Category Archives: Business

Asian Americans and Savings, Investing & Financial Planning

Back in April, Prudential Financial published a report titled “Asian Americans on the Road to Retirement (.pdf)”. Perhaps the report was a bit self-serving to get more Asian Americans interested in financial planning – specifically with Prudential Financial. But this … Continue reading

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Stanford: Advanced Leadership Program for Emerging Asian American Executives

At 8Asians, we’ve blogged about Where Are the Asian CEOs? , how Americans Expect Business Leaders to Be White, as well as the “bamboo ceiling.” I recently read that now Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business (GSB)  has an Advanced … Continue reading

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Will San Jose Balance its budget on the backs of Asian-American Gamblers?

(Flickr photo credit: tobyleah) One of the ways that San Jose is dealing with an upcoming budget deficit is Proposition K.  Proposition K proposes to the voters that the two card clubs in San Jose, Bay 101 (pictured) and Garden … Continue reading

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The Real Deal on Working in China: Wang & Li’s “Opportunities in China”

About a month or so ago, I went to a networking event titled, “Opportunities in China” organized by the National Association of Asian American Professionals – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NAAAP-SF). The guest speaker was Larry Wang, founder and … Continue reading

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Nur Ali: Asian-American Race Car Driver

Who says that Asians can’t drive?  Nur Ali raced this past weekend in ARCA Racing Series Rattlesnake 150 at Texas Motor Speedway.   This article from Racin’ Today talks about Nur and his path to becoming an Asian-American race car driver.  … Continue reading

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Asian-Americans join other Minority Real Estate Groups to make Housing Crisis Recommendations

When you hear about high end/high income Asian American neighborhoods and Asian-American influences on real estate markets, it can be easy to forget that Asian-Americans have incomes that vary greatly.  The Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) joined with … Continue reading

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POP 88 #38 – Last Train Home

As promised, here are the first of three new episodes to make up for me getting busy/coming down with pneumonia. It was a slight challenge getting a hold of Director Lixin Fan. After all, his prestigious award-winning documentary film Last … Continue reading

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Giant Robot in Financial Trouble, Starts Support Drive

If I asked you, Mister/Ms. Asian American, to name an Asian American magazine — any Asian American magazine — you could probably come up with a list of a couple: Hyphen, KoreAm, and a couple of now-defunct print magazines as … Continue reading

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Tuned into: Tobi & TobiTV (A Must-See!)

Disgrasian.com recently blogged a BABEWATCH spotlight on Catherine Chow and Corina Nurimba, the co-founders of Tobi.com. I instantly recognized Catherine as the woman who also co-founded [with Corina] the San Francisco-based Azalea Boutique in 2003. I’m no fashionisto — as many … Continue reading

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Chinese Looky Lous – Looking at US Real Estate but not Buying?

Last year, during the depths of the financial crises, groups of investors from China toured the US looking at real estate opportunities.  While many in the US real estate industry hoped that this would bring a wave of Chinese buying, … Continue reading

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The Top 10 Marketers to Asian Americans

One of the few things that I look forward to when I have to go to my Wells Fargo bank branch is looking at the photo murals there.  On one wall are long ago scenes of Chinatowns and also pictures … Continue reading

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Indian Americans taking a hit during the Recession

Of the many people affected by the recession, some not typically thought about are Indian Americans.   Just a few years ago, Indian Americans were lauded for their success in the hotel and motel industry, owning 43% of all hotels and … Continue reading

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