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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Category Archives: Business
Energy Secretary Steven Chu Testifies Before Congress on Solyndra Federal Loan
This past Thursday, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu testified in front of Congress at the House Oversight Committee hearing regarding Solyndra, the high profile San Francisco Bay Area invest in solar energy company which took a Department of Energy (DOE) … Continue reading
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Previously Offensive German Bookmarking Service Mister Wong Looking for New Buyers
Via ReadWriteWeb: “German social bookmarking service Mister Wong was, not so long ago, an ambitious, well-used, innovative project. It was also the subject of heated international controversy online. Today the service finds itself put up for sale by parent company … Continue reading
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Asians In America: The Under-Represented Asian Americans
Recently, I covered the some of the overview of the numbers and statistics as they relate to Asian Americans in a new report from the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice). As I mentioned in the previous article, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Discrimination, Education, Family, Real Estate
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Asians In America: A Focus On Taiwanese Americans
Recently, I covered the some of the overview of the numbers and statistics as they relate to Asian Americans in a new report from the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice). As I mentioned in the previous article, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Education, Family, Real Estate
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An Asian American’s Thoughts On Occupy Wall Street
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you may have heard about the tremendous buzz that is surrounding Occupy Wall Street and other cities across the United States that are taking part in the Occupation protest. There are those … Continue reading
Asians In America: An Introduction to the Numbers
One of the most common problems with trying to figure out what’s actually happening with Asians in America is that most statistics and studies lump all Asians together into a single category. A new report from the Asian American Center … Continue reading
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Chinese Americans Tend to Borrow Less
A new study by Rui Yao (the same researcher who found that Chinese Americans prefer riskier investments), found that while 72 percent of Chinese-American households hold a mortgage, only five percent of those households have outstanding auto loans, and only … Continue reading
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Is There A Female Tony Hsieh?
By Elizabeth Shim Now there’s a question that probably has not been posed in the Asian American community. But I ask this question now, perhaps even on an impulse, after reading Gina Bianchini’s “Is there a female Mark Zuckerberg?” over … Continue reading
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Richest Self-Made Woman is Chinese
Not Oprah? What? This can’t be! But no, quite on the contrary, it seems that the richest woman in the world happens to be Wu Yanjun, executive director of Longfor Properties Co., who has a net worth of $6.6 billion. … Continue reading
Hong Kong Mobs Its First Apple Store
Apparently, people don’t just camp out at Apple Stores in the United States Oh no – the Chinese have had lines for almost two days for the grand opening of their first Apple Store. Being that Apple’s products are the … Continue reading
Club KT Shibuya Store Opens As DJ Hello Kitty Spins To Japanese Teenagers
In Japan, Sanrio opened Club KT Shibuya, a new store for Hello Kitty merchandise. But this isn’t your typical Sanrio shop. “Teenagers want to experience club culture for themselves, but they are not allowed to go into places where alcohol … Continue reading
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Tagged Club KT Shibuya, clubbing, dance, Hello Kitty, retail, Sanrio
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Is Chipotle Trying to Become the Next Panda Express?
As we reported earlier, Chipotle’s new concept restaurant is called ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen and they made their debut in Washington D.C. just this past week. The popular restaurant chain is taking on a new concept similar to their typical … Continue reading
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