Tag: Business

“We Are Back” — Market Basket Employees Celebrate Historic Victory

By David Li, bostonese.com Boston, August 28, 2014, — The parking lot of the Market Basket store in Hudson, Mass. is about half full in the afternoon of August 27. There was a huge sign at the traffic light leading to the shopping plaza on a hill which reads: Market Basket Boycott Over!! Thank you… Continue reading “We Are Back” — Market Basket Employees Celebrate Historic Victory

ACDC Closes Financing on Tremont Village and Preserves Affordable Housing in Boston Chinatown

Boston, MA, August 20, 2014, –- On July 31, 2014, Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC), a 27-year old non-profit organization serving the Asian American community of Greater Boston, closed on $5.3 million of financing for the rehabilitation of Tremont Village, a 20-unit low-income apartment building at the border of Chinatown and Bay Village.

Google’s Eric Schmid Answers Privacy Concerns by Chinese Scholar at HKS Talk

By David Li, bostonese.com Cambridge, Mass., August 15, 2014, Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google, gave a talk at Harvard Kennedy School of Government (HKS) in May 2014. He discussed his views on innovation, technology and entrepreneurship with moderator CNN’s David Gergen. Mr. Gang Wu, a visiting scholar at HKS, asked Eric Schmidt about how… Continue reading Google’s Eric Schmid Answers Privacy Concerns by Chinese Scholar at HKS Talk

Nonstop Flight between NYC and Guangzhou, China Opens

New York City, August 7, 2014, (xinhuanet.com) — China Southern Airlines, the country’s largest air carrier by fleet size, launched non-stop flights between Guangzhou and New York on Wednesday. Si Xianmin (second from left), president of the China Southern Air Holding Company and chairman of China Southern Airlines Company Limited attends a ceremony in New… Continue reading Nonstop Flight between NYC and Guangzhou, China Opens

A Study of Working Behavior of Tour Guides for Mainland China Tourists

By Ching-Yu Hsieh, National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism The government has actively opened the restriction on the number of tourists from Mainland China to Taiwan since 2008, and lead to the number of group tourists from Mainland China redoubling, and it has replaced Japanese tourists and becomes a large amount of tourists enter… Continue reading A Study of Working Behavior of Tour Guides for Mainland China Tourists

Mayor Walsh, English Works Campaign to Recognize Businesses Supporting ESOL

Boston – The English Works Campaign, a statewide effort led by English for New Bostonians, is soliciting nominations of businesses and labor-management programs that support English language classes for immigrants in Massachusetts. The Certificate of Recognition is a cornerstone of the Campaign, serving to raise the visibility of the need for English classes and critical… Continue reading Mayor Walsh, English Works Campaign to Recognize Businesses Supporting ESOL

Richard Liang Among Volunteers of the Year Honored at 18th Annual Boston Main Streets Awards

On June 26, 2014, Mayor Martin J. Walsh, together with Department of Neighborhood Development Director Sheila Dillon and emcee Susan Wornick, attended the 18th annual Boston Main Streets Awards. At the event, he presented awards to the Boston Main Streets volunteers and businesses of the year, and highlighted significant new funds from the Boston Main… Continue reading Richard Liang Among Volunteers of the Year Honored at 18th Annual Boston Main Streets Awards

East West Bancorp Reports Net Income of $84 Million for 2Q 2014

PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– East West Bancorp, Inc. (“East West” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: EWBC), parent company of East West Bank, the financial bridge between the United States and Greater China, today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2014. For the second quarter of 2014, net income was $84.0 million or $0.58 per diluted… Continue reading East West Bancorp Reports Net Income of $84 Million for 2Q 2014