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09/23/2012

Alternate Dream

American Dream has undergone a makeover of late (maybe because the Chinese economy itself was heading for a cliff, so it needed to apply a break on lending). Whatever the underlying reason, America middle class is contracting not because of shrinking population , but mostly because of declining income and consumption. In short, the good old time…

Prosperity and austerity

We are all into wealth creation. Until the voice of reason calls for cuts. What happened to “you have to spend money to make money?” or mental (muscle) memory (once you reached a certain peak, you tend to recreate the experience to get the same “rush” e.g. venture capitalists in search of another win). Best of times, worst…

Super shoppers

Super computing power arms super shoppers on Super Saturday w/ price updates. Retail outfits such as Best Buy might have to be renamed the age of Dollar Stores. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576019691769574496.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_RightMostPopular Tri Tang of Orange County was holding up his Smart Phone to do some comparison shopping in real-time. Faster chip speed (compressing more data into less…