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发帖数: 29853 | 1 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: bepsazo (崭新), 信区: USANews
标 题: 看Betsy Mccaughey 把种族aa， "holistic" evaluation看得多透彻
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jan 24 20:44:04 2016, 美东)
http://betsymccaughey.com
From NYC to Harvard: the war on Asian success
Posted by Betsy on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 ·
The year 2015 was a dismal one for American public education — at least by
the numbers.
But don’t blame the kids. Parents are missing in action.
Except most Asian-American parents, that is. They tend to oversee their
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发帖数: 10908 | 2 “For American students who have an appetite to learn math at a high level,
something very big is happening.”
It also wasn’t an aberration. You wouldn’t see it in most classrooms, you
wouldn’t know it by looking at slumping national test-score averages, but a
cadre of American teenagers are reaching world-class heights in math—more
of them, more regularly, than ever before.
The phenomenon extends well beyond the handful of hopefuls for the Math
Olympiad. The students are being produced by a new p... 阅读全帖 |
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o****y
发帖数: 1810 | 3 这一天估计会来的比想象要快。
Francesca Levy, AP Business Writer, On Thursday March 10, 2011, 12:48 pm EST
NEW YORK (AP) -- Weak economic news from China, the U.S. and Spain combined
with a slump in oil companies sent stocks sharply lower Thursday.
Investors were jarred when China reported a surprise trade deficit in
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发帖数: 5904 | 4 Chinese teenager sells his kidney so he can buy an iPad2
A teenager in China has caused an outcry after selling his kidney to buy an
iPad2.
Xiao Zheng, 17, could not afford one of the new tablet-style computers that
are seen as symbols of wealth in China.
But he answered an advert offering cash to healthy people willing to have
one of their kidneys removed in a gruelling operation.
His action horrified his mother and has caused outrage in China.
The teenager told Shenzhen TV in the southern prov... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 5 Well, you are right in part, and wrong in part.
(1) Please take notice that foreign companies,* whose plants do assembly and
whose Chinese employee are young, unskilled laborers, principally look to
"15-24 years old" (female in particular)--NOT older laborers. The number of
this age bracket started dropping precipitously in 2006 and is expected to
bottom out in 2016--the same bracket you observe TOWARD 2009.
* Foreign companies include those based in Taiwan and Hong Kong, as defined
by China. S... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16778 | 6 http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/two-usc-students-shot-whi
sitting-in-car-2012-04-11
LOS ANGELES - A man and a woman were shot and killed late last night
while
sitting in a car in the area near USC.
FOX 11 Reporter Lauren Sivan is on the scene with the details in this
Video
Report.
LAPD Officers were sent to the 2700 block of Raymond Avenue near West
27th
Street shortly after 1 a.m. and found the victims suffering from
multiple
gunshot wounds, said Sgt. Carlton Brown of the Los Angeles Poli... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2080 | 7 and Oil price as always.
With the government bail out of F2, finance market should be calmed down in
short term. Good or bad, I don't want to go to detail, but it is positive
for short term market for sure.
IMHO, the next focus market will quickly shift to is the corp earnings.
Investors will try to get a clue on how the inflation, the house slumps,
credit crunchs have impacted the company earnings for the past few months.
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发帖数: 769 | 8 Oshkosh Corp. (OSK, $9.60, -$2.64, -21.57%) reported a wider fiscal second-
quarter loss than expected on slumping sales at its commercial and
construction-access equipment units. A rise in fire and emergency and
defense sales couldn't offset the 69% fall for construction and the maker of
fire trucks and construction vehicles suspended its dividend, likely until
the economy recovers.
Patriot Coal Corp. (PCX, $6.30, +$0.88, +16.24%) swung to a first-quarter
profit, beating expectations as the coa |
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发帖数: 8363 | 9 Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- A 26-mile-long line of idled oil tankers, enough to
blockade the English Channel, may signal a 25 percent slump in freight rates
next year.
The ships will unload 26 percent of the crude and oil products they are
storing in six months, adding to vessel supply and pushing rates for
supertankers down to an average of $30,000 a day next year, compared with $
40,212 now, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of
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发帖数: 8363 | 10 So says the governor of the Bank of England.
They will see their standard of living fall over the next two years as
salary freezes and rising inflation eat into incomes, Mervyn King said.
“The patience of UK households is likely to be sorely tried over the next
couple of years,” Mr King said, dashing hopes that Britain could recover
quickly from the deepest slump in post-war history.
His comments are likely to infuriate Downing Street, which had hoped to
campaign in the election on having set Br |
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发帖数: 345 | 12 March 1 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett said the U.S. residential
real estate slump will end by about 2011, predicting that’s how long it
will take demand for homes to catch up with the supply.
“Within a year or so, residential housing problems should largely be behind
us,” Buffett wrote Feb. 27 in his annual letter to shareholders of his
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. “Prices will remain far below ‘bubble’ levels, of
course, but for every seller or lender hurt by this there will be a buyer
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发帖数: 8441 | 13 Google's 37% profit increase not enough for investors
First-quarter earnings beat estimates but shares of the Internet giant slump
about 5% in after-hours trading.
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g***l
发帖数: 18555 | 14 Going down is still possible. It needs 2 day green to break the trend. At
least, it did not slump today. Thank God. |
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g***l
发帖数: 18555 | 15 小胖孩最近喊得很准啊,在这个熊市里,稍微有点风吹草动就会SLUMP的,做多的小心了 |
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发帖数: 6155 | 16 The whole airline sector dropped significantly today.
LCC and DAL nearly slumped -5% |
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发帖数: 8363 | 17 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, with Federal Reserve chairman Ben
Bernanke at his side, insisted the US economy was "strengthening" Tuesday
despite foreboding data and a fresh stock market slump.
Obama admitted there was "great concern" about the recovery, amid increasing
anxiety over indicators which may point to a slowing of the rebound, and
with expectations low for the latest unemployment figures due out Friday.
"The economy is strengthening, we are into recovery," Obama said, shortly
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发帖数: 651 | 18 MBIA在derivative上,是不是狠狠赚了ABK一把,参见WSJ
"SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Ambac Financial Group said in a regulatory
filing late Monday that it's working on a prepackaged bankruptcy filing as
the bond insurer reported another quarterly loss.
Meanwhile, rival MBIA Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!mbi/quotes/nls/mbi (MBI 9.90
, +0.71, +7.73%) reported a quarterly profit.
MBIA shares jumped more than 7% after the results. Ambac shares slumped more
than 15%.
Ambac /quotes/comstock/13*!abk/quotes/nls/abk (ABK 0.7 |
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发帖数: 8 | 19 1500 share at 4.7. What is the reason for the big slump? |
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发帖数: 4348 | 20 U.S. gasoline crack spread hits 9-month low2010-08-23 18:50:00 GMT (Reuters)
NEW YORK, Aug 23 (Reuters) - The crack spread on gasoline traded on the New
York Mercantile Exchanged slumped to a nine-month low on Monday as the end
of the summer driving season nears.
The crack spread for September RBOB gasoline against crude oil hit a low of
$4.07 a barrel, the lowest since hitting a low of $1.54 on Nov. 16, 2009. On
Friday, the crack spread had closed at $7.39, rising from $6.58 the day
before.
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发帖数: 2665 | 21 Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board authorized an additional $10 billion to buy
back its own stock.
The announcement came as H-P's stock has slumped 17% this month. Shares were
recently up 2.8% to $39.04 premarket.
The company said Monday the additional authorization will be part of its
ongoing program to manage the dilution created by shares it issues under
employee stock plans.
"We plan to be active in repurchasing our shares, and we expect to
repurchase at least $3 billion" of stock in the quarter en |
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发帖数: 4950 | 24 2010-9-22
U.S. stock slumped after Adobe disappointed investors by saying that sales
and earnings for its next quarter might fall short of expectations.
Investors held back and remained on edge about the recovery.
S&P500 lost 5.5 points ( or 0.48% ) to close at 1134.27. Financial stocks
went down most while the Materials stocks continued the climb after Fed's
rate decision. Gold prices hit new highs.
Since the 3rd quarter earning season is around the corner, investors are
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h********e
发帖数: 1972 | 26 clam down.. nothing happens.. regular pull back |
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g***y
发帖数: 1025 | 27 哦，找到了，不过降级而已怎么跌了那么多？
保守起见在观察两天，如果没有啥大问题就load一点货。
aseko Mines Limited (USA) (AMEX:TGB) slumped 29.92% to $4.54. Credit Suisse
downgraded Taseko Mines from Neutral to Underperform. |
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l******n
发帖数: 9344 | 28 LVS
Last Friday the price slumped due to 8M shares sell-off. But support is firm
and strong above 51$. It goes up again. |
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发帖数: 8363 | 29
Tuesday is the COT cutoff day and PET likes to take actions when their
activities don't have to show up in COT immediately.
The interesting part is the bulk of today's sell-off started after CRIMEX
closed. That's not how a rigging is usually done, which is puzzling. May
be PET pulled off a new trick we've not figured out, or maybe silver went
up too fast and some weak hands took profits as the broad market slumped.
I'll watch closely where I can add more positions. Dips in a bull market
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发帖数: 18523 | 30 Nokia's (NOK_) stock price has slumped from near $40
in 2007 to around $10 recently. While we realize that comparisons with 2007
are not entirely fair, we still find it worthwhile to evaluate what drivers
could lead to a significant move higher in Nokia's stock price. The answer
lies in Nokia's emerging market advantage and smartphone strategy.
Nokia remains the dominant global handset vendor given its high exposure to
emerging markets, which includes the Middle East & Africa, Asia-Pacific,
Grea... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6125 | 31 The Irish bond posted its longest losing streak in at least three years,
sending the yield difference, or spread, over benchmark German 10-year debt
to a record. Ten-year Portuguese yields jumped 26 basis points to 7.17
percent, while Greek and Spanish bonds also slumped. Bunds slipped as a sale
of two-year notes attracted the lowest demand since May. The euro weakened
and stocks declined.
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发帖数: 6155 | 33 FSIN slumped 6.7% Friday.
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发帖数: 1054 | 34 Deal on Ireland's euro85B bailout could come Sunday
Irish official says EU-IMF loan deal could come Sunday, rejects report of
high interest rate
ShareretweetEmailPrintTopics:InternationalEconomy, Government & Policy
In this photo taken on Nov. 25 2010 an exit sign hangs beside a sign from
the Bank of Ireland at one of its branches in Central Dublin, Ireland.
Senior bonds of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland slumped Friday, Nov.
26, 2010, amid concern the government will force holders of suc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2299 | 35 贴个文章
Press Release Source: The Bedford Report On Friday January 28, 2011, 8:46 am
EST
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - 01/28/11) - After touching 30 year highs to kick
off the New Year, silver prices have slumped in recent weeks. Most of the
selloff appears to stem from the idea that greater global economic stability
will make the precious metals market less attractive as an investment.
Silver, however, is as much an industrial metal as it is a precious metal,
leading many in the analyst community to... 阅读全帖 |
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d****z
发帖数: 9761 | 36 奇怪，BAC跌的跟狗屎样子，也没见多少嚷嚷，C其实还不错，媒体就是不放过，到今天
还有头条C 继续SLUMP，谁来说说看，为什么厚此薄彼 |
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发帖数: 313 | 37 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70Q2ON20110127?feedType=R
(Reuters) - Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker by volume, warned of a
weak start to 2011 after its market share shrank again in the fourth quarter
, sending its shares sharply lower.
Stephen Elop, who took over as chief executive last September, said the
company faced significant challenges in its competitiveness and execution.
"These results point to the daunting task ahead of Elop in 2011," Geoff
Blaber from CCS Insight said. ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 18523 | 38 British Airways Says AMR Venture May Add $500 Million in Revenue
By Steve Rothwell - Feb 8, 2011 9:00 AM GMT+0900
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British Airways said its pact with American Airlines may add $500 million in
sales by year’s end as joint scheduling and new routes push the alliance’
s share of the Europe-North America air-travel market toward 25 percent.
BA, sister carrier Iberia Lineas Aeraeas de Espana of Spain and AMR Corp.’s
American aim to add at least “a few points” to their 21 perce... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2136 | 39 Rothschilds Stage Revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt To Kill Islamic Banks In
Emerging North African Markets
PwP Exclusive ©Feb 9 2011
Background: Tunisia has undergone increasing economic liberalization over
the last decade: In the 2010-2011 World Economic Forum’s Global
Competitiveness Report, it was ranked as the most competitive country in
Africa, as well as the 32nd most economically competitive country globally.
North Africa’s large Muslim populations are a vast business opportunity
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发帖数: 18523 | 40 Libya Oil Chief Says Crude Production ‘Could Reach a Halt’ Due to Conflict
By Ola Galal and Inal Ersan - Mar 20, 2011 7:33 AM GMT+0900
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Libya’s oil production fell to less than 400,000 barrels a day after
foreign companies pulled out their staff, the chairman
of the country’s state-run National Oil Corp., Shokri Ghanem, said in a
televised media conference from Tripoli.
Ghanem said the North African country had no intention of breaking
commitments with foreign companies a... 阅读全帖 |
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C****a
发帖数: 1639 | 41 Overall, for benchmark, volume is positively correlated with volatility. So
it is commonly to see volume drops
as volatility slumps. |
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a*****e
发帖数: 1717 | 42 不是我，
Clive Fund LLP, the world’s largest commodity hedge fund with $5.1 billion
as of May 1, lost 8.9 percent last week, according to two people
with direct knowledge of the matter.
Chris Levett’s Clive Fund lost more than $400 million last
week as oil slumped, the Financial Times reported, citing a May
6 letter sent to investors that it had seen. An e-mail from
Bloomberg News seeking comment wasn’t immediately returned and a
telephone call to the London-based company outside office hours
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t*****s
发帖数: 2933 | 43 mm们在有秩序的撤退啊。。。
Goldman Sachs Sees No Panic in Options as VIX Takes Six Weeks to Exceed 20
“We don’t see any put buying, and instead we’ve been seeing people buying
calls, even at current levels,” he said. “That’s not good for stocks. It
can be more neutral. If you look at the actual options hedging activity in
the indexes, there’s not much going on. We believe that’s a sign of
complacency, although it can also mean that investors have enough hedges on.
”
U.S. stocks have retreated for six straig... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6113 | 45 Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said he expects stocks to
continue their decline after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the nation’s
credit rating, even as an S&P official predicted little market impact.
“Considering the momentum in which the market went down over the last week,
it is very unlikely, if history is any guide, that this isn’t going to
take a while to bottom out,” Greenspan said on NBC’s “Meet the Press”
program. “So the initial reaction in my judgment is going to be nega... 阅读全帖 |
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c*****r
发帖数: 8227 | 48 It may be counter-intuitive given the continuous slumps of the housing
market in the national level, I do see some investment values of real estate
in several locales.
For example, Sacramento CA, Phoenix AZ and Orlando FL.
When the stock market tumbles, go house! |
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发帖数: 2272 | 49 Gold continues to slump, off another 2.2% to $1,717/oz. First Sino-Forest,
then Citibank and BofA, then Hewlett-Packard, and now gold. The markets seem
to be slicing through John Paulson's major positions one by one
当然还有HIG |
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c*****r
发帖数: 8227 | 50 The Near- and Longer-Term Prospects for the U.S. Economy
Good morning. As always, thanks are due to the Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City for organizing this conference. This year's topic, long-term
economic growth, is indeed pertinent--as has so often been the case at this
symposium in past years. In particular, the financial crisis and the
subsequent slow recovery have caused some to question whether the United
States, notwithstanding its long-term record of vigorous economic growth,
might n... 阅读全帖 |
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