted by Andrew at 9/10/2008 10:37 AM | Add Comment

Re-organizing the website

Posted by Andrew at 9/7/2008 7:52 AM | Add Comment

Last night we went to the Blue Frog

Posted by Andrew at 9/6/2008 7:42 AM | Add Comment

More Shanghai Circus World Pictures

Posted by Andrew at 9/5/2008 5:59 AM | Add Comment

Shanghai Circus World

Posted by Andrew at 9/4/2008 9:21 PM | Add Comment

News - the dollar, oil and China's growth after the Olympics

Posted by Andrew at 9/3/2008 6:08 AM | Add Comment

The Jia Ding pagoda

Posted by Andrew at 8/27/2008 8:11 AM | Add Comment

BACK in Shanghai!

Posted by Andrew at 8/24/2008 10:20 PM | Add Comment

Leaving on a Jet Plane!

Posted by Andrew at 8/23/2008 1:31 AM | Add Comment

Last part of the Road Trip - to GJ

Posted by Andrew at 8/19/2008 8:32 PM | Add Comment

European Economies Suffering more than the U.S.?!!?

Posted by Andrew at 8/16/2008 9:11 PM | Add Comment

One Year Since my decision to go to China to Teach Economics!

Posted by Andrew at 8/6/2008 4:15 AM | Add Comment

Review finished, two abstracts to write

Posted by Andrew at 6/15/2008 8:33 AM | Add Comment

TAXES - NO, I am NOT LATE! grin

Posted by Andrew at 6/10/2008 9:30 AM | Add Comment

While I was sleeping, the markets were not happy!

Posted by Andrew at 6/7/2008 8:12 AM | Add Comment

Plenty of work still to do!

Posted by Andrew at 6/6/2008 4:56 AM | Add Comment

Finished! Done with work (classes)! - Pictures

Posted by Andrew at 6/4/2008 6:33 AM | Add Comment

Sorry Policy-makers, consumers "save" a one time tax break ...

Posted by Andrew at 6/2/2008 5:27 AM | Add Comment

Grading, grading ... schedule is set for next term, grading ...

Posted by Andrew at 5/30/2008 3:24 PM | Add Comment

Grading Finals and Visa renewal in rainy Shanghai

Posted by Andrew at 5/29/2008 4:42 AM | Add Comment

A possible apartment for next year?!?

Posted by Andrew at 5/27/2008 4:21 AM | Add Comment

Pictures from Last Week's End of the Year Party!

Posted by Andrew at 5/24/2008 6:48 AM | Add Comment

FINALS ARE UPON US! YEAH!!!

Posted by Andrew at 5/23/2008 5:12 AM | Add Comment

Watermelon and other melons too!

Posted by Andrew at 5/22/2008 10:34 AM | Add Comment

2:28 pm on Monday, a week after the big Earthquake

Posted by Andrew at 5/19/2008 8:02 PM | Add Comment

U.S. Economy: Consumer Confidence down, Housing to drop through 2009?!

Posted by Andrew at 5/18/2008 6:09 AM | Add Comment

Grading Homework in China

Posted by Andrew at 5/17/2008 5:54 AM | Add Comment

3 more small Pictures for the Government

Posted by Andrew at 5/16/2008 5:54 AM | Add Comment

Money Supply Growth - warning: Wonkish post

Posted by Andrew at 5/15/2008 5:33 AM | Add Comment

Finals are almost made for Macroeconomics!

Posted by Andrew at 5/11/2008 12:46 PM | Add Comment

Oil, Corn and Rice Prices continue to rise

Posted by Andrew at 5/10/2008 6:48 AM | Add Comment

48 days left!! Travel in China ...

Posted by Andrew at 5/9/2008 9:59 PM | Add Comment

TWO WEEKS LEFT IN THE TERM!

Posted by Andrew at 5/9/2008 2:09 PM | Add Comment

Too old of an entry! Maybe I am just getting old - Laughing!

Posted by Andrew at 5/7/2008 7:29 AM | Add Comment

The "R" word - do you FEEL it?? That's what matters ...

Posted by Andrew at 5/6/2008 9:20 PM | Add Comment

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - Interesting article in NY Times this AM

Posted by Andrew at 5/6/2008 9:14 PM | Add Comment

Shanghai Composite Index

Posted by Andrew at 5/5/2008 6:30 AM | Add Comment

#5. Labor Picture - JOBS?

Posted by Andrew at 5/5/2008 5:55 AM | Add Comment

A rice cartel, styled after OPEC - clear doubts

Posted by Andrew at 5/4/2008 9:16 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

#4. The Economy - Real GDP and Prices

Posted by Andrew at 5/4/2008 9:03 AM | Add Comment

Beautiful Rainy Day in Shanghai!

Posted by Andrew at 5/4/2008 8:47 AM | Add Comment

Buffett speaks - Bear-Stearns - "I didn't have $65 billion"

Posted by Andrew at 5/4/2008 6:38 AM | Add Comment

Berkshire Hathaway's Annual Meeting is Today ... stay tuned

Posted by Andrew at 5/3/2008 12:17 PM | Add Comment

"Warren" - First Quarter and thoughts discussed here

Posted by Andrew at 5/2/2008 7:37 PM | Add Comment

MAY 1 - International Labor Day - Haymarket Square, U.S.A. 1886

Posted by Andrew at 5/1/2008 8:15 AM | Add Comment

Long Bar - The Portman Ritz Carlton Shanghai

Posted by Andrew at 5/1/2008 7:42 AM | Add Comment

#3. Prices - Zimbabwe to Europe

Posted by Andrew at 4/30/2008 6:08 AM | Add Comment

Next year's passport dilemma! Cake and eat it too?

Posted by Andrew at 4/29/2008 5:07 AM | Add Comment

2. Oil Prices

Posted by Andrew at 4/27/2008 8:58 AM | Add Comment

I feel a couple of "Wonkish Posts" coming on! - 1. COLA

Posted by Andrew at 4/27/2008 6:14 AM | Add Comment

Another Beautiful Day!

Posted by Andrew at 4/26/2008 6:13 AM | Add Comment

Shanghai Stock Market!

Posted by Andrew at 4/26/2008 5:41 AM | Add Comment

Wednesday - Thursday Work and Midterm Exams

Posted by Andrew at 4/24/2008 5:39 AM | Add Comment

Reading U.S. Management books! Laughing!

Posted by Andrew at 4/20/2008 6:22 AM | Add Comment

Shanghai Composite down almost 50% since peak in Oct.!!!

Posted by Andrew at 4/19/2008 4:00 PM | Add Comment

Oklahoma City Bombing and Memorial, April 19, 1995

Posted by Andrew at 4/19/2008 7:31 AM | Add Comment

Running around Shanghai on a Friday - BEEEAAAUUUTIFUL DAY!!!

Posted by Andrew at 4/18/2008 8:22 PM | Add Comment

I wish they would raise prices - lower the pollution!

Posted by Andrew at 4/18/2008 5:50 AM | Add Comment

Fuel Taxes to be refunded!!

Posted by Andrew at 4/18/2008 5:18 AM | Add Comment

Required Reserve Ratio in China is raised to 16%

Posted by Andrew at 4/17/2008 6:56 AM | Add Comment

Berkshire gets AAA rating - Head of General Re Left!

Posted by Andrew at 4/15/2008 5:59 AM | Add Comment

The Renminbi and the U.S. dollar since 1957

Posted by Andrew at 4/11/2008 4:53 AM | Add Comment

IT HAS HAPPENED - Under 7 yuan to the $!!!

Posted by Andrew at 4/10/2008 11:25 AM | Add Comment

YIKES - Commodities go through the roof!

Posted by Andrew at 4/10/2008 6:34 AM | Add Comment

Shanghai Correction (stock market decrease in Finance terms)!

Posted by Andrew at 4/10/2008 4:57 AM | Add Comment

Breaking the 7 yuan per U.S. dollar barrier ... Rice prices skyrocket!

Posted by Andrew at 4/8/2008 5:22 AM | Add Comment

FOG! I can't see my hand - 100% humidity, sweating too!!!

Posted by Andrew at 4/7/2008 9:40 AM | Add Comment

Socialism or the Panic of 1907 revisited?!? BOTH? Anatomy of a Brokerage failure.

Posted by Andrew at 4/5/2008 7:52 AM | Add Comment

Unemployment report in the U.S., "wage increases continue to fall behind inflation"

Posted by Andrew at 4/5/2008 6:51 AM | Add Comment

Pictures of Drew teaching in class - LOTS OF THEM!

Posted by Andrew at 4/4/2008 6:07 AM | Add Comment

Ben Speaks 2! A wonkish post!

Posted by Andrew at 4/3/2008 5:49 AM | Add Comment

Bernanke meets with House leaders; Stocks can see light at the end of the tunnel!??

Posted by Andrew at 4/2/2008 6:15 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Lots of drugs for the Bronchitis!

Posted by Andrew at 4/1/2008 5:15 PM | Add Comment

End of the First Quarter, 2008! U.S. textbook case of a defensive market!

Posted by Andrew at 4/1/2008 6:48 AM | Add Comment

Oil prices slide - gas prices increase!!! YIKES!

Posted by Andrew at 4/1/2008 6:34 AM | Add Comment

Last day of the First Quarter! A few more Pictures from Stephen's gig

Posted by Andrew at 3/31/2008 6:37 AM | Add Comment

Grading homework and relaxing!

Posted by Andrew at 3/30/2008 7:44 AM | Add Comment

Comments on the Yuan - Wall St Jnl, Wonkish post! Sugar - Ethanol in Brazil too!

Posted by Andrew at 3/29/2008 9:57 AM | Add Comment

7.010 Yuan to the U.S. dollar - Surprised again?

Posted by Andrew at 3/28/2008 1:01 AM | Add Comment

Spring Time in Jia Ding District - Pictures

Posted by Andrew at 3/27/2008 11:31 AM | Add Comment

Traveling into Shanghai city from the district (Jia Ding)

Posted by Andrew at 3/25/2008 6:44 PM | Add Comment

Petro China and diesel prices

Posted by Andrew at 3/22/2008 9:07 AM | Add Comment

Up and down and now up and down again - U.S. and world stock markets!

Posted by Andrew at 3/21/2008 5:02 AM | Add Comment

8 am classes! Stocks plunge again! Good news though ...

Posted by Andrew at 3/20/2008 5:45 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Fed increases the money supply again! (3/4 point decrease in Fed Funds rate)

Posted by Andrew at 3/19/2008 3:29 AM | Add Comment

Relaxed and ready for Term 3 - Macroeconomics!

Posted by Andrew at 3/16/2008 8:51 AM | Add Comment

BUFFETT is now #1, Slim #2 and Bill #3!

Posted by Andrew at 3/6/2008 7:44 AM | Add Comment

Warren Buffett Speaks in a furniture store in Omaha

Posted by Andrew at 3/5/2008 3:35 PM | Add Comment

Warren Buffett: "We're in a Recession"

Posted by Andrew at 3/4/2008 5:12 AM | Add Comment

Muni yields skyrocket - graph - Hedge Funds Fire Sale

Posted by Andrew at 3/2/2008 10:07 AM | Add Comment

Assured & Ross versus Berkshire & Buffett

Posted by Andrew at 3/1/2008 8:30 AM | Add Comment

Highbridge - a hedge fund company story

Posted by Andrew at 3/1/2008 7:55 AM | Add Comment

No electricity ... invigilation ... no worries - You Walk Away (from your mortgage) ...

Posted by Andrew at 2/29/2008 6:32 PM | Add Comment
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