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 for all you support. Welcome back!!!
A sign at the intersection of route 62 and entrance road to Highland Common in Hudson, Mass. (photo by David Li).
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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.
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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 Google would protect privacy of its users.
Mr. Gang Wu asks Eric Schmidt about privacy protection.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
New York City, August 12, 2014, — Sport Lisboa e Benfica, based in Lisbon, Portugal, is one of the most successful soccer clubs in Europe. Many of their loyal fans recently saw a fun video Kidfun, which was made right here in New York City by production house Moon Punch Tiger.
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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 York, the United States, on Aug 6, 2014. (Photo/Xinhua)
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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 Taiwan. It has great importance that the issue on servicing the tourists from Mainland China to Taiwan by professional Chinese speaking tour guides.
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Boston, July 22, 2014, — In conjunction with Chatime’s 10th Year Anniversary worldwide, we would like to share our excitement and happiness with everyone, especially our Chatimers in Boston!
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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 role that businesses and unions play in developing the Commonwealth’s workforce.
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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 Streets Foundation. Richard Liang and Crown Royal Bakery were honorees for Chinatown Main Street. The ceremony, which took place at the historic Strand Theatre in Dorchester, featured entertainment by the Fiddle Head Theatre’s cast of Aida.
Picture from 2014 Chinatown Main Street Festival on June 22 (photo by David Li).
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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 share. East West increased second quarter net income by $10.0 million or 13% and earnings per diluted share by $0.06 or 12% from the prior year period.
East West Bancorp CEO Dominic Ng at 2014 Boao Forum for Asia (file photo).
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