Hat makes the man.

Ahh Jenny McCarthy is back at the Kentucky Derby to host the award for the best hat sponsored buy Daimler Chrysler (DCX) and the 2008 Sebring Convertible. The hat contest needed to be made from materials in the car. Put down the mint julep and bowing to the Queen who was on hand to watch Street Sense win and check out CoffeyGrinds Saturday. About CoffeyGrinds, It’s a noun and a verb. Watch live on MN1.com 9am CST

Free Willy..I mean software..

My tech hombre Joe will get a kick out of this snap I saw on the front page of the China Daily. This dude jumped on stage and held up a sign after Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivered a speech at Peking University in Beijing April 20, 2007. The sign reads "Free Software. Open Source. On the way to Tiananmen Square yesterday morning I saw a good 60% perhaps 80% of the billboards plastered with ads for the new Vista operating system I think it’s safe to say that Microsoft is pushing big in to China anyway should I come back to that China outsourcing software story?

Recollections of 15 years ago

Reunited

It’s been about 15 years since Mao and I have met. Gone are the bikes and my roller blades. It’s a different city and Im not a rock star anymore in this town. Oh well I looked for the Starbucks in the Forbidden City and could not find. I also did not ask any one either.

Original Art work and food

Normally when I go on trips i take pictures of the food. Im kicking myself for not getting a snap of the Roasted veal fillet, cream parsley and rosti finished in a ragout of veal sweebreads,chanterelles,truffle,Dijon mustard cream. Not to mention the appetizer of cappuccino of smoked salmon soup infused with fennel and dill soup.
However I got this snap of original art work from the club. My host Larry Wu from New Market China shared with me that many dignitaries that come to this club wish to purchase these and there NOT for sale. For more snaps go to the fiker site.

Your ride and appointment are waiting

A phone call to my room 5 minutes after I arrived in Beijing whisked me away to a dinner meeting with the Deputy Managing Editor of Caijing magazine. Caijing has a talent for exposing the less illuminated surface of the financial world here in China. The editor Ms Hu Shuli is widely respected for keeping her independence and is becoming more widely known.
A story that is not getting the foreign media attention is the rural movement by the Chinese government. Fascinating conversation and more posts later on this. Caijing has a version in English now.

Do you know the way to Beijing?

The New Market Team [NMKT] is moving north to Beijing today and of course Im rolling along with them. We are doing site visits and the theme will be software integration. New Market's man on the ground there Dr Wu is very knowledgeable and I have spoken to him before and looking forward to meeting him.
I will post on the Shanghai Rail Summit when I get back. Lots of material. Went to the Shanghai Stock Exchange yesterday in the midst of a correction. What was more telling is the pack of gentlemen that hang outside banks trading like a scene from the 1920’s.

Guess models in the lobby

Virginia Tech shooter and Shanghai connection

Went to the US State Department Public affairs office in Shanghai yesterday to ask about VT shooter nut job Cho Seung-hui. Lisa Evans from that office who greated me outside while the Chinese fast food was delivered declined to comment if the student visa was issued came from Shanghai.She did say however that she received many phone calls regarding this inquiry and for me to call the Virginia State Police. I was however the first person to knock on the door to ask in person. Today this story was on the front page of the China Daily. Chicago Sun Time’s Michael Sneed reported the wrong information on this and the media did a pile on. Im sure we will see more of this in the future...dont get faked out.
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Poor attempt to make music video

My attempt to make a music video. On bus yesterday I was chatting up one of Katherine new markets girls on the ground here an she turned me on to this song by Tao Zhe or better know as “J” He is hot now an on everyone’s cell phones. I like it because it mixes the old Opera with updated R&B Let me know what you think of the song Thank you Joanna for sending this audio.

Andrew meet Andrew

Ehoooo The Eye of the Tiger!

It rained last night so the streets were clean and the air was crisp. This time I got hit up by an “artist’ Chin Sha (Larry David look alike) and bought a water color of a tiger. Followed the hard hats to a construction site and got another version of the Chinese’s breakfast burrito .Morning time really is the best time to walk around an unfamiliar city. Click on the link to the left and see the other snaps I took today

Take the card with two hands

Chinese Breakfast Burito

Morning walk on the bund

Stuff packed for trip!

Not featured in this picture are all the cords and adapters for all this digital equipment. From the top: Toshiba laptop with passport on top next to Microsoft Zune. Historic account of Shanghai by Stella Dong “The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City” External Seagate Hard Drive 100GB. Canon digital EOS camera. Sony remote for HD. Plug converter. Media confirmation to Rail Summit, Mouse. Extra DV tapes, mini tripod, Sure Beta 58 microphone with MN1.com mic flag. Map of Shanghai, airline ticket, telephoto lens attachment, converter chip, Marantz audio recorder

Don Imus:Im an ass in the morning!

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Every morning I do a show called CoffeyGrinds. I cover topics that are market related. The show starts live at 9am CST. Market News First or www.mn1.com has live programming. We are located in Dallas Infomart and have been on the air Since May 25th 2006. This is not a blog or a vlog its live program. If Don Imus watches this or you know him we would love to have him for real on our line up. Down with the Man! We have our own network. Come Join Us. Andrew Coffey

 

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Shanghai Promo on MN1

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This is the promo that we are running on Market News First. I have been asking Fish to set this done for over a month. The B roll will be shot in HD while Im in China

 

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You're the top!

CoffeyGrinds: “You’re the Top Cole Porter” Rebecca Cardon from Bravo’s reality series “Work Out” called into CoffeyGrinds. The show takes place at a swank Beverly Hills work out facility Sky Sport & Spa. Owner and star Jackie Warner is Rebecca’s lesbian GF and part of plot line. I play a clip of them eating sushi at Niko Niko in North Hollywood. I like sushi too! Rebecca owns Wachovia (WB) 54.18 and Exxon (XOM) 77.36 Some of the publicly traded stocks in the Fitness space: Life Time Fitness (LTM) 50.64, Town Sports International (CLUB) 22.87, Health Fitness Corporation (HFIT) 2.74 and The Sports Club (SCYL) 1.58 Ill be watching this one as they have just signed an agreement with Harvest Partners to develop The Sports Club/LA as part of the new Park Lane development in Dallas

YUM rats at Taco Bell

Intro: Rammstein music for the Dallas Infomart gym that is about to open. Cooper Union home of the historic Lincoln-Douglas debate on Wednesday Feb 28th Will host Newt Gingrich and Mario Cuomo. Everyone hates Microsoft (MSFT) Why is that? Im digging my Zune and have my eyes set on an Xbox. Trouble with the mp3s and a law suit with Actel (ACTL) Microsoft will be introducing IPTV in Europe next month. Clear Wire (CLWR) will be going public the Wi-Max play. Yum brands (YUM) wants the Pope to bell its fish sandwich. Dr J Countrywide (CFC) March 40 puts. (STM) April 20 calls. (NTAP) June 40 puts. (ALTR) June 22 ½. This and more LIVE on CoffeyGrinds at mn1.com 9am Listen to the podcast.