China America Business Exchange

Congratulation!! Officers 2009-2010

2009-03-05T22:10:00.000-08:00

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Dear friends

Hottest Jobs in China? Start From Here

2009-03-03T14:18:00.000-08:00

With millions of qualified job seekers, how do you get spotted by employers in the blink of an eye?

Hi dear friends,

China American Business Exchange is happy to announce this exciting event:

Professor and Dean of the School of Business from Nanjing University, Shuming Zhao, an internationally-acclaimed scholar in human resource management and multinational business management, will visit the Merage School and give a talk!!

Please join us for this great opportunity to know about the global trend of human resource management, and how you can start building a successful career!

More information will be announced on the web-site: http://cabeuci.blogspot.com/

Please join us!!

PS: Snacks will be prepared.

The Global Trend Seminar 2009

Speaker: Shuming Zhao, Professor and Dean of the school of Business, Nanjing University

Time: 5-6 PM, March 3^rd (Tues)

Location: SB122

Still struggling to find a job??

2009-02-15T22:48:00.000-08:00

Now, Dream Jobs are Here to Find You!!

Hi dear friends,

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

China America Business Exchange is glad to announce that the CEO and GM from “Wang & Li Asia Resources”, a leading recruitment & staff development services firm in China, will visit and help us to find a great job in the coming future!!

In order to better match and have a more focused dialogue with the candidates, Larry Wang, the CEO, would like to learn more about the students. If you are interested, please email us your CV (or other things that display your interests, talents, or career focus) by Feb. 20th (email Ti Chou) , and we will forward to the company before they arrive.

It will be a great opportunity to showcase yourself!!

To know more about “ Wang & Li”, please visit http://www.wang-li.com/

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What CABE will do for you this year

2009-02-12T22:07:00.000-08:00

CABE's calender about upcoming events is here!!

Dear friends,

Happy Chinese New Year!! This season, CABE will provide more exciting event than you can imagine!! Please click the icon to enlarge it and learn more details.

Sincerely,
CABE

Some memories last year

2009-01-30T01:59:00.000-08:00

Following are some photos of our events last year.

* The Global Trend Seminars 2008: Mr, Ted Perkins, the Executive VP, Production od IDG CHina Media Fund

*Cabe's Power MBA Program_Episode 1: Eagle Eye: Hua (Eagle) Lin, Financial Modeler, KPMG Structured Finance Group.

* Trends in Gaming & Interactive Entertainment :

* Off-Site Meeting & Admitted Day:

You are invited to the "Wilbur K. Woo Greater China Conference" 2/27/09

2009-01-29T22:33:00.000-08:00

Dear Friends,

For those of you interested in the business trends and current opportunities in the Greater China, we are pleased to share with you this great upcoming, all-day event, held on the UCLA campus.

Happy Chinese New Year!

新春圍爐牛牛趴 (麻辣鴛鴦煱)

2009-01-22T18:33:00.000-08:00

New Year Hot Pot Party

Dear friends,

Please join us to celebrate the great Chinese New Year!!

When : Jan 22nd (Thursday) start from 6 pm

Where: VDC Villa

PS:

Please email Nan Xu( nxu@uci.edu) by Jan 22nd

so he can help you to secure one seat and also pay in

advance: $10/each

Finding Opportunities in Interesting Times

2008-11-13T21:48:00.000-08:00

Finding Opportunities in Interesting Times

We are glad to introduce the upcoming event:

A special discussion of the current economic crisis and the opportunities that may lie in the turmoil.

The speaker will examine questions such as:

• Should we have seen this economic crisis coming ? If so, how ?

• How can we navigate the current economic crisis ?

• What opportunities are there for businesses, investors and individuals in the midst of this crisis ?

• And how does the current economic crisis affect opportunities with and in China ?

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

Ming Lo:

• Ming Lo is an independent consultant with an AB cum laude from Harvard and an MBA and MA from Stanford.

• He has worked for Goldman Sachs and McKinsey & Co, reviewing and advising Fortune 500 clients. Later, at the Hong Kong and Taiwan based venture funds TaiwanVest/ChinaVest, he worked with small, emerging companies.

• Currently running his own production company, he directs and produces commercials for the LA-18, LA's premier Asian televsion station. As an actor, he has also appeared in films such as Million Dollar Baby, Jarhead, Pursuit of Happyness and Red Corner; as well as television shows Dirty Sexy Money, NCIS, West Wing, Private Practice and Boston Legal.

• Ming actively writes articles on investing and related topics. These can be found at http://www.minglo.com/

WHEN: Tuesday, Nov 18th, 2008, 6:00pm

WHERE: Empress Harbor Seafood Restaurant
111 N. ATLANTIC BLVD., #350
MONTEREY PARK, CA 91754
(Intersection of Atlantic Blvd. and Garvey Blvd.)
Tel: (626) 300-8833

COST (including dinner):

It's only$15 for students with ID

RSVP: Go to http://www.scmj.org/.

Click the orange “Register Now” button below to sign up online.

For additional information, please contact Enita Chow at (626) 281-1881 or enita@cpaus.com

Debate on Presidential Candidates' U.S. Policy Toward China

2008-10-20T15:54:00.000-07:00

Watch the Video

The Committee of 100 and George Mason University sponsored a debate between advisors to the Obama and McCain campaigns on "A Framework for U.S. Policy toward China: Positions of the Presidential Candidates." The forum was held on Thursday, October 16, 2008, from 7:00PM to 8:30PM at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

The debate featured Randy Schriver for the McCain campaign and Dr. David Lampton for the Obama campaign. The event was moderated by Kathy Chen, Editor and Assistant Washington Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal.

Mr. Randall Schriver, co-founder of Armitage International, previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs responsible for the PRC, Taiwan, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands and as Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor to Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. He is also President and CEO of Project 2049, a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that promotes international security and democratic institutions in the Asia-Pacific.

Dr. David Lampton, the George and Sadie Hyman Professor of Political Science at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at the Johns Hopkins University, is also the Director of China Studies at SAIS and the former President of the National Committee of US-China Relations in New York City. Dr Lampton is the author of several books and articles on China, the most recent of which is The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money, and Minds (2008).

Dr. Lampton emphasized that the U.S. relationship with China is one of the most important in the world. "An Obama administration, while recognizing that the relationship is not broken, would however seek to improve it in several areas. In the trade area, an Obama administration would support efforts to create more of a level playing field between the two countries and would also increase military-to-military ties."

Also starting from the premise that the U.S. relationship with China is one of the most important in the 21st century, Mr. Schriver noted that "a McCain administration would recognize the realities and complexities of the relationship and would focus on how to best to balance the competition between the two countries with the need and opportunities to cooperate to solve common problems in security, trade, energy, and the environment."

"The U.S.-China relations is the most important bilateral relationship in the 21st century," commented John L. Fugh, Chairman of the Committee of 100. "Whoever wins the election, a central challenge for the new President is to get America's relationship with China right. We hope this forum will help inform the public about the directions of this relationship."

Quoted from: http://www.committee100.org/

the Best Opportubity that Big Money are investing!!_the "Global Trend Seminars 2008"

2008-10-08T18:12:00.000-07:00

What do “The Dark Knight ” and the “ Titanic” have in common??

Both make $Huge Money$ in times of Economic Woe !!

(Worldwide: “ Titanic”: $1,842,879,955 & “The Dark Knight” : $971,441,786 by September 25, 2008)

Today, while the Wall Street is plagued by troubles, Hollywood is extending their footprints to HOT movie hubs with gobs of money!

This year is shaping up to make movie history. Not only is Hollywood on track for a record box office summer, movie market also flourishes in the Greater China:

( John Woo’s “Red Cliff” was a blockbuster, and the “Mummy 3rd” is another hit in the market now.)

Moreover, “ Screen Digest” forecasts that by 2010 the box office revenues in China will exceed $720M (vs. $336M in 2006).

Mr. Ted Perkins, the Executive VP, Production of IDG China Media Fund, will be here to share his experience about how to do wonders and exploit opportunities in many international markets !!

Please join the “ The Global Trend Seminars 2008” to learn more about what you cannot miss!!

The Global Trend Seminars 2008:

“Global Entertainment: the Best Opportunity that Big Money are investing in!! ”

Time: 5:00-6:30 PM, Oct 8th (Wed.) (Pizza & Pepsi will be served)

Where: SB122.

Speaker: Mr. Ted Perkins, the Executive VP, Production of IDG China Media Fund (know more about Mr. Perkins)

- About “ IDG China Media Fund” :

A new venture that will distribute movies, DVDs and video games in China, created by media firms Hearst and News Corp, and International Data Group (IDG).

The initial of this fund is $50 million. (know more about IDG China Media Fund)

“CABE's Power MBA Program Episode 1: Eagle Eye”

2008-10-03T17:53:00.000-07:00

Arm yourself from the Very Beginning!!

Want to be an Excellent MBA who Tops in both Academic and Career Wars??

Now, the Merage alumni Hua( Eagle) Lin is here to share his experience about how to increase your odds of success.

Come and join the “CABE's Power MBA Program Episode 1: Eagle Eye” to learn about his routes to a high achiever in the competitive atmosphere!!

CABE's Power MBA Program_ Episode 1:

Eagle Eye

Topic:

Arm Yourself with the weapons an international MBA should know

- 1. How to study in the States, and how to make your won “Career Plan” through courses planning.

- 2. How to achieve your “Career Goal”? The secrets for both 1^st year and 2^nd year students.

Time: 5:00 – 6 :30PM, Oct. 3^rd (Fri), 2008. (Pizza & Pepsi will be served)

Where: SB112.

Speaker:

Hua( Eagle) Lin,

Financial Modeler, KPMG Structured Finance Group.

MBA 07, the Paul Merage School of Business, UCI.

· Dean’s Leadership Circle Member

· Passed CFA Level III exam (CFA charter pending)

· Finance Area Excellence Award (No.1 in Finance of FTMBA class 2007)

· Accounting Area Excellence Award (No.1 in Accounting of FTMBA class 2007)

· UC GPA 3.97 (Top 5% of FTMBA 2007)

· President of Chinese American Business Exchange

· Bloomberg Certified Equity and Fixed Income User

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival is comming!!

2008-10-03T00:52:00.000-07:00

http://tghff2008.pixnet.net/blog

There are a lot of interesting things there!!
So, just take a look!!

MBA SoCal Mixer

2008-09-30T12:08:00.000-07:00

Network with fellow MBAs at USC, UCLA, UCI, UCSD, Pepperdine, Claremont and more!

Friday Oct 10th 8:00-9:50pm

@ Ritual Supper Club

1743 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood, CA
(between Hollywood Blvd. and Yucca)

www.ritualsupperclub.com

Free for GABS, AMSA members & those on guest list from

UCI, UCSD, Pepperdine and Claremont with ID

RSVP is required by October 9th, 2008 or it will be $15 on the door.

http://fallmbamixer.eventbrite.com/

Questions? Contact Ivana at ivana.darmawan.2009@anderson.ucla.edu

$15 non-members and guests

Drink tickets for first 100 people
Stay (free admission) for the afterparty starting at 10pm!

IOC gives itself kudos for Beijing Games

2008-08-25T19:28:00.001-07:00

Written by Clifford Coonan

Friday, 22 August 2008

Story Categories: China, Olympic Games, TV,

BEIJING -- The Intl. Olympic Committee is poised to award itself a gold medal for coordinating record-breaking coverage of the Beijing Games -- set to be the most watched in the event's 112-year history.

"We expect a global reach of approximately 4.5 billion people" tuning in on TV and online, IOC TV and marketing services director Timo Lumme told a Beijing news conference Thursday.

He said viewership had been given a major boost by online platforms.

"In China alone, during the first 12 days of competition, more than 102 million people watched the Games live online, with another 146 million people watching online video-on-demand or delayed online coverage," Lumme said.

He said the IOC had launched its own online channels to broadcast the Games, reaching 77 territories across Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Effort marks the first time the IOC has produced footage directly available to the public.

For the IOC, the spectacular viewership data will vindicate its decision to award the Games to China, despite concerns over the country's human-rights record.

The Opening Ceremony on Aug. 8 was the highest-rated sports-related broadcast in China, with a record 840 million viewers, and final figures are expected to show that more than 1.2 billion people worldwide tuned in.

Viewing figures in key regions, including the U.S., were promising and would eclipse records set at the Athens 2004 Olympics, the IOC said.

NBC, which paid nearly $900 million for exclusive rights to the Games, chalked up 40 million viewers, its largest Saturday-night audience in 18 years, when it broadcast swimmer Michael Phelps winning his record-breaking eighth Olympic gold medal.

Significantly, the Beijing Games were tipped to exceed overall U.S. ratings for the 1996 Atlanta Games, which were broadcast at times much more suitable for American auds.

Viewers in Blighty also played their part, as they tuned into see the U.K.'s biggest gold medal haul in a century, while viewers in India cheered on their country's first individual gold.

Lumme said there was an unprecedented amount of Olympic sports content available, with some 5,000 hours of coverage provided by 200 countries through rights-holding broadcast partners.

By the end of the Beijing Games, three times more TV and online material will have been broadcast than at the Athens Games.

The average Olympics viewer is graying rapidly, and in a bid to encourage a younger aud, the IOC introduced an Olympic channel on YouTube showing daily clips.

Lumme said the use of the Internet for Games broadcasts had been a big success, with the NBColympics.com website alone recording viewings of 22 million clips, 30 times more video views than for Athens.

The IOC earned $2.6 billion from the Winter Games in Turin in 2006 and the Beijing event. That figure should jump to about $3.9 billion for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games and the 2012 London Summer Games.

Ang Lee's 'Taking Woodstock' set to start‏

2008-08-06T01:55:00.000-07:00

Emile Hirsch, Demetri Martin to star in Ang Lee pic

By MICHAEL FLEMING

Focus Features will begin production late this month on "Taking Woodstock," scripted by James Schamus and to be directed by Ang Lee. Lee's ensemble cast includes Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton and Liev Schreiber. Pic is an adaptation of the memoir of Elliot Tiber, who played a role in helping the historic 1969 music fest unfold on his neighbor's farm (Daily Variety, April 22).

More than one option

(Co) Daily Variety
Filmography, Year, Role
(Co) Daily Variety

Less than a month ago, Focus had been thinking about postponing the start of production over concerns that a possible Screen Actors Guild strike could force a shutdown later this year. But numerous studios have begun to move forward on feature starts, and it's understood that Focus has worked out contingency plans in the event of a work stoppage. Demetri Martin ("The Daily Show With Jon Stewart") had already been set to play Tiber, an aspiring interior designer in Greenwich Village obliged to run the family business, a Catskills motel. In summer 1969, he found himself at the center of a generation-defining experience when he volunteered the motel to be the home base for Woodstock concert organizers after his neighbor, Max Yasgur, made his farm available for the event. Staunton and Henry Goodman will play Tiber's parents, and Jonathan Groff (currently starring in the Shakespeare in the Park production of "Hair" in Gotham) will play Woodstock organizer Michael Lang; Hirsch will play a recently returned Vietnam vet, Eugene Levy will play Yasgur, and Schreiber is in talks to play a transvestite named Vilma. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is set as a closeted married man having an affair with Tiber, while Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan play a hippie couple attending the concert. Dan Fogler will play a local theater troupe head, and Mamie Gummer will play Lang's assistant. Focus Features CEO Schamus will produce with Lee. Celia Costas ("Angels in America") is executive producer.

Quoted from: Variety

Hollywood weighs ying and yang of China

2008-08-03T21:40:00.000-07:00

Written by Patrick Frater

Monday, 04 August 2008

Story Categories: China, Disney, Film, Finance, Hollywood In Asia, Sony, Warner,

With the Olympics starting Aug. 8, all the world — including Hollywood — is focusing on China. But the U.S. studios face a dilemma in the world’s most populous market. China B.O. is experiencing supercharged growth, expected to climb 21% this year over last, and an astonishing eight times the total tally of 2001.

But while outsiders are in awe of China’s growing muscle and expanding economy, Hollywood congloms are wondering whether entertainment in China is worth the effort.

On the upside, five of the top 10 movies so far this year are MPA member productions and a sixth is a U.S.-Chinese co-production, “Forbidden Kingdom.” “Transformers” hit $37 million there last year (only three global territories delivered a bigger gross of the pic). There can be few other major territories in which Hollywood has enjoyed five-fold local currency earnings growth over the past five years.

And with the Chinese yuan now steadily climbing against the U.S. dollar, Hollywood’s gross revenues from China have grown more than six times since the beginning of the millennium.

Despite the apparent optimism, activity is substantially smaller than once envisioned: Sony has scaled back, Warner’s joint venture with state-owned China Film Group is not the force it set out to be and, after several years, Disney has recently greenlit only its Chinese second movie.

Unfortunately, that’s because the studios’ case against investment there is powerful.

Non-Chinese films are subject to import quotas (20 films per year, on a revenue-sharing basis) and it is Chinese bureaucrats, not commercial factors, that have the final say as to which films hit Chinese screens. Even though other non-Chinese titles can be released if they are bought at a flat fee, the theatrical market is subject to regular blackout periods, when Hollywood films cannot be released.

Most painful to Hollywood are the distribution terms. The studios earn rentals of just 13%-17% from those 20 films.

And there are bigger issues. These include what investment bankers would call “sovereign risk,” meaning a sudden regulatory change that can overturn any existing business plan.

Censorship is used as a socio-political tool, preventing certain genres of film (and perhaps certain people) from commercial exploitation. And while the red pen continues to be useful, there is little prospect of China developing the film classification system that it has long promised.

“China is no longer on top of the Hollywood studio’s priority list,” one exec tells Variety. “It just isn’t worth the corporate effort. You get better returns in Russia and better market access in India.”

And there is a chronically weak filmgoing culture.

At the Shanghai Film Fest in June, Han Sanping, head of China Film Group, said, “There are more than 300 cities in China with populations of over 1 million people without a single cinema screen.”

He added that if each were to have a multiplex, China’s box office could double current forecasts. (The implication was that his perhaps-to-be privatized company could help build them.)

He then suggested that rural areas are even more underscreened and if tens of thousands of additional mobile screening facilities were available, box office could be transformed still further. “If the Chinese film industry is really to grow up it needs to fall in love with capital,” he said.

Warner Bros Intl. Cinemas pioneered the idea of multiplexes, but decided to pull out of China two years ago because of regulatory issues concerning foreign ownership. Still, the company had the right idea. Theater building is gathering momentum. Last year saw some 493 new screens come on stream, compared with 366 in 2006.

So much potential

Per-capita cinema visits are among the lowest of any rich country. Since multiplexes are expensive and restricted to the biggest cities, moviegoing is an elite pastime. Disc piracy and now online piracy provide considerably cheaper alternatives. They also represent faster access to films.

Few movies are released in China day-and-date with the rest of the world — that even includes official Chinese co-productions like “The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” or assisted productions such as “Mission: Impossible 3.” Currently there are no announced dates for “The Dark Knight” or “Indiana Jones” to be released in China.

The Hollywood movie congloms would be happier about investing in the Chinese film biz if they could also have a piece of the television market. Not only would it help them develop brands and characters, it would also allow them access to China’s booming advertising market. For the moment, foreign-owned TV stations are not permitted except in the kind of hotels that outsidersfrequent and in residential “foreigner compounds.”

However, the increase in screens is allowing wider film releases and box office records to be regularly broken. Less than five years ago, “Hero” became the first local film to exceed yuan 100 million ($14.4 million at today’s exchange rates, but less than $12 million at the time). Now part one of John Woo’s “Red Cliff,” released on 1,200 (digital and 35mm) prints, is heading toward $40 million, with a second installment due out in January.

Though Hollywood is wavering in its hope about China, such figures offer reasons for optimism. In addition, the rapidly-growing middle class may improve things, and there is a lure of so many potential audience members and an industry that is so young. The modern age of cinema in China is probably less than 7 years old.

When Chinese box office hit its nadir in 2001, at just $73 million, it was worth less in revenue terms than the Philippines or China’s own satellite Hong Kong, with a population of just 7 million people.

Box office this year is expected to hit $590 million, up 21% from last year’s $489 million.

The local industry is growing, with 400 local film productions expected this year, a big jump from 350 last year.

CFG is still the biggest player, but no longer the only game in town. State-backed companies such as Bona or private firms Huayi Bros., Chengtian and others have accessed foreign capital and are pulling together production and distribution slates that make them credible partners.

Rules and regulations

Hollywood was given hope for the Chinese industry — and for potentially lucrative co-productions — as China spent several years working to modernize its film market. It consolidated studios and freed up some of their operations, issued distribution licenses, allowed the rise of independent producers and experimented with ownership changes in the exhibition sector before deciding that movie theaters cannot be controlled by foreigners but may be owned by Hong Kongers.

But momentum was halted last fall. The media ministry State Administration for Radio, Film & Television took a harder line in late 2006, but it really flexed its muscles after political miscalculations allowed the release of “Lost in Beijing” (subversive) and “Lust, Caution” (decadent, and a major hit to boot).

New 10-point censorship rules allow no moral ambiguity and a tighter script approval system. Filmmakers have few options, though interpretation is still imprecise. And where previously censors were often praised by filmmakers who received discreet advice and guidance, regulators are now viewed as more likely to err on the side of caution.

The enforcement of content restrictions has also had an impact on co-productions and there is a tangible effect in the once free-wheeling Hong Kong industry. These days few Hong Kong films are made without an eye on the mainland market.

The Hollywood studios’ best prospects for improved market access and trade terms may lie with two factors beyond its control: the growth of Chinese-owned multiplexes with their demand for fresh product; and the emergence of strong private sector companies in the production and distribution sectors which can be flexible local partners. But that is a long-term perspective and requires patience.

Meanwhile, film folk are waiting for the Olympic Games to be over. The Chinese government has spent considerable energy focusing on the Games and the opportunity to change its image. But only after the Aug. 24 wrap of the Games will the biz begin to see whether the brakes will be released and the charge for growth can restart.

L.A. OKs moratorium on fast-food restaurants

2008-07-30T00:07:00.000-07:00

In bid to fight obesity, city imposes one-year ban in poor neighborhoods

LOS ANGELES - City officials are putting South Los Angeles on a diet.

The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to place a moratorium on new fast food restaurants in an impoverished swath of the city with a proliferation of such eateries and above average rates of obesity.

The yearlong moratorium is intended to give the city time to attract restaurants that serve healthier food. The action, which the mayor must still sign into law, is believed to be the first of its kind by a major city to protect public health.

Quoted from : msnbc

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Southern California earthquake causes phone jam

2008-07-29T20:11:00.000-07:00

By The Associated Press

The earthquake that hit Southern California on Tuesday caused phone networks to jam up as many people tried calling at the same time, but the infrastructure was intact, the area's main phone companies said.

Bill Kula, spokesman for Verizon Communications Inc., said there was an initial peak of blocked calls after the quake, but it appeared to be the result of people getting on their phones to check with family members, friends and colleagues.

AT&T Inc. spokesman Fletcher Cook said there was no known damage to the company's phone lines or cellular towers, but that both networks experienced congestion. In case of an emergency, he recommended repeatedly retrying a landline phone number, or using text messaging on a cell phone.

The 11:42 a.m. quake was initially estimated at 5.8 by the U.S. Geological Survey but was revised downward to 5.4.

Quoted from: The Associated Press, and http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/

Insider knowledge on evaluating high-tech companies

2008-07-03T09:49:00.000-07:00

In valuing a high tech business, of course innovative technology is sexy, it gets people excited, but technology alone will not make a winning business. To put your money in a right basket, you need to identify and understand the environment of the company.
And you cannot know too much about them!

Join us to the following event to hear from the best speaker in town on business valuation!

Valuing High Technology Companies - Secret Formulas Revealed

Monte Jade Science and Technology Association(Southern California)Dinner Forum

Event Chair: Julian Chan, Esq.
Event Co-chair: Lulu Wang

Nevin Sanli, ASA President and co-founder of Sanli Pastore & Hill, Inc

ABOUT THE TOPIC: Understanding how investors and other business people value a high-tech company is often a mystery to most, but key to raising money and setting the expectations between investors and management with regard to any successful business.

Mr. Sanli will speak on the various methods for valuating a business. This should be an essential topic for anyone seeking to build a business, invest in one, or simply understand how such things are viewed. We encourage people both familiar and unfamiliar with the concepts to attend.

We encourage entrepreneurs, angel and venture capital investors, CFOs and all others to come.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Nevin Sanli is President and co-founder of Sanli Pastore & Hill, Inc. He has valued over 1,500 businesses during his career. He specializes in providing fairness and solvency opinions on transactions and expert witness testimony in litigation cases involving business valuations and lost profits. He frequently speaks on business valuation to professional organizations. He has testified over 50 times in trial and over 200 times in deposition.

As California’s premier business valuation and appraisal services firm, SP&H offers valuations services to public or privately held companies with less than $1 Billion in sales located in the Western United States. SP&H has worked extensively within the technology, health care and life sciences sectors, which includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Technology:
Distribution of computer equipment
On-line College degrees and classes
Software for voice over internet applications
Data warehousing, database management
Web service management and servicing/ISP provider
Drug testing laboratory
DNA chip manufacturer
Medical testing equipment
Pharmaceuticals and nutritional supplements
I.P. for medical 4D imaging
REGISTER NOW

WHEN: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 6:30pm

WHERE: Empress Harbor Seafood Restaurant 111 N. ATLANTIC BLVD., #350 MONTEREY PARK, CA 91754 (Intersection of Atlantic Blvd. and Garvey Blvd.) Tel: (626) 300-8833
COST (including dinner): $25 for members, $30 for non-members and $15 for students with ID who RSVP by July 11; $35 for ALL after July 11

RSVP: For additional information, please contact Enita Chow at (626) 799-1626 or enita@cpaus. com

" DOUBLE" your China Donation!!

2008-05-27T17:07:00.000-07:00

The following great information comes from Eric Zhang, the full-time MBA student of the Paul Merage School of Business, UC-Irvine.

Please contact with Mr. Zhang directly ASAP, so we can save more lives!!

--> email “Eric Zhang”

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Dear all,

I believe all of you have heard about the Sichuan earthquake. My personal friend, Andy Chiang, currently works for Beckman Coulter Inc., who is now matching any employee donation dollar for dollar until 06/31/08. I am planning on writing a check to participate in the donation. If any of you has would like to double up your contribution(and also trust me as your friend), I will be more than happy to pass your donations to my friend and have him include the amount in his check. If you would like to do so, please email me back with your donation amount and bring a check to me in class

The donation will be made through Red Cross. After the donation is made I will send a copy of the final check with total amount to those who contributed. Again, the deadline is 06/30/08 and I am planning to do this ASAP (next two weeks probably), so please let me know if you are interested as soon as you can.

Any contribution is good here even if it's only a few dollars since it will be DOUBLED! !

Thank you.

People are fighting, and they are NOT ALONE!!

2008-05-26T19:12:00.000-07:00

Lives are still fighting!!
They are not warriors but our brothers and sisters.... .

Even One cent might save one hope, people need you to fight for LOVE....
Please show your love via,
-1. Committee of 100 China Earthquake Relief Fund
-2. Red Cross Society of China
-3. USNOW.org

the star-light farewell party

2008-05-22T19:36:00.001-07:00

Hi, Dear CABE fellows,

You are invited to join our Starlight Farewell Party!
It’s the best chance to congratulate our warriors who are graduating and will soon fight in the real biz world!!

If you want to learn more about the careers in the States and the Greater China,

or just wanna have BBQ with your friends and enjoy the starry night at our beautiful Villa…,

….please come & have a looooooot of FUN !!

Event Message:

Who: All CABE members & Merage faculty and students

When: May 30^th (Friday) from 6:00pm—10:30pm

Where: VDC-Villa

Tickets:

1. Graduating students-FREE

2. Others: $10 per guest ( you may Win it Back during the game after the dinner)

Please email “(Samantha) Yu-Shan Chen” saying “I will be there” so we will know how much food should be prepared!! (Please respond by Wednesday next week.)

But you are still more than welcome to jump in at any time!!

Games:

We will play some games after the dinner to select a winner of this year’s 金甲戰衣 (War God’s Armor), contributed by Mr. Ramon Gupta.

We hope to see you there!!

The Terracotta Army 兵馬俑 is now on exhibit at Bowers Museum (Santa Ana)

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The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses of First Emperor of Qin are the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century. A "Must-See" spot on any traveler's itinerary, people always flock to the Museum in Xi'an, China to see these life size terracotta figures of warriors and horses.

Now is your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see them in the US. The exhibition "Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor" is now on display at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Arts from May 18th to October 12th. There are also other events to introduce this exhibition.

For more details: see http://www.bowers.org/exhibits/TerraCotta_Warriors/index.jsp

Asia Job Expo this weekend!!

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It's basically a job fair for students/people interested in working in Asia or for Asian companies.

Asia Job Expo 2008
Date: May 16 (Friday)- May 17(Saturday)
Time: 9am-5pm`
Admission: Free
Location: Long Beach Convention Center (Grand Ball Room)
300 E Ocean Blvd Long Beach, CA 90802
Website: https://ssl.asiajobexpo.com/