Category Archives: Business

Real Estate Prices May Threaten Future Of San Francisco’s Chinatown

Posted on December 23, 2013 by John

If you’ve been living in the San Francisco Bay Area, you probably know that the economy is probably the strongest in the U.S. and the economy, at least in the tech sector, is booming. There is no greater example of … Continue reading →

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Abercrombie & Fitch Sales Decline: How Disrespecting Diversity can be Bad for Business

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Jeff

After managing to alienate significant numbers of Asians, Asian Americans, Muslims, African Americans, Hispanics,  overweight, and disabled people, Abercrombie & Fitch has found – surprise – that declining sales forced it into a quarterly loss.  In an attempt to regain … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Diversity: Gap responds to the Racist Defacement of an Ad

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Jeff

Arsalan Iftikhar, senior editor at The Islamic Monthly, posted a picture of this defaced Gap advertisement on his twitter account.  This ad featured Sikh-American designer Waris Ahluwalia and model/filmmaker Quentin Jones.  What, if anything, would the Gap do?

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Apple Factories in America: Plenty of East Asians in Tech, but Few in Upper Management

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Guest Writer

by Leeland Lee After its recent I.P.O. filing, Twitter provoked an outcry over the lack of women among its board of directors and senior management. Time Magazine declared that “Twitter’s all-male board spells failure,” while The New York Times pointed … Continue reading →

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Chinese Buyers Purchasing “Bargain” Million Dollar Bay Area Homes

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Jeff

When this article about Asian buyers making cash offers on million plus dollar Bay Area homes circulated on the internal 8asians mailing list, one of our writers lamented that  Chinese investors making cash offers were frustrating her home purchase efforts, … Continue reading →

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ZTE Official Smartphone of the Houston Rockets

Posted on October 28, 2013 by John

Recently, ZTE the world’s 4th largest smartphone OEM, announced that it was making ZTE the official smartphone of the Houston Rockets for the 2013-14 NBA season: “As part of the partnership, ZTE will have an opportunity to engage directly with … Continue reading →

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Product Review: Blackberry Q10 with Verizon Wireless + V3con 2013 Wrap Up

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Tim

If 8Asian’s offer of free tickets to V3con didn’t alert you to the fact that this wonderful Asian American Digital Media Conference happened over the June 14th, 2013 weekend in Los Angeles, well then let me tell you a little … Continue reading →

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Joseph Eichler: Asian American Activist

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Tim

If you live in California, you’re probably familiar with the flat top homes known as Eichlers. They are homes built by developer Joseph Eichler in the 1950s and 1960s. What you may not know, is that these homes were also … Continue reading →

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In Language Health Care Webinars Now Available

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Tim

Back in May, 2013 I wrote about the availability of information on the New Healthcare Law that was available in 10 different Asian languages The presentation titled “The Health Care Law and You” was translated into 10 different Asian languages … Continue reading →

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Asian Americans Like Their Jobs, But Feel Left Out

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Tim

Infographic source: Asiasociety.org A new study released by the Asia Society found that Asian Americans overall liked their jobs (61% had job satisfaction), felt they really care about their employer (90% said they really care about their company’s success), but over … Continue reading →

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Report: Asian-American Subgroups Among Nation’s Poorest

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Tim

A new report out from the University of California, Los Angeles is reporting that some sub groups of Asian Americans are among the nation’s poorest populations, based on income sources, home foreclosures and housing burden. While at first glance this … Continue reading →

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