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Is Stable Coin Stable Enough?

2018-10-29
The so-called stable coin, USDT, has dropped significantly against USD on 10/15. While USDT typically values in a range of 0.99 to 1.01 when compared against USD, it dropped to as low as 0.85 on the Kraken exchange on 10/15.
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Disney Jumping into the Global OTT War

2018-07-25
Disney will be ending its distribution deal with Netflix and starting a brand new OTT service of its own. With the release of this major news, Disney has just become the biggest cord-cutter Hollywood has ever seen. Being the biggest
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One China v.s All Types of Freedom

2016-08-30
Whether it is IT implementation or business operations, redundancy is the key to ensure the service during crisis.
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The Basic Concept in IT Operations

2016-08-11
Delta, the second largest airline in U.S, had a computer glitch on Wednesday, canceling 2000 flights and incurring huge losses. 全美第二大航空 Delta 電腦世紀大出包，被迫取消二千多個航班，公司和旅客都承受了鉅大的損失。 妙的是，過去三年它在系統上的投資就已經高達數億美元，光今年到目前為止也有1.5億、也換上了新的CIO，那怎麼會慘成這德性？ 就算是AWS也會出包 開始投入IT業未幾，我就從多次痛苦經驗中，學到一件事「再好再貴再國際知名的軟硬體，都會意外暴斃」。所以，從那時起，我就拼了老命研究 redundancy, load-balance, remote-backup, fail-over, high-availability 等觀念，更因為自己向來對事業前途的不安全感，而自始奉行不渝。 有人說，如果Delta早上了AWS就不會出這種事，錯了。這是IT系統的基本架構認知問題，不是用誰家機房或哪家公有雲私有雲的問題；就算上了AWS，如果不事先設好並再三測試standby replica與secondary AZ這些神兵利器，Amazon出包的例子大家沒聽過啊？！ 新聞來源： Delta Air Lines CEO
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Counterfeits on Taobao, Not Affecting Its Commission

2016-05-25
Those who are buying products for cheap prices don’t really care about whether they are counterfeits or not. Putting a high-class, low-price product in the cart, they usually know what they are buying. 去淘寶撿便宜的，根本不在乎買到的是不是仿冒品；既然會把「低價、高規」商品放進購物車，對於買到的是啥，多半心裡有數。 The presence of counterfeits on Alibaba
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Market Outlook for Blue-Chip Debt Worsening

2016-02-08
Issuing bond or applying loans from bank are common ways of financing. But the former is a direct loan from investors, how investors view the default risk will reflect on the interest rates.
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Loans vs. Global Recession

2016-01-22
Ex BIS chief economist William White warns of epic debt tsunami worse than 2007 全球恐面臨債務海嘯 前國際清算銀行（BIS）首席經濟學家懷特（William White）警告，全球金融體系日益不穩定，面臨一波巨大的債務海嘯，情勢比2007年時更糟，可能對社會與政治穩定帶來嚴峻考驗。懷特現任經濟合作發展組織（OECD）審查委員會主席，他在達沃斯世界經濟論壇舉行前夕接受英國電訊報訪問時說：「現在的情況比2007年糟。我們用來抗衰退的總體經濟彈藥基本上全用光了。」 “A global recession made in China” 以下將對於全球投資人預期中國經濟前景之分析： 中國拿青春賭明天的超簡化10點例示 1. 煉鋼廠以土地廠房抵押向銀行借款百億，擴充產能大聘工人 2. 建商向銀行土融建融借十億，蓋樓房預售 3. 煉鋼廠員工薪資提高，靠銀行貸款買樓 4. 銀行貸款業務爆衝，行員加薪也貸款買樓 5. 二年後景氣下滑，煉鋼廠產能過剩，裁員減薪 6. 煉鋼廠遲付貸款，要求紓困，銀行減薪 7. 預售未能出清，建商餘屋有30%，為償債降價拋售 8.
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Americans Struggle With High Drug Prices

2016-01-12
For many Americans, going to doctors and getting prescription drugs can cause bankruptcy.
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Will a Free, Ad-Supported Model Work For Netflix?

2016-01-05
The main ideas of the following article suggest Netflix to adopt a free, ad-supported tier into their model. We think it makes no sense at all.
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Healthcare vs. Drug Price

2015-12-09
Media in Taiwan has been reporting that drug price investigations result in low drug prices and pharmaceutical companies threaten to leave Taiwan.
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Amazon’s Dominance in OTT

2015-11-28
We have been through Netflix’s obstacles to success as a streaming sercie. It’s dependencies on Amazon’s IT infrastructures and surging licensing fees are just some of the reasons why we don’t see a promising future for them. Today, let’s take
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Cord-Cutters – The Nightmare for Cable Providers to Come ?

2015-10-30
We been expecting cord-cutters for a while and have yet seen any moves. 剪線潮，喊很久，卻只聞樓梯響，不見人下來。 Cord-Cutting Might Not Be So Bad for Cable Companies Today, video is only about 40% of cable companies’ profits… For a typical cable operator, a 10%
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