By Larry Ho, Gordon McKay Professor of Systems Engineering, Emeritus, Harvard University The current problem facing Greece and the Eurozone has been dominating the news lately. The reports people sees in newspaper and broadcasts make the problem overly complex, difficult to understand and resolve. As a citizen of the US, this is my own simplified… Continue reading A System Engineering Professsor’s View on The Greek Economic Crisis
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China Moves to Stabilize Stock Market
NEW YORK, July 7, 2015, /Xinhua/ — Chinese regulators’ response to the country’s stock market following a three-week losing streak has been encouraging and in line with what is needed to stabilize the market, US experts have said. Shanghai SE Index dropped over 11% in past five trading days.
Boston Launches Trash Day Web and Mobile App
Boston, July 1, 2015 – Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the launch of Trash Day, a new web and mobile app that allows residents to easily access their trash and recycle collection schedules and sign up for reminders via text, email or phone.
Autobiography From Tsinghua to M.I.T. Released in Lexington
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com Lexington, Mass., June 22, 2015, — Boston Bilingual Media and Publishing (BBMP) Inc. held a book release party at Yangtze River restaurant in Lexington on June 20. Over a dozen friends attended the party to congratulate Prof. Shih Ying Lee for releasing his auto-biography From Tsinghua to M.I.T. — My Journey… Continue reading Autobiography From Tsinghua to M.I.T. Released in Lexington
Tornato Watch Issued for Most of MA
Boston, June 23, 2015, — Tornado Watch 345 by National Weather Service (NWS) is in effect until 11:00 pm EDT For the following locations in this state. Satellite image of Hurricane Sandy in 2012(file photo).
U.S. Jobs Report Shows Strong Job Creation and Rising Labor Participation Rate
WASHINGTON, DC – The economy added 280,000 jobs in May—the strongest month of the year so far—as wages continued to rise and the participation rate ticked upward. We have now added 5.6 million jobs over the past two years, the best two-year job growth since 2000. Although the job market has made considerable progress throughout… Continue reading U.S. Jobs Report Shows Strong Job Creation and Rising Labor Participation Rate
BZM Innovation Technology’s Grand Opening in Manhattan Marks New Beginning
By Wendy Wang, contributing reporter for bostonese.com New York City, May 29, 2015, — BZM Innovation Technology Inc.’s founding ceremony was successfully held in Manhattan on May 21. Top Chinese bankers and entrepreneurs who work in New York, attended the ceremony. Zhiming Bai, chairman of the board of Huaying Group and the founder of BZM… Continue reading BZM Innovation Technology’s Grand Opening in Manhattan Marks New Beginning
Why I Started An Internet Company at Age 50
I need to feel strongly, to love and to admire, just as desperately as I need to breathe. –Jean-Dominique Bauby, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly By Jun Chang, founder of eventdove.com I can’t say what it was exactly that made me leave the computer engineering field—a field I had excelled in for over a… Continue reading Why I Started An Internet Company at Age 50
Dr. Tea to Lecture at GBCCA on May 31
By Changhong Zhang, bostonese.com Dr. Tea, founder of Mylovetea(www.mylovetea.com), will give a lecture at the end of May on “Dr. Teas in History,” a tea world that has been resonating to every corner on earth throughout ages, filled with many tea lovers like him. Poet Yu Li will also read a few of his poems… Continue reading Dr. Tea to Lecture at GBCCA on May 31
Zhiming Bai Delivers Opening Speech of 2015 Chinese Finance Forum
By Wendy Wang, Contributing reporter of bostonese.com 2015 Chinese Finance Forum, as an essential activity of the Beijing International Technology Expo, was held in Beijing on May 12 – 13. In his opening speech, Zhiming Bai, the chairman of the board of Huayin Kailai, stressed the need of resource integration for financial innovations. Mr. Bai… Continue reading Zhiming Bai Delivers Opening Speech of 2015 Chinese Finance Forum