By David Li, bostonese.com
New York City, Feb. 2, 2014, — The 15th Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Festival was held today in Manhattan. Thousands of residents, tourists and Super Bowl fans enjoyed this annual celebration. And the celebration of Year of Horse might really be a good sign for the Denver Broncos who will play against Seattle Sea Hawks in Super Bowl XLVIII in Metlife Stadium eleven miles from New York Chinatown at 6:30 PM this evening.
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Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Mountain View, California, January 29, 2014, — Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) today have entered into a definitive agreement under which Lenovo plans to acquire the Motorola Mobility smartphone business. With a strong PC business and a fast-growing smartphone business, this agreement will significantly strengthen Lenovo’s position in the smartphone market. In addition, Lenovo will gain a strong market presence in North America and Latin America, as well as a foothold in Western Europe, to complement its strong, fast-growing smartphone business in emerging markets around the world.
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Jan. 30, 2014, — US Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. has Authorized of the Death Penalty in the Case Against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The following is statements from Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans.
Boston Police Commissioner William Evans.
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New York City, Jan. 31, 2014, –Following its remarkable engagements of The Peony Pavilion and Silk Road at Lincoln Center, China Arts and Entertainment Group returns with the U.S. premiere of a new dance theater piece: The Red Dress, at the David H. Koch Theater from March 6-9. This will be the debut performance of The Red Dress in the US.
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Boston, Jan. 30, 2014, — The Chinese New Year flower marketplace is being held from Jan. 26 to 30 this year in the public square of Boston Chinatown. The flower market was announced by Tony Yee at the Chinatown Main Street annual gala on Jan. 11, and has drown a lot of visitors to the market under a big tent despite of the cold weather.
Courtney Ho stands outside the Chinese New Year flower marketplace in Chinatown (from CMS’ facebook page).
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EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — ZipRealty, Inc. (http://www.ziprealty.com) (NASDAQ: ZIPR), the nation’s most prominent online technology-powered residential real estate brokerage firm and real estate marketing solutions provider, has released a new study comparing the housing markets in Denver and Seattle to see how each metro measures up.
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Boston, Jan. 29, 2014, — Dr. Ted Faunce, principle of Chinese International School(CIS), one of the leading schools in Hong Kong and Asia, will present a lecture at Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture (CCCC) on Feb. 6, 2014 at 7:30 PM.
Opening ceremony of CIS Hangzhou.
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Boston, Jan. 29, 2013, — At-Large Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley today re-filed her 2013 hearing order calling for improvements and investments in a coordinated city-wide trauma response system.
Councilor Pressley at a Boston Neighborhood Network (BNN) interview in November, 2013.
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BOSTON – Tuesday, January 28, 2014 – In his State of the Commonwealth address, Governor Deval Patrick tonight pledged to continue the Administration’s proven strategy of investing in education, innovation and infrastructure to create job growth and economic opportunity across Massachusetts. The Governor discussed how this strategy has positioned Massachusetts as a national leader in student achievement, health care coverage, economic competitiveness, biotechnology, venture capital funding, entrepreneurial activity, energy efficiency and veterans services; and how if continued, will help secure a successful Commonwealth for all residents.
Gov. Patrick in his office (file photo, Governor’s news office).
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Jan. 27, 2014, — The Chinese New Year of Horse starts this Friday, Jan. 31. It will bring an end of the Year of Snake which was full of dramatic events.
Two bombs interrupted Boston Marathon in the afternoon of April 15 near the finish line on Boylston Street. The picture below has become a symbol of Boston Strong as people of Boston dealt with the aftermath of the bombings.
Jeff Bauman, leg blown off below the knee, being wheeled to safety by Carlos Arredondo and Devin Wang of Boston University on April 15, 2013 (AP).
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