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Daily Archives: November 24, 2008

On How to Green Your House

November 24, 2008
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I recently wrote about my home energy audit and I received a great question from a reader of the blog. I’ve included it and my response below: “I’m happy to hear your house is more then ready for the winter. Luckily I don’t have to worry too much about the freezing cold living out here in San Francisco. “Anyways, I’m wondering if you can share several more precautions/steps you took, in order to have such an efficient home? aside from caulking the windows “I think we all could benefit from such information.” Cheers, Ethan “Thanks Ethan, “We did many...

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Sohu.com: The Yahoo! of China

November 24, 2008
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My investing idea today won’t be a surprise to anyone who follows Chinese stocks even slightly.  It’s a company called Sohu.com (SOHU), a Web portal that’s often called the Yahoo! of China. For many Chinese, Sohu.com is their window to the world.  The Sohu.com portal offers an enormous range of information and activities, including search, news, sports, entertainment, gossip, games, affinity groups, alumni groups, financial information, real-estate services and lots more. The company was a big sponsor of the Beijing Olympics, streaming many events and offering background information on athletes, medal counts, results and color commentary.  Sohu got huge...

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