Links for 2014 12 10

Added on by C. Maoxian.

Hot Source of Property Financing: Visa Seekers - WSJ  

CREATIVE FINANCING

apples an almonds  

the thought of eating a whole apple with a handful of almonds sounds dull 

ALL ABOUT BALANCE

#YearInReview2014 | Discover the Year on Twitter.  

TWITTER SUCH A VALUABLE ASSET NOT EVEN A FAILED STANDUP COMIC LIKE COSTOLO CAN SCREW IT UP

From ‘Baba Mahley’ to ‘Baobo’: An Expat’s Quest for the Ideal Chinese Nickname - Expat - WSJ  

I RENAMED COCO "ADELE" SHORTLY BEFORE SHE DUMPED ME ...

101 all time highs 2015 12 09  

Express Scripts 
PPG Industries 
AON Plc 
Equity Residential 
Western Digital Corp 
Avalonbay Communities 
Edison International 
Dollar General Corp 
Boston Properties 
O'Reilly Automotive 
Autozone 
Xcel Energy Inc 
Northeast Utilities 
Citizens Financial Group Inc/Ri 
Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc 
Essex Property Trust 
Mohawk Industries 
Advance Auto Parts Inc 
Hospira Inc 
Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. 
Sealed Air Corp 
Alliant Energy Corp 
Zayo Group Holdings Inc. 
Spirit Aerosystems Holdings 
Mallinckrodt Plc Ordinary Share 
Atmos Energy Corp 
SS&C Technologies Holdings 
Dexcom Inc 
Cinemark Holdings Inc 
Amtrust Financial Services 
Steris Corp 
West Pharmaceutical Services 
Catalent Inc. 
Boston Beer Company 
Burlington Stores Inc 
Cavium Inc 
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc 
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc 
Piedmont Natural Gas Company 
Sovran Self Storage 
Sun Communities 
West Corp 
WGL Holdings Inc 
Newjersey Resources Corp 
First Citizens Bancshares 
Northwestern Corp 
Epam Systems Inc 
Science Applications Internatio 
Exact Sciences Corp 
Group 1 Automotive 
Littelfuse 
One Gas Inc. 
Papa John's International 
J & J Snack Foods 
Om Asset Management Ltd 
Hudson Pacific Properties 
Dineequity Inc 
American Assets Trust 
Kite Pharma Inc. 
Ptc Therapeutics Inc 
Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc 
Dominion Diamond Corp 
Fidelity & Guaranty 
M/A-Com Technology Solutions Ho 
G&K Services 
Bluebird Bio Inc 
Marcus & Millichap 
Omnicell Inc 
Mimedx Group Inc 
Quaker Chemical Corp 
Natus Medical Inc 
Independent Bank 
Avalanche Biotechnologies Inc. 
Universal Electronics Inc 
Zs Pharma Inc. 
Chatham Lodging Trust [Reit] 
Depomed Inc 
National Healthcare Corp 
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc 
New Media Investment Group Inc. 
Ovascience Inc 
K2M Group Holdings Inc. 
Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc 
Universal Insurance Holdings Inc 
Square 1 Financial Inc 
Otonomy Inc. 
Installed Building Products I 
Tribune Publishing Company Comm 
Cempra Inc 
Heritage Insurance Holdings 
Intersect Ent Inc. 
United Insurance Hld 
US Concrete 
P.A.M. Transportation Services 
The Bank of Kentucky Financial 
Nathan's Famous 
Norcraft Companies Inc 
Reading International Inc 
Calithera Biosciences Inc. 
Hampden Bancorp 
Entegra Financial Corp.

High-speed Rail Now Connects Two of China’s Biggest Commercial Centers | TheNanfang  

WE NEVER FLY ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THESE TRAINS

Momo vs. Momo: China’s Tinder Fights for Its Name - China Real Time Report - WSJ  

"China’s popular dating app Momo prepares for an initial public offering in the U.S. on Thursday" ... NOT A WORD ABOUT "DATING" IN THE PROSPECTUS ... SMART CUTE GIRL IN BAR WRINKLED NOSE WHEN SHE SAW MOMO ON MY IPAD (I TOLD HER I'D NEVER SET IT UP, ON THERE FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES LOL)

Guest post: what if conventional wisdom on China is wrong? | beyondbrics  

ROTHMAN ... I'M BULLISH ON THE CHINESE PEOPLE, BEARISH ON THE GOVERNMENT ... HARD TO SAY WHAT WAY IT WILL ULTIMATELY GO

反腐败国际追逃追赃——中央纪委监察部网站  

"@niubi: The CCDI should have a page with pictures of the officials, like the FBI ten most wanted, and should be distributing the information all over the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas, as well as Canada, Australia, and London." ... AND DON'T FORGET LOVELY NEW ZEALAND!

The Most Expensive Home for Sale in Every State  

GREAT POST ... NORTH DAKOTA TO CALIFORNIA

40 Most Groundbreaking Albums of All Time  

LISTEN TO THEM ALL FOR FREE IN THE SPOTIFY ERA (except the beatles thx to Leo Epstein)

Most insane ski line EVER - YouTube  

TRUST FUND KID

Harvard Business School Professor Goes to War Over $4 Worth of Chinese Food - Restaurants - Boston.com  

BENJAMIN EDELMAN ...

Renting Now Half as Affordable as Buying in the US  

DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE DROWNING IN DEBT

Conn’s: The Worst Case Scenario - Stocks to Watch - Barrons.com  

"bad debt provisions that were substantially higher than we had anticipated ... Our confidence is shattered." 

DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE "YE$ MONEY" BUTTON ON THE WEBSITE

dean norris on Twitter: "Fire truck in Romania Thinking 911 might be a bit easier http://t.co/NJf1l8qlZb"  

THINKING YOU FORGOT THE PERIOD AFTER ROMANIA

Famed oil trader Phibro nears end of a long, winding road reuters.com/article/2014/1… Astenbeck to soldier on however  

" his bias for bullish oil bets has not panned out. Phibro suffered its first annual loss in over a decade in 2011. Hall has managed to sidestep the worst of the oil price rout in recent months, leaving Astenbeck with a 1 percent gain in November and a 7 percent rise year-to-date, according to his Dec. 1 letter to investors seen by Reuters on Tuesday."

SIDESTEPPED THE ROUT EH?

wow, Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries is finally out...if you haven't already, read this @sapna gem from 2012: bloom.bg/1vJLSvP  

"Jeffries’s dogs -- identified in the document as Ruby, Trouble and Sammy -- had different seating arrangements based on which ones were traveling."

WOOF!

Making the most detailed tweet map ever: mapbox.com/blog/twitter-m… @enf open sources his tools. pic.twitter.com/GfFnqcK4mC  

"I’ve been tracking geotagged tweets from Twitter’s public API for the last three and a half years. There are about 10 million public geotagged tweets every day, which is about 120 per second, up from about 3 million a day when I first started watching."

SWEET

The findings will turn your stomach: CIA Misled Congress Over Terror Interrogations, Report Finds bloom.bg/1wvplF1  

The full executive summary of the Senate report on CIA interrogation program wapo.st/1ywxlFQ pic.twitter.com/mqzCkfWyTG  

"Economist Nouriel Roubini Accidentally Tweets Booty Call" who is wenjie? gawker.com/economist-nour… 

Economist editor-in-chief John Micklethwait is leaving to become editor-in-chief of Bloomberg: economistgroup.com/our_news/press…  

MY COPY OF THE BLOOMBERG WAY STILL UNSIGNED