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Top 10 buzzwords in 2009

Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the last couple of weeks (not necessarily a bad thing, given the circumstances), you would have come across the following buzzwords (in no particular order) that will dominate news headlines in the months to come: 1. economic tsunami2. layoff3. AIG = arrogance, incompetence and greed4. stimulus… Read More »

WTF

A colleague was so pissed off at work recently that she used expletives to describe her fellow workers. Considering she’s Chinese and probably doesn’t have a firm handle on swearing using the F-word, here’s a guide:

金融危机

孩子:妈妈,金融危机了,涨点零用钱吧?妈妈:你怎么没说“金融危机”了,把你那50元的零用钱给减免掉,大家一起共度难关呢?

Should Citi be investigated for leaked memo?

Citigroup’s shares rallied last week, on the back of CEO Vikram Pandit’s “leaked memo” reassurring his troops that “we are profitable through the first two months of 2009 and are having our best quarter-to-date performance since the third quarter of 2007”. Shares of the financial services provider have been under constant pressure since its bailout… Read More »