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  1. Katrina

    Wow! A lot of new laptops have come out!

    $300.00 USD is only for the parts (hardware + OS) . I am not counting labor + shipping (logistics cost) + tech support ( 1 year warranty) . Apple charges for shipping seperately anyway unless they are doing free shipping .I am not sure on the labor end, i know about FoxConn the Chinese supplier...
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    Wow! A lot of new laptops have come out!

    It cost apple about $300.00 USD to make the basic WIFI model(hardware and Operating system included) of the IPAD. They sell it for about $500.00, so there is good profit in it. They cant go higher than $500.00 because of competition
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    COMPARE MFE/Mfin vs Phd in Finmath

    Not trying to be funny ! I wouldnt worry much about nice girls, if i was smart and make ton of money on wallstreet. It is possible you can steal some of the nice girls in future from men who are unemployed or rude. Also, you can pick some girls who have kids already after your Phd so you dont...
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    The New iPad

    what do people think about the ASUS Transformer tablet ? It looks like it has good reviews and is a little less expensive. Anyone owns one of them ?
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    Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs

    There is wrongdoing, maybe a lot of evil in the legal/law world more than anywhere else. There will be conflicts with your personal belief and business if you stay in a place tooo long and start climbing the ladder which is when your getting more closer to your business. It is you who has to...
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    Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs

    Mr. Greg Smith aint getting any more jobs, not just in the financial sector just anywhere unless he gets any of his close contacts to hire him. Bad mouthing an ex-employer in PUBLIC aint going to rock and roll. I think if i were him i would migrate to another country. I am sure he has tons of...
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    The New iPad

    I think if one is planning to get an IPAd. It makes sense to get the latest one, and then just forget about upgrading for another 2-3 years. If you buy a previous version at a discount, next year you will be go though the same thought about should i get a new IPAD again. In addition to that, you...
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    Travails of Wall Street workers

    GoIllini - I think i have similar genetic makeup. I know your trying to be optimistic, but look at this picture. Your going to work for 30 years and if you have a long life say (95 years) you would have to support your self for another 30 years based on your working adult life. If you factor...
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    Travails of Wall Street workers

    GoIllini - It is hard to live frugally when you hang out with peers making millions a year. you will be subject to a lot of ridicule , and it is possible that you may actually loose some of your rich buddies. Alot of times, people at those levels spend money really to show off and they aint even...
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    Travails of Wall Street workers

    i can cut a check to them if their life's are so miserable. Just aske them to send me an email !
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    Why are there so many international MFE/MFin students?

    So do these MFE returnees from the US find finance related jobs in China ? My question is if they really want to study and stay here and are unable to then the news would have spread like fire in China that it is hard to find work in US and incoming Chinese student numbers would be in decline...
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    Why are there so many international MFE/MFin students?

    If you look at the applicants national origin, awhole lot of them come from China and most of them simply return over there. So western lifestyle aint appealing to them
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    The Global Auction

    I know you like to make an example of China, but all third world countries have examples that define themselves. If one attended American elementary schools especially during the Soviet era, the teachers here have associated Communism with evil. If you are able to look past that, and see where...
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    The Global Auction

    Doesnt growth in GDP have more to do with population size these days ? The two countries that are growing have billion plus people which is creating demand for everything. Now if they had half their population, would they have half their growth ? Countries that have shrinking economy in...
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    Americans leaving US in record numbers

    This is a serious exaggeration. If you look at the real number of US citizens actually living outside the country, almost half of them are in the americas, mainly Mexico and Canada. Those statistics dont take into account, dual citizens, ie individuals holding citizenship from Mexico or Canada...
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    Will an A- affect my application?

    This post reminds me of one my roomies back in the college days in electrical engineering. He was a straigh shooter, every course he took he had "A" grade on it. The ones he got an "A-". he would repeat the class to keep a perfect 4.0. He was a perfectionist, who graduated with top honors but...
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    Great Green Card news for people from China, India

    This deal went through because India opened its door to major US retailers. Walmart,Costco, etc can now operate in India, so in return a few more indians can get green cards - simple as that. It may lower wages for skilled professionals in the USA and increase the pool of candidates in the STEM...
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    The young and the lazy

    1. THEY’D RATHER PROSTITUTE THEMSELVES THAN WORK HARD I recently had a twenty-three-year old girl email a writing submission for my idiotic site Street Boners and TV Carnage. There was a grammatical mistake in the first sentence, so I stopped reading right there and emailed her that she needs to...
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    Occupy Wall St.

    ilya : I completely understand your frustration with employment opportunities, but i think you have it made. If i were in your position i would probably not just be anti - immigrant but probably have become 'racist' even though i am not "white". What i think you need to do is head out there to...
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    Occupy Wall St.

    IlyaKEightSix - I think you have lot of education to be unemployed, especially not having to worry about work permit to work in this country. Not trying to offend you, but if i were in your place i would look for another line of work. I think your upto no good.I think people are simply wasting...
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    Occupy Wall St.

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    The World according to Americans

    silly ? Come on Andy ! I know your kidding. A ton of people i work with can relate to that map.
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    The World according to Americans

    let me put it this way. Its Sarah Palin and all her follower's viewpoint. I forgot, NYC is a blue state
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    The World according to Americans

    American viewpoint on the world
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    Amanda Knox - Is she guilty ?

    Amanda Knox has returned to the United States after four years of incarceration in Italy. Her release after she was acquitted on appeal for the murder of Meredith Kercher was greeted with relief by her supporters and family...
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    Tiger moms and paper tigers

    Its much harder for People of color to climb the corporate ladders in the deep south, places like Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, etc. The east / west coast, depending on the industry and corporation you belong to as along as you play the game and have some decent education, can talk the talk...
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    Infosys under investigation for US Visa abuse

    Interesting article.....the article reflects changing attitudes towards immigrants and the job market in the USA. I am not sure if it will affect H1B's as Infosys was trying to work around it as they were difficult to obtain, it will definetely affect B1 visa and other temporary visa's. Infosys...
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    MIT MFin Oversubscribed, MIT MFin offers admitted students $8K to defer

    8K to postpone your admission for one year.... what are they kidding ? There might be an 8K tuition hike the following year, for their MSF program
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    Is getting a PhD in particle physics the best way to get into a hedge fund?

    It leads to misery, pain, suffering, anguish and quite probably (and clearly important to you) poverty Well said !
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    $150 /barrel Oil anyone?

    I think oil is worth atleast $150 - $200 a barrel. It is one of greatest natural resource a country has, USA was getting a great deal with the Arab nation for a long long time. It surprises me when people get mad about oil prices, come on you expect oil to be the same a gallon of milk ?
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    "Awkward" situation at work due to my graduate school application...

    " My manager has been having talks with me almost every other day asking if I will change my mind about going to school" Its hard to tell what the so called manager is even thinking ! He probably keeps asking you if your leaving so that he needs to know if he has to start looking for a...
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    Imperial MathFin Imperial Msc Finance

    Just curious, not sure if your aware of this but UK did a major overhaul of their immigration system. I am not sure if they made changes to their student visa programs as well. I know they have suspended all of their Tier 1 visa programs offshore and they will close their onshore Tier 1 visa...
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    Is the City closed for non-EU entry-level quants starting April 2011? - career advice

    No kidding ! China if you look like them or India if you look like them
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    Is the City closed for non-EU entry-level quants starting April 2011? - career advice

    I notice just about a couple of years ago, it was really easy to migrate to probably anywhere in the world. I am not sure, if it is due to recession, so if thats the case migration should return to normal after the recovery.. I assume
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    $150 /barrel Oil anyone?

    $150 maybe but will take some time to get there....i am getting ready to buy a civic :)
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    The US-China summit

    The mounting danger of war between the US and China kidding,right ? China isnt Iraq, just send a dozen planes and drop some bombs from the air and leave. Bush administration has send a message to the world that it will not fight with a country that has a nuclear weapon or if it is uncertain...
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    Legalize illegal immigration, YES or NO

    Actually, this is something that they have gotten right. Direct family comes first then anything else. You might not see any point but that might be because you don't have a family around or you are not close to them. However, IMHO, american society puts a high value in family. I am not sure...
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    Legalize illegal immigration, YES or NO

    10.3 million green cards were issued from 2000 to 2009, making it the highest decade of legal immigration in the nation’s history. Those numbers look quite high, but when you look at the size of US it probably accounts for 5% of the US population. I think USCIS need to reevaluate green...
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    Legalize illegal immigration, YES or NO

    According to the Center for Immigration Studies, from Jan. 1, 2000, to Jan. 1, 2010, 13.1 million immigrants, legal and illegal, entered the United States, a decade in which America lost 1 million jobs. From 2008 and 2009, the figures are startling. In 24 months, 2.4 million immigrants, legal...
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    British Universities, facing HUGE cuts, plan tuition increase

    Thats kind of gross ! not being paid for work, I take that as a slap on an individual's face. So where do they get this kind of people from ? They have to be new, or very hungry. I dont think people will put up a job not being for along time ! It has to be a CV builder or something better go...
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    British Universities, facing HUGE cuts, plan tuition increase

    I dont think this is limited to UK only. I dont think there are plently of graduate jobs even in USA/Canada , i can personally name several individuals with graduate science/Engineering/IT degrees working for major companies that do a lot of "secretarial/administrative" work for IT salaries.
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    Student, 23, ‘cheated’ his way into America’s Ivy League institutions

    This is very interesting ! It is hard to believe that Harvard doesn't check academic records, he probably would have got into one of these elite schools with a less than perfect record that would not have raised eye brow's So much for his smarts :)
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    UK imposes new permanent immigration quota

    Anthony and the rest of all who are posting to this blog. I would definitely vote for you if you decide to run for political office in future after i become a citizen. Just dont change your opinions when you take office :)
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    UK imposes new permanent immigration quota

    Hopefully the USA will capitalize on this and relax their policy some. I think the USA has enough migrants already and really isnt in a situation to accept any more migrants. With unemployment at close to 10 percent in the USA and about 7.5 percent in UK - the politicians are convinced they...
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    Top UK MBA programs

    i really would appreciate more inputs if i can get any ! It seems i didnt get much comments
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    Top UK MBA programs

    I believe i may be confusing people. I dont intend to move to NYC after going to Business school in UK. I was curious about opportunities in London. Do the Merill Lynch,Morgan Stanley, Barclays etc of London do similar quality work as NYC and are their salaries / career path comparable to what...
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    Top UK MBA programs

    Well times are tough these days ! In the US, getting visas are a big problem, i personally know of a Chinese who went to UT-Austin for his MBA and secured a job at Citibank but couldnt join because he was unable to obtain his H1B last year. In the UK, getting a job maybe a problem but the visa...
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    Top UK MBA programs

    I know this forum is for Wall-Street Financial Engineers only and am not sure if your open to other topics. I thought you guys in Wall street may have an opinion of top MBA programs in UK such as Manchester Business School, Warwich Business School, City University Business School etc After...
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    Bubble?

    i hope you can also had a bad credit score for awhile. This settlement will drop your credit score by atleast 100 points if not more
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    Is MFE a good career move?

    lol.. Imagine a banker making 80K/year. I dont think it will happen in my lifetime
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    Is MFE a good career move?

    It sure looks like a hard decision. Personally i dont see the money going away in Wallstreet. Its been a year since all the crisis happened and the banks have started rewarding people with big bonuses again. I see the government is trying to clamp down on the bonuses, but i dont see them...
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    number of CMU graduate

    I think every one sends out resumes. Their placement rate is in the high 90th percentile so they are fine. all the 200 will find something not necessarily that particular job
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    2009 Goldman Sachs bonus: $700,000/employee

    Money is coming back to wall Street with Goldman leading the way ! Another year or two the bonuses on wall street with go back to 2006-2007 level.
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    Legalize illegal immigration, YES or NO

    Its not a problem if your from Russia,France other European countries that have atleast a Masters or higher. As you mentioned, do the right paperwork and you will get it. If your unfortunate enough to belong to one of the countries that are severely retrogressed and have a Masters or less the...
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    Legalize illegal immigration, YES or NO

    hmmm.. I believe the word "illegals" are not only people who cross the border without legal documents. " Illegals" are also people who overstay their visit visas, work visas, business visas,etc as visas are given for a purpose and only have a certain grace time to stay after their purposes have...
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    Legalize illegal immigration, YES or NO

    Originally Posted by Andy This discussion is tilting toward the legal crowd. Just keep in mind that whatever the legislation becomes, there maybe little to none that will benefit the millions of people who are doing it the right way. Appears that there are too many legals that dream of GC...
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    Legalize illegal immigration, YES or NO

    Originally Posted by Andy Laws are influenced by powerful special interest groups. The agricultural, restaurant, apparel, meat packing, etc industries all benefit from cheap labor. Imagine the influx of talent if the US institutes a scoring system like the UK/Canada. That may not go well with...
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    Legalize illegal immigration, YES or NO

    I think government needs to come up with a way to give away GC to legal immigrants who went to schools here in the US, paid out of State tuitions and have full time jobs in Engineering/Sciences and are paying taxes and with no hope of getting a GC. Currently it cost over 20k for a large...
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