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Drug Prices in Taiwan Are Too Low

In U.S, there usually is a co-payment charged at the pharmacies for most prescription drugs. Even for one or two generic drugs, you are paying tens of dollars.
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Fat Cats under Global Turmoil: Investment Bankers

There is a quote in American TV show Suits between a lawyer and an investment banker, it tells a lot why we call them the fat cat. 知名美劇影集訴訟雙雄(Suits)中有這麼一段商務律師和投資銀行家間的言詞交鋒,從以下這句台詞可以就可以理解,為什麼我們說這些投資銀行家是所謂「當代貴族」了。(影片連結) “We’re not lawyers. We’re investment bankers. We call you for the paperwork.
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Dumb Pipe or Smart Pipe, AT&T Acquires Time Warner

When you get a new phone, would you try out the new services or APPs from your service providers? Or you take them as obsolete dumb software that just take up space in your phone?
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Digital Media Business Model : Advertising or Patronage ?

A well-written, 3000 words new report with a unique point of view versus a fluff shared fanatically on social media, which has a higher value?
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Tech Industry: Too Many People, Too Little Work

Tech industry has changed, there are far less jobs for for more people in the technology sectors in U.S 躋不進科技業的美國勞工,恨啊… 何出此言?請看華爾街日報此篇報導。 The five largest U.S.-based technology companies by stock-market value—Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Facebook and Oracle Corp. —are worth a combined
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So Much for Donald Trump

If you have been following U.S presidential election like us, you could probably tell: The winning chance for Donald Trump is practically zero.
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Who’s Going to Buy Netflix?

This is old news, but there are still pundits believe that Amazon is going to buy Netflix.
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Is Amazon a Tough Competitor for Google’s Search / Ad?

When you have a specific product in mind, do you go on Amazon or Google? 當你有特定領域的需求(比方說,要上網買東西)時,是先上Amazon找、還是去Google? 電子商務調研公司BloomReach近期在線上訪問了2000位網購者。結果顯示:在尋找一項商品時,有超過55%會直接前往Amazon,比去年成長了11%。消費者也不再偏好搜尋引擎來尋找商品,從去年的34%直落到今年的28%。Google在這點上,持續敗給Amazon,而且看來差距還愈來愈大。這部分的廣告收入,亦然。 9 in 10 consumers will check Amazon even if they find a product they want on another retailer’s site 有9成的受訪者,即使在其他通路商網站上找到他們想要的產品,也還是會去Amazon的網站看看。Amazon的優勢除了基於這樣的事實,更重要的是其Prime服務所創造的使用者超高黏性。在超快到貨、線上書籍、電子書、有聲書、影音串流等服務下,Amazon會員在找商品的時候,還會去其他網站嗎? 而且,這篇還漏講了我們常提到的事情,就是包括在Prime member $99的年費裡的Prime
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Living Wills – No More Bail Outs for Fat Cats

Since the financial crisis, American has grown tired of cleaning up after bankers who put hands in taxpayer’s pocket and are not never accountable for the mistakes they make. 金融海嘯之後,美國人厭倦了要從他們已經很薄的荷包裡掏錢,為只顧賺錢不揹責任的銀行家所犯的錯擦屁股,所以,在2010年,就通過了這個「華爾街改革及金融消費者保護法」,還以推動最力的兩位國會議員(一參Dodd、一眾Frank)為名。 這個法,要求大銀行對聯準會和聯邦存款保險公司提出詳盡、可信之計畫(反面比方,像小英的「新南向」與「亞洲矽谷」,就不屬於這種),確保萬一他們要倒了,也不會用到納稅人一毛錢。 死亡計畫-銀行的緊箍咒 “big banks are required to submit detailed plans
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