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Credit Repair and The Greatest Wealth Building Secret

Jim Kemish — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:00:15 +0000

Wealth is Power

Wealth means security, opportunity, and quality of life. Are you ready to take the first step towards financial freedom? Here are some powerful tips that can get you started today!
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Photo ID Troubling, Adorable

Brendan Alexander — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:00:40 +0000

If you’re like me I’m sure you have picture identification. Why? Because you wish to drive (legally), cash checks or cheques (also legally) or get into bars (hopefully legally, but let’s not kid each other).

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Rental Deposits, Good as Gone?

Jerry Hu — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:00:12 +0000

When renting an apartment in Shanghai, it’s as important to make sure your I’s are dotted and T’s crossed as it is to get a lease in your native language. After all, how do you dot an I in Chinese? What’s more important is to make sure that your deposit is not overly expensive, because just like anywhere you might live, you may never see it again.

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Can’t Live Without Rover and Snowball?

Lisa Thompson — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:00:28 +0000

Planning on relocating your precious pooch and discriminating kitty to Shanghai with the rest of your family? There is much you must do to be successful and, unfortunately if you do not follow the guidelines to the letter you may be forced to send your furry friend back to whence he came.

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Eddie Bauer Explorer Makes Ride Sleepily Smooth

Brendan Alexander — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:00:34 +0000

We love our age-old and (un)duly weathered Ford as much as we love anything else in our lives, but when it came time to take our trip to San Francisco, we sagely opted to take out a much newer, much sweeter version of our Ford as much for review purposes as it was for our own comfort, convenience and overall peace of, um, woah, sleepy, hang on, zzzz.

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Scam Watch – Jade for the Price of Plastic

Lisa Thompson — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:00:43 +0000

China has been known to the west (for as long as it’s been known to the west) for its silk, porcelain and jade. Ah, sweet, beautiful, valuable jade. It glints in varied hues of green and speaks of value far beyond whatever it’s crafted in to. If you are a lover of jade, China may be just the place for you, then again, it may not.

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Animated Light Show on Subway Walls

Tino La Shaw — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:00:21 +0000

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China Enters Aviation Market with New Jet

Tino La Shaw — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:00:35 +0000

A new Chinese regional jet, the ARJ-21 (which stands for Advanced Regional Jet for the 21st Century), is being assembled at the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory in Shanghai. The plane was developed by the China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I), and production began in 2002. It is expected to be finished by the end of the year. The ARJ-21 will give China a presence in the aviation market, which up until now has been dominated by foreign companies such as Boeing and Airbus.
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Resolving Defaulted Student Loans

Jim Kemish — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:27:58 +0000

The Time to Act is Now!

Do you have defaulted student loans? The government has an impressive array of tools for collecting on defaulted student loans. Fortunately, the law also provides you with a way to cure the problem starting right now!
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American Musical to Be Performed in Mandarin

Will Flaus — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:00:06 +0000

Beginning May 9, the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre and Broadway Asia Entertainment will co-produce the musical I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change at New York’s Westside Theatre. The production will run through June 3. This will be the first time in history that a foreign production of an American musical will play inside the United States. The show will be entirely in Mandarin Chinese, with English subtitles projected above the stage.

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