Fortune Magazine, Oct 17, 2011

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(1) Bill Powell, Peter Buffett Rocks Beijing. In China, his famous father is worshipped as the "god of stocks." Now Peter Buffett has himself become a star in the wealth-focused nation by writing a book with a radical message: Money isn't everything. Fortune, October 17, 2011 (cover date).
http://management.fortune.cnn.co ... fett-rocks-beijing/

Note:
(a) For Beijing Tanglewood, see Tanglewood Music Valley 探戈坞音乐谷 (位于北京市延庆县)

* Tanglewood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanglewood
(b) Marin County, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_County,_California
(well known for its natural beauty, liberal politics, affluence and a strong New Age reputation; The origin of the county's name is not clear)
(c) take to: "to apply or devote oneself to (as a practice, habit, or occupation) <take to begging>"
www.m-w.com
(d) Be Yourself  做你自己 (by 彼得·巴菲特)
(e) ZHANG Haióu, editor-in-chief of New World Press

总编辑 张海鸥 (女士)/ 新世界出版社
http://www.nwp.com.cn/
(f) For  Graham and Dodd, see Security Analysis (book)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Analysis_(book)
(written by professors Benjamin Graham and David Dodd of Columbia Business School, which laid the intellectual foundation for what would later be called value investing; first published in 1934)
(g) gobsmacked (adj): "slang (Brit) astounded; astonished"

gob (n): "slang  the mouth"

Both definitions are from
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition, 2009.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gobsmacked


(2) Bill Powell, China's New E-Commerce Star: Imagine if Amazon delivered the same day. Qiangdong Liu's 360buy does. Fortune, Oct 17, 2011 (cover date)
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/10/14/360buy-qiangdong-liu/
(The company guarantees that if a customer types in an order before 11 am, he or she will receive the product before 6 pm the same day. Similarly, anyone who orders before 11 pm will get the package by 9 the next morning. * * * Each delivery person is equipped with a point-of-sale terminal to allow customers to pay with their bank debit card upon receipt of a product")

Note:
(a) Qiangdong LIU/ 360buy  刘 强东/ 京东商城
(b) mash-up (n):
"1.Music,Slang. a recording that combines vocal and instrumental tracks from two or more recordings.
2.Slang. a creative combination or mixing of content from different sources: movie mash-ups; a Web mash-up that overlays digital maps with crime statistics."
Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mash-up
(c) FreshDirect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreshDirect
(an online grocer that delivers to residences and offices in the New York City metropolitan area)
(d) stir crazy (condition)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stir_crazy_(condition)
(it referred to a prisoner who became mentally unbalanced because of prolonged incarceration. It is based upon the slang stir (1851) to mean prison. It is now used to refer to anyone who becomes restless or anxious from feeling trapped and even somewhat claustrophobic in an environment, usually a confined space)
(e) point of sale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_sale
(the location where a transaction occurs)