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Source: Times Union, Albany, N.迷你倉最平Y.Sept. 19--ALBANY -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo's deputy secretary for gaming and racing was identified Thursday as the state official whose e-mail to the New York Racing Association resulted in the Wandering Dago lunch truck being bounced from the Saratoga Race Course just hours later.Bennett Liebman's July 19 e-mail to NYRA President Christopher Kay -- which does not explicitly order the food truck's ouster -- was introduced Thursday morning during oral arguments in a federal lawsuit brought by the controversially named fusion barbecue truck's owners. Brandon Snooks and Andrea Loguidice are suing NYRA as well as the state Office of General Services, which in May denied the Schenectady-based truck's application to sell its food on the Empire State Plaza, citing its name among the reasons for the rejection.Although Liebman's name wasn't mentioned during the court proceedings before Judge Mae D'Agostino, Wandering Dago attorney George Carpinello provided the e-mail's text to reporters outside U.S. District Court."I'm sure that the name of this particular food truck at the track is designed to be self-deprecating, but ... I just believe that people will find the name of the truck both offensive and insensitive, and that the fallout for authorizing this truck will inevitably land on NYRA," Liebman wrote. "Is there any way to at least modify the name of this particular truck? I see this as a problem waiting to blow up."The e-mail was sent at 2:59 p.m. on the first day of the meet; seven hours later, the truck's owners got the bad news from NYRA Vice President Stephen Travers that they'd have to operate under a different name or depart the premises. They left the next morning.Thursday's appearance before D'Agostino ran past an hour, with Carpinello as well as NYRA's attorney Henry Greenberg and Assistant Attorney General Lauren Sprague, representing OGS, framing their arguments amid a barrage of questions from the judge.VISIT THE CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL BLOG FOR MORE, INCLUDING VIDEO OF PLAINTIFFS' ATTORNEY GEORGE CARPINELLO.Greenberg and Sprague separately contended that the race course and the Plaza, respectively, are "non-public forums" where NYRA and OGS have proprietary roles that allows them to control speech under certain conditions.Carpinello called the suit "a classic First Amendment speech case" and requested a preliminary injunction that would allow the Wandering Dago to sell on the Plaza for the two weeks remaining in the lunch program. And Carpinello noted that while the Saratoga meet is over, planning for 2014 has already begun.He cast the Wandering Dago's name as a classic case of "slur-reappropriation," in which a group that has been the target of discrimination re-brands an epithet to its own proud use -- as in the case of academic "queer studies" or black rap artists who use the N-word.D'Agostino noted there were "different schools of thought" on the reappropriation of racial slurs, and said several times that it was reas迷你倉nable to expect that many people would find "dago" offensive. At one point, the judge said that while she would be insulted if the word was thrown at her as she walked on the Plaza, she might feel differently in the context of its use on a lunch cart.She asked Carpinello if his argument would make it impossible for NYRA to eject someone holding a sign containing the ugliest slurs. Carpinello responded that it would be fine as long as NYRA's action followed a clearly defined policy -- something that he said NYRA lacked in this matter. And in any case, the speech used by the Wandering Dago had been approved by NYRA and its food contractor Centerplate after months of negotiations that ended with the truck being selected for a slot.D'Agostino seemed unconvinced that the absence of a clear policy on acceptable speech meant that anything goes. "That just doesn't seem all that correct to me," she said.But the judge seemed equally concerned at arguments from Sprague and Greenberg that state officials should be the arbiters of what speech should be banned from either site, and the state's contention that the Plaza is a workplace where allowing the truck would risk creating a hostile work environment."It's not a park; it's not a public sidewalk; it's not a 'quintessential public forum,'" Sprague said, using the term of art for a space in which the maximum amount of speech must be allowed. Indeed, she said that OGS would be able to remove someone holding a placard bearing ethnic slurs.Greenberg suggested the suit was nothing more than an attempt by the Wandering Dago to boost its business by making the epithet in its name "a household word in the Capital Region.He said a decision in the Wandering Dago's favor could be the prelude to offensive language showing up on products sold in schools or Little League concession stands.The track, he said, doesn't exist as a free-speech forum but as a commercial enterprise designed to maximize attendance, and that the Wandering Dago's presence imperiled that mission.Greenberg mocked Carpinello's suggestion that there was something nefarious about top state officials being involved in the decision to ban the cart, calling it "a conspiracy theory I think they're trying to hatch." But he conceded that NYRA and Centerplate officials "missed" the potential offensiveness of the truck's name during the negotiation process.In a jabbing rebuttal, Carpinello said Liebman's e-mail was "proof positive" that NYRA wasn't acting in its proprietary role when it sent the Wandering Dago away, but was rather succumbing to pressure from an official with regulatory power over its operations.D'Agostino said she would make her decision as soon as possible.Asked about the coincidence that the judge's name includes the word at issue in the case, Carpinello said, "God works in mysterious ways."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) Visit the Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) at .timesunion.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存

Source: Chicago TribuneSept.存倉 19--A four-year crackdown by the IRS on tax cheats with offshore bank accounts has ensnared Chicago-area billionaire Ty Warner, creator of collectible Beanie Babies toys, a consumer craze in the 1990s.Warner will plead guilty to one count of felony tax evasion and faces up to five years in prison, authorities said. His arraignment is slated for Oct. 2.He also reached a deal to pay a civil penalty of $53.5 million for "failure to file a foreign bank account report," Warner's attorney said in a separate statement. Warner did not return phone calls seeking comment. The amount could make it the largest offshore-account penalty ever publicly reported, said Jack Townsend, a Houston lawyer who tracks offshore account cases.The Oak Brook resident was charged with using a secret Swiss bank account to avoid U.S. taxes, the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago said. Warner's lawyer, Gregory Scandaglia, confirmed Warner reached an agreement to resolve an investigation into an overseas account he opened in 1996.Such secret accounts cost the Treasury at least $100 billion annually, a U.S. Senate report estimated in 2008.Since an IRS crackdown on such accounts began in 2009, the U.S. has prosecuted 68 U.S. taxpayers, three Swiss banks, and 30 bankers, lawyers and advisers. An additional 38,000 Americans have moved $5.5 billion to the U.S. and avoided prosecution by disclosing who helped them hide their money.Warner, 69, is the sole owner of Westmont-based toy designer Ty Inc. and ranks 209th in a recent Forbes list of richest Americans. His net worth is estimated at $2.6 billion. He also has a hotel chain; Ty Warner Hotel & Resort Properties includes the I.M. Pei-created Four Seasons Hotel in New York, which features the "Ty Warner Penthouse." The low-profile Warner has rarely granted interviews."Warner went to great lengths to hide from his accountants and the IRS more than $3.1 million in foreign income generated in a secret Swiss account," Gary Shapiro, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, said in a statement. He failed to pay taxes of $885,300 on that income, court documents said."This is an unfortunate situation that Mr. Warner has been trying to resolve for years now," Scandaglia said. "Mr. Warner accepts full responsibility for his actions with this plea agreement."Warner is the second taxpayer charged in federal court in Chicago in connection with an ongoing investigation of U.S. taxpayer clients of Union Bank of Switzerland, better known as UBS, and other overseas banks that hid foreign accounts from the IRS.The first was UBS customer Peter Troost, 79, owner of a Skokie cemetery monument company who pleaded guilty in March to using a Swiss bank account to evade taxes. (Troost is not affiliated with longtime monument company Peter Troost Monument Co. of Hillside.)Troost paid more than $1 million in back taxes, as well as $3.75 million in penalties.In July, a federal judge said those payments alone would not sufficiently deter wealthy tax cheats. He also sentenced Troost to one year and one day in prison, in addition to 200 hours of community service after he is released from prison, and $32,500 in additional fines.Reached on Wednesday, Troost said he and other tax evaders deserve to be punished, but jail time was unwarranted. He has not yet begun to serve prison time and said he is appealing his sentence."I feel that I'm being unjustly treated," Troost said. "I paid a very substantial penalty, and I'm very remorseful. ... This incarceration is ridiculous."Whether Warner will also face jail time is uncertain.Chicago attorney Robert McKenzie, a partner at Arnstein & Lehr, said many judges have been tacking on prison sentences in addition to stiff fines. "It depends partly on the judge, but given Mr. Troost's events, I think (Warner) has a danger that he might be sent to jail."So far, most of the people sentenced in the crackdown have received probation, according to Bloomberg News.Laws requiring reporting of foreign accounts have been around for decades. Taxpayers must report financial accounts in foreign countries if the total value of the accounts exceeds $10,000 at any time during the calendar year.But the government began taking a harder look at offshore accounts after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, largely funded by foreign money coming into the U.S. The Patriot Act required more reporting by financial institutions of money coming into and going out of the country, McKenzie said.The biggest breakthrough came in 2009, when UBS entered into an agreement with the United States, admitting that it helped taxpayers hide accounts from the IRS. As part of the deal, UBS paid a fine of $780 million and delivered the names of more t迷你倉an 4,000 clients, giving U.S. authorities information that enabled them to pursue other Swiss banks.Fourteen firms, including Credit Suisse Group AG, the second-largest Swiss bank; HSBC Holdings Plc, the largest European bank; and Julius Baer Group Ltd., Switzerland's third-largest wealth manager, are under criminal investigation.The IRS has conducted several amnesty programs since 2009, allowing U.S. taxpayers who had failed to report offshore accounts to pay stiff penalties but avoid prosecution. Warner applied to the program in 2009 but was rejected.The Chicago area alone likely has thousands of foreign-bank account holders who have come forward as a result of the IRS crackdown and taken advantage of amnesty programs, McKenzie said. He said he has represented some 240 clients who chose to voluntarily disclose their previously unreported foreign accounts and pay the back taxes and penalties."I think there are lots of Americans who have foreign accounts, not just Swiss accounts," he said. "We know that hundreds of thousands of Americans now properly report their foreign accounts as a result of this crackdown since 2009."But McKenzie said he has talked with about 100 more people who didn't want to pay the penalties and presumably decided to take their chances by continuing to hide money in offshore accounts.More than half the people McKenzie has represented in amnesty cases are immigrants, many from Asia and wealthier European countries. Some were ignorant of the reporting requirement, he said."I wouldn't characterize an immigrant who doesn't know the U.S. rules -- who doesn't report her account in Japan that she inherited from her dad -- as somebody who's evil," he said.Other clients "sought to beat the system.""I also have the out-and-out tax cheat," McKenzie said. Many have come forward to avoid criminal charges, he added.In Warner's case, the U.S. government says he maintained a secret offshore account with UBS starting in 1996.In December 2002, he transferred assets in his UBS account to a second Swiss financial institution, Zurcher Kantonalbank, when the account had a balance of $93.6 million, according to court documents.Warner also "concealed his name from being listed on the ZKB account by holding the account in the name of a purported 'Molani Foundation,'" court documents said.In 2002, Warner earned about $3.1 million in gross income through investments held in his UBS account, according to the charge. Warner allegedly committed tax evasion for that year by failing to tell his accountants about that income and by failing to report that income or the existence of the UBS account in his 2002 tax form filed with the IRS."By omitting his UBS income, Warner falsely reported his total income in 2002 was $49.1 million," according to the charge.Aside from alleged tax evasion, the deliberate failure to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts form with the IRS can result in a civil penalty of up to 50 percent of the amount in the account at the time of the violation.Court documents said the account balance had reached $93.6 million. But that value fluctuated, and Warner's $53 million civil penalty is half of the peak balance during the relevant time period.Despite attempting to keep a low profile, Warner is also known as a philanthropist.In 1999, Warner agreed to donate $3 million to develop 36 acres of land into a park on Westmont's north side."I believe he fell in love with the concept of the park across the way from his complex," Westmont Mayor Ron Gunter said.The $3 million grew as Warner had ideas of amenities to add to the park: lighting for the athletic fields, a 1-mile path around the perimeter, a pavilion, tennis courts, decorative lighting, a formal fountain."We had that vision, too, but we didn't have the money," Gunter said.When Ty Warner Park opened on Independence Day 2000, its namesake had paid for more than three-fourths of the $12 million project."What he did for us is he gave us a showcase facility for the entire region," Gunter said. A few years later, Warner bought 5 acres just south of the park for $5 million and donated it to the Park District. Originally planned to be the site of a pool complex, it is home to a soccer field.In all, Warner gave about $14 million to the projects, Gunter said."We'd never have anywhere near the facility that we have now," Gunter said. "It was his vision and his generosity that made the park what it is today."Dawn Rhodes, Ameet Sachdev, Kathy Bergen, Samantha Bomkamp, Melissa Harris, Reuters and Bloomberg contributed.___byerak@tribune.com Twitter @beckyyerakCopyright: ___ (c)2013 Chicago Tribune Visit the Chicago Tribune at .chicagotribune.com Distributed by MCT Information Services自存倉

【本報消息】群力智庫中心副理事長何仲傳，迷你倉認同日前中聯辦主任白志健指澳門非博彩元素不足的意見，認為幾年來社會上亦一直有這種意見，並要求政府責成博企加大投放非博彩元素的力度。惟就目前來看，博企在賭權開放十年來，把絕大部分資源投入博彩項目，對非博彩項目的投入顯著輕微；或只是將博彩項目作不同的包裝或加諸不同的面貌，非博彩項目卻沒有實質的投入。甚至發生過把原來只能作非博彩項目的土地批准作博彩項目（星麗門事件）。博企須對非博彩項目作特定的投入，這是博企投取賭牌時的必要條件，博企必須信守承諾，並履行責任。特區政府更有不可推卸的責任，須推動博企在指定時間內達到某個指標。何仲傳指出，兩任行政長官在其施政報告中都提出要增加博彩旅遊的非博彩部分，卻一直徒具方向，欠缺清晰的實質內容，更加沒有訂定落實時間表及階段性的目標，所以推動及落實進展緩慢，意料之中。民質疑審批權屬誰根據觀察，博企似乎主導了博彩業的發展。作為主人家的特區政府及相關官員，即使到今天財力夠、底氣足的環境下，仍然予人“主隨客便”的感覺。大�經常看到的情景是，當官員言之鑿鑿某博彩項目未獲審批，博企負責人卻往往信心十足，事先張揚項目已獲審批，甚至早於政府確定前已把項目列入上市公司的公開文件中，項目最後都是一如博企負責人所講的順利獲批。令大�搞不清誰才是博彩項目的審批人：是職責上具有權限的官員，還是另有其人？總之，在大�心目中都是博企說了算。也許正是如此，非博彩元素的增長速度才會如此緩慢，因為如果由博企主導，那些相對於博彩項目來說投入大、收益遲的非博彩項目，自然越遲發展越好。促限制角子機增長何仲傳稱，政府對博彩規模控制的態度不積極，也是影響非博彩項目發展的因素之一。今年開始，政府在繼後十年將賭檯增長率控制在百分之三以內，但鑒於角子機的增長迅猛迷你倉賭權開放十年間，角子機數量增長二十倍，現約一萬六千部）、社區負面影響大。以及賭檯、角子機定義上的漏洞，新式角子機已演變成可容納過百人同時賭博的超級賭檯。立法議員、社會人士力促政府要與時俱進釐清“賭檯”及“角子機”的定義，以堵塞漏洞，並要求政府限制角子機的數量增長，但得不到政府的積極回應。他表示，在一次查詢中獲博監局副局長回覆，指由於角子機佔總“殺數”小，所以暫未考慮（限制增長）。但他堅持認為，“殺數”小絕不應作為不限制角子機數量增長的理由，這很不合理。隨著各類新式角子機的出現，角子機場的營運逐漸變質，變相成為博企避開政府限制賭檯數量的招數，政府宜早作部署。且以“殺數”作為是否限制的指標過於片面，當博企把人力、空間、資本、時間等有限的資源投向角子機的營運，意味著投向非博彩項目的資源一定會減少。因此建議政府除盡快完善法規，堵塞角子機和賭檯定義上的漏洞，同時要通過限制角子機的增長數量，更有效地調控博彩業發展的規模，及讓博企釋出資源投入非博彩項目。非博彩項目納評核他也建議政府，以非博彩項目已發展規模和進度，作為批給博彩項目及其規模的審核指標，並作為賭牌續期及批給時的重要評核因素。政府更應公開各博企承諾發展的非博彩項目、其與博彩項目的比例，以及項目的落實時間表和未能落實時應受的罰則等，接受公�監督。產業結構單一向來是澳門可持續發展的重大制約。在中央的大力支持下，澳門以成為世界級旅遊休閒中心作為發展定位和目標。“發展博彩旅遊非博彩部分”、“產業適度多元”、“區域合作”彼此環環相扣，是達到目標的重要策略和手段，因此也是特區政府的施政重點、政績考核成績單上的主要科目。何仲傳期望特區政府及相關主要官員加大推動及執行，快馬加鞭追上區域整體發展的進度，令“一個中心、一個平台”的發展目標可按計劃達到。儲存倉

【本報訊】到9月18日，儲存 「五網合一」後的中央紀委監察部網站正式上線16天。中央紀委常委、秘書長崔少鵬表示，為了適應新媒體時代移動性強的特點，中央紀委將「適時」推出移動客戶端等其他服務，在條件成熟的時候還準備開通官方微博、微信等新媒體的應用。中央紀委書記王岐山對網絡在反腐中的作用早有認知。《財經》雜誌副主編羅昌平（微博）告訴南方周末記者，他通過微博實名舉報原國家能源局局長劉鐵男，王岐山沒過多久就知道這個事情了。接近中紀委的人士告訴羅昌平，王岐山本人並沒有時間用微博，但他有一個班子，專門搜集網絡反腐的信息， 「這些信息不光給他，同時也給其他領導」。據人民日報海外版報道，9月以前，中央紀委沒有單獨的官網。9月初，整合原有的監察部網站、國家預防腐敗局網站、國務院糾正行業不正之風辦公室網站、工程建設領域專項治理工作網站和12388舉報網之後，新建的中央紀委監察部網站（.ccdi.gov.cn）上線。崔少鵬稱，王岐山提出「五網合一」的思路，並將整合後的網站定位為中央紀委監察部的綜合性政務門戶網站。打開這個網站，其職能從欄目和板塊分類上一目瞭然。在網站設置的10個板塊和36個欄目中， 「信息公開」、「案件查處」、「曝光台」、「我要舉報」、「互動交流」等多項內容位置顯著，而把「領導活動」、「政策發布」等其他官網一般在主頁迷你倉現的內容「藏」到了二級頁面。自網站開通以來，通報查處案件的頻率很高，從9月2日正式上線至18日上午，超過了16條，平均每天1條，如備受關注的王素毅、李達球嚴重違紀違法被開除黨籍和公職等消息，都是由該網站首先發布的。「中央紀委監察部和各級紀檢監察機關查辦的案件，特別是中央紀委監察部查辦的重大案件都將在中央紀委監察部網站第一時間發布。」崔少鵬說。主動邀請網民舉報13日，中央紀委官網上貼出了一則公告：歡迎舉報「兩節」公款送禮、公款吃喝等不正之風。這是該網站上線後，第一次接受專題舉報。那麼網友舉報之後，中央紀委是如何有效處理舉報的？對此，崔少鵬說，每位通過網站進行舉報的舉報人，都能得到一個唯一的查詢碼，拿�這個查詢碼可以及時查詢舉報受理情況，而這個查詢碼是唯一的，只有你自己能看。崔少鵬表示，希望舉報人對舉報問題的真實性負責，紀檢監察機關提倡署名舉報，對於認定為實名舉報的將優先辦理和回覆。網友除了能通過網站舉報，還能進行留言或者提問，互動性增強是這個網站的突出特點。在網站的「互動交流」板塊，專門設置了「廉政留言板」和「每月e題」。截至17日，廉政留言板已有署名留言1757條；而第一個「每月e題」的話題「反腐敗如何用好互聯網」，則已經吸引了623條參與討論的留言。崔少鵬稱，中央紀委監察部工作人員將會對網友的問題及時回覆。mini storage

財政部及經建會等單位研擬啟動民營化釋股，mini storage公股不具主導權的開發金、國票金、元大金及台灣人壽將先賣，至於第一金、華南金、彰銀、兆豐金、合庫金及台企銀等不具政策任務的已民營化事業，也在評估範圍內。金融業者相當關注公股金融機構的釋股動向，業者表示，如果全民釋股對同一人或同一關係人可認購股數沒有訂的太嚴，釋股後有可能帶動另一波金融整併風潮。財政部規劃財政健全方案，其中包括民營化釋股，由於公股事業橫跨各部會，將由經建會統籌協調，預計年底前敲定方案。財政部長張盛和日前表示，沒有政策任務、不具主導權的，未來都可以考慮釋股。其中政府不具主導權的事業，較為單純，像國票金、元大金、開發金及台灣人壽，公股沒有主導權，過去台銀、土銀也曾編列過預算釋股。政府重啟民營化釋股後，這四家不具主導權的事業，很可能率先釋股。有關官員表示，不具主導權只是釋股原則之一，另一原則是沒有政策任務，例如像台銀具有政策任務外，其他不論是公營或已民營化的公股事業，只要不具政策任務，都可以檢討self storage營化釋股，籌措財源。以最受關注的兆豐金、合庫金、第一金、華南金、彰銀及台企銀等已民營化，但政府仍有主導權的公股金融機構為例，有關官員透露，是否進一步釋股以徹底落實民營化，也在這波民營化釋股評估範圍內；不過，官員也強調，會提出來討論，但最後結果如何，還是要由行政院作政策決定。至於台北101大樓及彰銀等公股會否釋出，官員說，在民營化政策未定調前，暫時不會去談個案。金融業者關心，未來全民釋股，會否限定同一人或同一關係人可認股上限，這將關係到，釋股時一些民營金融機構承接持股的機會有多大，如果認股上限沒有訂的太嚴格，民營金融機構就有機會因此進入董事會，未來更有機會推動金融整併。金管會與壽險業者前天討論如何導引壽險資金投入公共建設時，就有壽險業者表達對投資民營化釋股的高度興趣。但同一人或同一關係人可認股上限若訂的很嚴，民營金融機構就相對不易取得較多股權，進入董事會。財政部高層則表示，整個民營化釋股政策都還未定，有關全民釋股如何執行等細節，現階段還未思考。迷你倉

Source: Chicago TribuneSept.迷你倉 19--"The cheesesteak is a superior sandwich to the Chicago Italian beef," my friend from Philadelphia told me. Them's fightin' words.My knee-jerk reaction was defensiveness and outrage, but this lasted all of five seconds before my fist relaxed its clench. Because my Philly friend wasn't a headstrong lunk drunk on civic pride. He is a rational man.More important, he gave me an excuse to sample a lot of Philly cheesesteaks.Three things non-Philadelphians think they know about Philadelphia: It's always sunny there, Eagles fans are lunatics, and their sandwiches come with steak and cheese. The cheesesteak comes closest to our familiarity with the city. It's a tangible grease bomb with its own lingo (Whiz wit = Cheez Whiz with onions), spread nationwide through sports bars and mall food courts.The Chicago Italian beef by comparison, at least outside a 100-mile radius of downtown, remains a well-kept secret. From an ease-of-preparation standpoint, the Chicago Italian beef is far more laborious than a cheesesteak, requiring hours to marinate and roast, then sliced, plus jus. As culinary exports go, it stands a distant third behind Chicago's versions of pizza and hot dogs, so it hasn't cracked the ceiling of mainstream awareness where you'd find one served at some T.G. Fuddrucklebees.And so Chicago's Italian beef culture is dominated by larger chains that can handle the workload and volume -- Al's Beef, Portillo's, Buona Beef and the like. In Philadelphia, corner grills have their individualized takes on the cheesesteak, explaining how loyalties are factionalized to the city block level."There has been no successful cheesesteak stand that's come out of Philly. It's all mom-and-pop places that people love, with eccentric people running them. It's such a local thing," said Carolyn Wyman, author of "The Great Philly Cheesesteak Book." "It's an embodiment of what the people are like here: blue-collar, Democratic, sloppy, unsubtle and in-your-face. That's what the sandwich is like."What makes a good cheesesteak?True cheesesteaks today -- like the Italian beef -- are bound by certain ingredients. The four required components are bread, steak, onions and cheese, and many will argue, no more.Many Philly cheesesteak stands employ rib-eye as the preferred steak cut, Wyman told me, though top round or sirloin are also used. American and Cheez Whiz provide the necessary sharpness and are arguably the two preferred cheeses for steak sandwiches, while provolone and mozzarella are also popular options.Depending on which cheesesteak aficionado you survey, you'll get different answers to the question: "What's the most important element?"Wyman suggested the balance of steak, cheese and onions is paramount."No one ingredient should dominate. They have to be in perfect harmony," she said. "You don't want a sandwich to yell at you, 'Cheese!'"I posed the question to Michael Markellos, himself something of a Chicago cheesesteak trailblazer, having opened his first Philly's Best in Lakeview 24 years ago. The Philadelphia native said sourcing ingredients is his priority."Everything on our sandwich, except the onions, comes from Philly," said Markellos, who now owns four Philly's Bests in Chicago and Evanston.Indeed, the handful of cheesesteak-dedicated restaurants in Chicago go out of their way to flaunt their Philly lineage. In any of these dining rooms, you're almost guaranteed to encounter a poster of Rocky Balboa at the Museum of Art, a Donovan McNabb jersey, or something illustrated with the Liberty Bell.Markellos ships in Herr's potato chips and Tastykake, and gets his seasoned tenderloin shipped in from Liberty Bell Steak Co. in Pennsylvania. The beef arrives as frozen one-ounce sheets the thickness of a cardboard shirt liner. On the searing flat top, the steak's icy stiffness loosens and quickly turns brown. He integrates chopped onions, in a translucent state halfway between raw and caramelized. "It's kinda like pasta; it's got to be al dente," Markellos said.The steak and onions come together. Clank-clank-clank.I heard the clank-clank-clank of two metal spatulas at every cheesesteak stop."You wanna know what Philly sounds like? That's the sound," said Jennifer Monti, pointing toward the kitchen at her namesake Lincoln Square restaurant, Monti's.The clanks have a specific cadence and rhythm, coming from the spatulas hitting the grill top, cleaver style, turning beef sheets into beef shards. The high-pitched clanks are followed by a longer, lower-on-the-register scrape, the sound made when the spatula's corner drags through the steak, further slicing the beef.The name of the restaurant was either going to be Monti's, or her husband James' last name, Gottwald. But Monti's at least ties back to the cheesesteak's Italian bloodlines, plus the name rolls off the tongue more easily.Gottwald handles the cooking end of the operation. His culinary background comes from the French school of cooking -- he attended the Culinary Institute of America and worked in local kitche文件倉s from one sixtyblue to Wave to Rockit Bar & Grill.Like many Philadelphia transplants, he longed for a decent cheesesteak in the Midwest and decided two years ago to remedy the problem. They opened their cheesesteak homage near the Lawrence/Western intersection in Lincoln Square, forming a formidable trio with nearby Nhu Lan Bakery and Goosefoot.Where Monti's stands out is in its beef -- a black angus rib-eye that's shaved from frozen in-house. Rib-eye cuts tend to have more fat, but the flavor is unmistakably beefier. On account of steak alone, Monti's is the standard bearer in Chicago.It wasn't the beef, though, that Gottwald and Monti said were most important, rather the bread.Having taken courses in food science, Gottwald insists the water composition in Philadelphia is different from Chicago's, and therefore, the bread doesn't taste the same. None of the local bakeries made a roll that satisfied him -- it had to have a chewy crust with a cotton-soft interior, less dense than say a French roll, with a strong spine that stays intact when you pick up the sandwich.At both Monti's and Philly's Best, the rolls come from Amoroso's, the 109-year-old bakery in Philadelphia supplying much of that city's cheesesteak purveyors. In a side-by-side taste test, most Chicagoans won't identify the minutiae distinguishing cheesesteak roll from non. Still, Amoroso's bread feels like a satisfying vehicle for steak, cheese and onions, a light-enough roll but with a heft holding up against the proteins' richness.(For what it's worth, Wyman talked to countless bakers for her book, and she's concluded the difference in tap water has a negligible effect in the final product. "It's not like the ingredients are any different. One of the (Philly) bakers comes to Chicago, he'll know exactly how to make it. The key is the roll's freshness.")The sandwiches at Philly Cheese Steak Express in Vernon Hills bear resemblance to the ones at Philly's Best -- not surprising, since its owner Vladislav Kostic is brother-in-law to Michael Markellos. Two minor differences: Kostic uses a different seasoning ratio (Greek spices, he says), and the bread is local, an Italian roll from Gonnella Baking Co. There are also a dozen other variations built upon the original cheesesteak, including one with beef and chicken, and others with teriyaki or buffalo hot sauce.What's most notable here is they serve Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer, Philadelphia's soft drink of choice. Birch beer shares a 90 percent taste with root beer, though the soda has a reddish hue, is lighter on the caramel creaminess and has a subtle licorice spice. It's quite sweet, and I suspect its primary allure is nostalgia.Tale of the tapeI won't dare claim their sandwich is better than ours. A few years ago, I dared to suggest adding ketchup to hot dogs is OK -- a sentiment I believe to my core -- but saying "The Philly cheesesteak is superior to the Chicago Italian beef" feels like provocation just to get a rise out of people.A more honest answer is that though both sandwiches are built on blocks of beef and bread, it'd be like comparing the hamburger to the hot dog. The mood and setting dictate. I've never craved a cheeseburger at a baseball stadium; hot dogs always call me out. Conversely, I can't imagine sitting at a pub and ordering a foot-long Polish. Rather, I want to attack a greasy, two-handed bacon double patty.It's all right to love both. Food is not a monogamous relationship.The best I can do is present a case for each sandwich.The case for cheesesteak-- Evolutionarily speaking, human palates respond more favorably to fats. Fried beef provides that more so than roasted beef.-- The classic, unbeatable flavor combination of beef, melted cheese and grilled onions.-- Texturally more interesting. In particular: crispness, from the shards of beef to the griddled bread. An Italian beef soaked in jus doesn't require much chewing.The case for Italian beef-- Its flavors are bolder. Far more interesting Italian spicing, using oregano, basil and red pepper flakes. If you're a fan of garlic, the Italian beef is for you.-- Variable spice index. If you like it hot, pile on the giardiniera and blast off into space. Or don't.-- A sloppy, running-down-your-chin experience. Chicagoans created a leaning, 75 degree angle stance just for consuming this. Oiliness of the giardiniera adds a richness to the jus-soaked sandwich.-- Healthier, relatively speaking, than the greasy Philly cheesesteak. Most Italian beef stands uses the leaner top round cut that's roasted, not griddled with oil.Three to tryMonti's4757 N. Talman Ave., Chicago; 773-942-6012; ilovemontis.comPhilly's Best815 Emerson St., Evanston; 847-733-9000; phillysbest.com(Chicago locations in Greek Town, Logan Square, Lakeview)Philly Cheese Steak Express701 N. Milwaukee Ave., Suite 104, Vernon Hills; 847-816-4000; philly-express.comkpang@tribune.comTwitter @pangCopyright: ___ (c)2013 the Chicago Tribune Visit the Chicago Tribune at .chicagotribune.com Distributed by MCT Information Services存倉

中小企因為人手不足，文件倉缺乏技術知識，對科技寧可避而不談，卻錯過一些促進營運效率的技術。當中最顯而易見的是儲存。中小企最常遇到的是數據儲存混亂問題，雜亂無章難以搜尋和分享。網絡附加儲存（Network Attached Storage，NAS）經多年改進，已從高效能及簡單管理著手，讓中小企集中處理數據，改善營運效率。 以往，中小企儲存數據的方法，不外乎儲放在每位員工的桌面電腦，若硬碟容量爆滿，只會另加外置儲存。需要交換資料時，便要用盡一切可行做法，如電郵附件、外置儲存，甚至公共雲端，雖然最終仍可達到目的，但胡亂存放數據造成安全風險。日後要在混亂的儲存空間內找回需要的資料，或許是一件不可能的任務。更糟的是出現多個文件版本，無法得知哪是最新的，令混亂情況進一步惡化。這些情況在公司拓展業務時，不能跟隨公司步伐，將嚴重阻礙發展。 NAS分享資料 NAS設備的出現正是為解決儲存數據和交換資料而設。該類設備的軟件不但提供資料存取和管理功能，而且可配置多個硬碟，組成RAID模式儲存數據，確保數據得到保護。另一方面，NAS支援多種檔案傳輸協定，如UNIX系統的NFS，以及Windows系統用的SMB，方便中小企內不同電腦系統交換數據，如近年流行的Mac OS和沿用多年的Window存倉。 至於新一代NAS的功能趨向豐富，商業用的設備可以運行LAMP（Linux、Apache、MySQL、PHP），作網頁伺服器、電郵伺服器，甚至VPN伺服器，有部分更可作為多媒體伺服器，讓企業分享圖片及視頻。 其實，NAS過往予人高科技的形象，隨著技術演進而變得親民及易於管理。開始時只需簡單的設定，日後毋須複雜的維護，足以應付中小企日常數據儲存和交換的需要。而且集中儲存所有企業數據，有助保安和管理，故建議中小企為添置NAS作儲存數據及分享資源的工具。 中小企的數據多散落在不同個人電腦，若用NAS集中儲存，有助管理和改善營運效率。 市場先生有Say 入門NAS合中小企 管理NAS不再需要高深學問，即使沒有專人管理也可自行運作，而且成本不高，卻有集中處理數據的特色。市場上有不少入門級產品，基本功能已滿足中小企需要。 IT博士指點迷津 「妥善管理企業數據最重要，不再混亂促進營運效率。」 用NAS整理混亂 數據儲存凌亂是中小企常見的問題，NAS可配上大容量硬碟，將所有數據集中處理，一方面加強保安，另一方面可有系統地儲存文件。當業務拓展時，儲存系統可隨之擴張，應付需求。 Text：莊俊賢 Photo：星島圖片庫 Art：可 Editor：Jean迷你倉

　　為給客戶提供更加優質高效的金融服務體驗，迷你倉交行持續加大產品創新力度，舉措頻頻。9月17日，交行在上海召開新聞發佈會，正式宣佈同時推出兩項業界領先的金融創新產品———太平洋可視卡和第二代手機銀行。兩項產品均體現了信息技術以及移動互聯網在金融領域的最新運用成果。　　太平洋可視卡由交行與中國銀聯合作推出，通過在標準金融IC卡上創造性地融合電子紙顯示技術，一方面使客戶實時掌握電子現金賬戶餘額信息；同時將安全認證工具與卡合二為一，易于攜帶，實現對客戶身份的實時認證，確保客戶大額轉賬安全可靠。今年恰逢交行太平洋卡發卡20周年，太平洋可視卡的推出是交行20年來在金融支付領域矢志創新的最新成果。　　儲存通銀行第二代手機銀行則是在全新IT技術架構和安全認證技術基礎上研發的移動金融平台，具有雲服務、智能化、定制化、開放式、高安全等特點，是第一個採用“雲+端”技術、第一個具有智能化功能、第一個支持目前業內最大金額任意賬戶安全轉賬、第一個實現非接式IC卡充值的手機銀行。它是交行緊隨移動互聯網浪潮，依托強大業務後台及IT研發能力所推出的最新手機銀行客戶端產品。　　交行相關負責人表示，一直以來，交行始終致力于將產品創新、服務創新作為提升客戶體驗，促進業務發展的源動力。未來交行將抱著更加開放的心態，加強與各類機構的合作創新，通過金融業務與互聯網新興業務的整合，為客戶提供優質、高效、全面的金融服務體驗。迷你倉

I am a Hong Kong person.迷你倉 I was born in this city, I spent my childhood and adolescence here, I have permanent residency, and a Hong Kong identity card with three stars. I am ethnically Chinese through my mother. But behind these simple statements lies a more complicated reality. I am also American, as indicated by my US passport. I went to university in the United States.I have multiple identities, all overlapping at the same time. One of these identities, no more or less dominant than the others, is my identity as a Hong Kong person.Some people like to argue that, since Hong Kong is a part of China, to be Hong Kong is to be Chinese. And to be Chinese, is to be fully Chinese, in culture and language, and in tune with current developments on the mainland. As the author Gish Jen said to The New York Times, “to many (Chinese) ... you have to be culturally Chinese, and that’s much deeper than anything you can acquire by yourself.” Anyone that is not Chinese in this way cannot really be a Hong Kong person.But I disprove that view. I am just as much a Hong Kong person as anyone else who can claim the privilege. I qualify under any of the rational criteria that could be used to define a Hong Kong person. This is despite the fact that I would likely not be considered truly Chinese, under the monolithic view described above.Put another way, I cannot be told to “go home” by those who think I am a foreigner; Hong Kong is my home.I would like to think that many would accept my statement that I am a Hong Kong person without controversy. But, if I can be a Hong Kong person without being fully Chinese, we can then draw numerous conclusions about the nature of a Hong Kong identity.The first is that I am not alone in having a strong claim to a Hong Kong identity. There are countless groups in Hong Kong — Southeast and South Asians, for example — that can identify with the city despite not being Chinese. Certain groups, like the South Asian populations, have lived here for more than a century, and could just as reasonably claim to belong here as many Chinese residents can.Another conclusion is that if we accept the existence of multiple identities, then a Hong Kong identity does not have to be mutually exclusive with a Chinese identity. The mini storageast majority of Hong Kong residents hold these two identities with no contradiction between them. Nor is a Hong Kong identity mutually exclusive with any other national identity. In my case, having a Hong Kong identity does not preclude me from being an American, nor does it preclude an Indian resident from being both Hongkonger and Indian.This is a significant difference from what some people say about a separate Hong Kong identity. To both the far left and the far right, any discussion of a separate identity necessitates the rejection of a Chinese identity, though they obviously disagree on whether this is good or bad.This brings us to the question of what constitutes the Hong Kong identity? Hong Kong is a global city, and those that identify with it likely value freedom of movement and international experience. Three hours travel from Hong Kong takes you to at least a dozen different cultures and political systems. Compare this to New York, another global city: the only different system within three hours travel is Canada.However, the Hong Kong identity remains mostly undefined, and discussions of how it could be understood tend to be mired in furious debate. Some on the left argue that any discussion of separate identity is tantamount to separatism, while the far right argues that those who accept Hong Kong’s way of life must wholly reject their identity as Chinese people.The truth, as so often, probably lies somewhere in the middle. Hong Kong has its own identity, but it is not mutually exclusive with a Chinese identity, or any other national identity, for that matter. Many people and politicians would likely agree with this idea, yet this agreement is lost in a polarized debate.Determining what the Hong Kong identity is made of could help us think about what Hong Kong actually is. Hong Kong is clearly not a country, but it is more than just a city, and we lack a paradigm that can help us think about Hong Kong. We already have the “One Country, Two Systems” principle to explain our political situation; perhaps we can use “One Country, Two Identities” to help us explain this city.The author recently graduated with high honors from Harvard University and is doing an MPhil in International Relations as a Clarendon Scholar.self storage

早報訊 市委書記韓正昨天上午前往普陀區食品藥品監管所長征分所和家樂福超市中國上海總部，迷你倉察看基層食品安全監管和節日食品供應、食品安全情況，向市民群�致以節日問候。韓正說:“食品安全和價格平穩是我們最為關注的民生工作”，要切實加強市場監管，保障食品安全供應和價格平穩，讓市民群�過上歡樂祥和的中秋國慶佳節。韓正和市領導尹弘首先來到位於梅嶺北路居民區的普陀區食品藥品監管所長征分所，與執法人員親切交談。該所承擔著長征鎮轄區內中央廚房、學校幼兒園、大賣場、中型飯店等500多家持證單位以及無證攤販的食品安全監管任務。韓正詢問大家在工作中遇到什麼困難，聽取大家對於做好基層食品安全監管工作的建議。監管員對市領導說，食品安全監管重點在基層，要配強基層執法隊伍，現在監管覆蓋文件倉越來越大，人手卻很緊張。韓正說:“這是在開展黨的群�路線教育活動聽取基層意見過程中，大家反映比較集中的問題之—，我們正在著力解決。下—步就是要增加基層執法力量，強化基層監管。”隨後，市領導來到家樂福超市中國上海總部。在覆蓋全國所有家樂福超市門店的食品安全監控中心，韓正認真聽取介紹。該監控中心對遍佈全國的221個家樂福門店進行監控，實時瞭解各門店商品安全、節能降耗、風險防範等情況。韓正與外方負責人交流，詳細瞭解各門店食品價格、冷鏈安全。韓正說:“這麼大的市場，我們最關心的是食品安全和價格平穩”，政府要加強食品安全和市場價格監管，企業要依法依規、盡心盡責，確保食品安全供應。韓正還來到超市的食品區，察看節日供應情況，並與正在購物的市民們親切交談，祝大家節日快樂。存倉

【記者鄭窈英/台中報導】致用高中成立創新發明社，迷你倉最平引導學生從做中學，連續5年在教育部主辦的人工智慧單晶片電腦鼠暨機器人賽中獲獎，今年還有學生抱回冠軍獎杯，成績優異。第9屆人工智慧單晶片電腦鼠暨機器人國內及國際邀請賽日前在龍華科技大學舉行，126隊報名，致用高中奪得人工智慧線迷宮鼠第1名、古典電腦鼠走迷宮第3名、第4名，競賽成績中部地區最佳，還打敗建中、新店高中、大安高工等名校迷你倉電三甲陳銘耀、陳聖杰和電三乙張育綸3人組成隊伍，獲線迷宮鼠第1名和古典電腦鼠走迷宮第3名；他們2月就開始設計，整個暑假都「泡」在社團內演算，犧牲娛樂時間，但能拿下冠軍，3人都覺很值得，也為自己贏得申請國立科技大學的加分資格。學校電子科主任賴明宏指出，要參加機器人賽，學生得具備數學、程式運算、電腦控制等能力，常為幾秒的速差斤斤計較，畢業學長也會回來與學弟們切磋，通力合作十分難得。儲存

　香港文匯報訊（記者 柯景風 澳門報道）由澳門特別行政區政府社會文化司主辦、中華全國工商業聯合會授權全聯旅遊業商會協辦、世界旅遊經濟研究中心籌辦的第二屆「世界旅遊經濟論壇」，迷你倉昨日假澳門旅遊塔會展娛樂中心舉行開幕典禮。本屆論壇以「促進經濟活力：放眼旅遊產業」為主題，吸引了全球多個國家及城市組成合共逾千人的代表團出席，包括內地多個省區的代表團。何厚鏵崔世安蘇榮致辭　全國政協副主席兼論壇大會主席何厚鏵、澳門特區行政長官崔世安，以及中國人民政治協商會議全國委員會副主席蘇榮，在開幕儀式上致辭。何厚鏵盼延續去年成就　何厚鏵表示，去年舉辦的首屆論壇，獲得廣泛關注和認同，促進了國內外官方和民間及相關業界的交流聯繫，為日後合作打下基礎。他期待本屆論壇延續去年成就，開展更多國際間多向、實質的對接和交流，進一步擴大世界旅遊經濟的戰略性合作網絡，成就多贏局面。崔世安料帶來積文件倉作用　崔世安指出，旅遊業作為澳門重要產業之一，澳門特區政府將努力增強澳門綜合實力，充分發揮自身優勢，加快經濟適度多元化，致力推動澳門構建「世界旅遊休閒中心」，為澳門整體經濟發展創設更佳條件。他相信，此次論壇成果對澳門構建世界旅遊休閒中心以至旅遊業發展，均會帶來積極作用。　論壇上，在眾多政界及旅遊業領導見證下，籌辦單位世界旅遊經濟研究中心與聯合國世界旅遊組織簽署合作協定。同時，廣西壯族自治區人民政府、新疆維吾爾自治區人民政府，以及貴州省人民政府與世界旅遊經濟研究中心及全聯旅遊業商會，就協助推進各個省旅遊經濟發展，簽署三方合作備忘錄，加強該等省區與國內外機構的旅遊交流合作。　論壇將一連兩天在澳門舉行，開幕儀式結束後，有多場交流和推介會，包括澳門貿易投資促進局—商務交流會、世界旅遊組織合作環節；部長圓桌會議、世界旅遊業理事會合作環節；全球知名企業領袖觀點等。存倉

Q金山問︰ 各位大師，迷你倉本人以15.86元買入金山軟件（3888），請問前景如何？上望多少？謝謝！郭Sir答︰目前不妨先設下止賺在18元，只要不跌穿20天線，後市仍可候股價彈至20元才沽出獲利。黃師傅答︰市場看好其應用軟件及雲業務前景，但估值已嫌偏高，可採取兩手準備：待升至19.5元沽出套利或跌穿17.8元止賺。Castor答︰股價升得太急，或會有短期回吐，現時市場一直向上調高與互聯網相關的股份估值，對金山軟件股價仍然有較正面的支持，不過，股價最好是先行作出整固，返回50天線水平以消化市場的沽壓後，仍然可以繼續等待。暫時仍然會以20元為目標價。Q黃小姐問︰各位專家，請問銀河娛樂（027）甚麼價位可買入？止蝕位多少？郭 Sir 答︰股價近來從高位回落，現時不妨留意10天線52.3元之支持如何，如股價進一步跌穿10天線，可候股價跌近50元才開始吸納，止蝕設在45元，後市仍可上望55元。黃師傅答︰若屬短炒，可在52元買入，止蝕位50元。若屬中線，可在50元買入，止蝕位47元。Castor答︰股價近期升得太急及太快，雖然仍然看好澳門整體的博彩事業，但股價出現超買，或會有機會借利淡消息而先行作出回吐，如果有機會返回50元以下，屆時不妨再考慮，至於入市位則放在100天線，跌穿的話宜減持或全面沽出。Q黃太問︰ 各位專家，本人在1元買入勇利航業（1145），請問前景如何？可否繼續持有？上望多少？止蝕位多少？謝謝！郭 Sir 答︰目前最重要是做好風險管理，設下止蝕在0.64元，後市如能反彈上0.8元，可考慮逐步沽出離場。黃師傅答︰勇利航業主要從事乾散貨船舶租賃服務，乾散貨航運需求復甦，相信勇利亦會受惠。可繼續持有，待反彈至0.85元左右才止蝕。Castor答︰現在基本上無甚麼策略可做，純看今年上半年的業績仍然是錄得虧損，要看他們在之後的業績公佈，尤其是航運股無法單看行業前景，就可以預測股份的整體前景。建議你不要因為買入價為1元而限制了自己買賣的靈活度，股價再跌至0.6元的話，仍然要控制風險。QYiYi問︰ 各位大師，A股可否繼續上升？中國銀河（6881）有力再破高位嗎？請給予止蝕及止賺位。謝謝！郭 Sir 答︰目前較關鍵的支持位已下移至5.2元，不妨以20天線作為止蝕位迷你倉只要不跌穿此據點，中線目標仍可上望6元。黃師傅答︰個人看好A股下半年走勢，中國銀河料可受惠，有望重見上市首日高位5.9元。但由於你沒有提及買入價，所以未能提供止賺和止蝕位。Castor答︰A股仍然有機會繼續上升，但短期走勢仍然會以整固為主，而中國銀河股價近日升抵5.68元後，走勢開始回吐，短期主要支持位應該會是20天線約5.78元水平，只要能企穩該水平之上，股價仍然有向上挑戰上市後高位的水平，上望目標價5.9元，跌穿5元沽出。Qsau1958問︰我以47.7元買入�基地產（012），請問目標多少？謝謝！郭 Sir 答︰建議設下止蝕在46元，只要嚴守此止蝕位，承擔風險有限，後市目標可先上望50元。黃師傅答︰若突破250天線（48.5元）阻力，可上望50元。Castor答︰現時本地地產股的投資前景仍然有很大的不明朗，因此，即使估值較低的�基地產亦未必有很大的上望空間。�地股價已跌穿了250天線，反映長期走勢已經轉弱，而本地樓市可能在短期內仍然難有望出現明顯上升，預期股價的弱勢暫時無法改變，令�基地產股價仍然受壓。Qtonywong問︰我以25.6元買入2000股合和實業（054），為何大幅落後大市？我應如何操作？謝謝！郭 Sir 答︰短線阻力暫在26元，如能成功突破，中線目標可上移至28元，只要設下止蝕在24元，就繼續中線持有吧。Castor答︰合和置業早前分拆合和地產上市，但由於市況較差，令到計劃延遲，而合和置業繼續要為該項目提供資金，而且市場對於一眾以收租概念的本地地產股仍然無太大興趣，令到整體股價持續低迷。股價短期有望升抵26元水平後先行作出整固，不過，由於股價已過份低殘，如果大市有回穩機會，股價有望返回28元水平，可繼續持有。Qmatthew1952問︰ 我以92.25元買入和記黃埔（013），請問上望多少？謝謝！郭 Sir 答︰隨�歐洲經濟回穩，和黃前景可看高一線，只要設下止蝕在89元，中線目標上望100元。黃師傅答︰其9天相對強弱指數已出現頂背馳，預期95元水平會有頗大阻力。•歡迎網上提問，不論股票、期指、外匯、黃金、宏觀經濟問題，七位專家逐一為你解答。•「答問」會在每日交易時段，即上午九時半至下午四時《頭條財經網》的「頭條解籤」專欄內刊出。儲存倉

Current risk aversion may thus temper investment growth in region, says S&P[SINGAPORE] Changes in global financial risk appetite matter more to investment outcomes in Asia-Pacific than changes in real external demand, says Standard & Poor's (S&P) Ratings Services in its latest report.迷你倉This suggests that despite the expected improvement in global growth prospects, the current bout of global risk aversion may temper investment growth in this region.The report, Investment Drivers In Asia-Pacific: Global Financial Risk Appetite May Matter More Than External Demand, released yesterday, looked beyond its previous analytical framework of growth betas, which measure the sensitivity of overall economic growth in Asia's emerging economies to global growth."The growth beta framework has two limitations," the report said. "First, although an economy's overall GDP growth may not be very sensitive to global economic developments, some of its components, such as consumption or investment, might be. Second, apart from the effects of external developments in the real sector, Asia-Pacific growth is also subject to financial shocks, which growth betas neglect by construction."That is not to say growth betas are not useful. S&P found that growth in the more export-dependent, newly industrialised economies - such as South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore - tend to have a high beta to global growth. Their growth tends to suffer when global economic activity slows, given the dominance of high value-added consumer and capital goods in their production base, which are in highest demand in the advanced economies.In contrast, "low-beta" economies - the South-east Asian economies, particularly the Philippines and Indonesia - are relatively resilient. These economies have a large young labour force and rising incomes, which help fuel domestic consumption. They also have a renewed push to further private and public investment. These two factors allow these economies to grow at reasonable rmini storagetes despite global economic shocks, S&P said.But the ratings agency wanted to go beyond this; it addressed some of the gaps in the growth beta framework by focusing on the response of domestic investment to external factors.It used the well-known Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index (VIX). VIX represents market expectations of stockmarket volatility over the coming month, and can be a good gauge of investor sentiment; a higher VIX indicates more market stress and vice versa.To investigate even further, S&P also used a vector regression, a common statistical model, that took into account feedback loops and dynamic effects ignored in its VIX analyses.It found that changes in global risk appetite matter more for Asia-Pacific's real investment than external demand. S&P said investment outcomes responded negatively to the VIX in all the Asia-Pacific economies in its sample, except Indonesia, Singapore and Taiwan. The impact was persistent in most cases, with a shock to risk appetite still hindering cyclical investment a few quarters later. In contrast, it found that exports significantly affected investment only in Indonesia, Japan, Korea and Singapore.It found that domestic interest rates had a negligible effect on cyclical investment, except in Indonesia, which contrasts with the usual view of monetary policy.The sensitivities of investment to external financing diverge from the growth betas, S&P said. The significant dampening effect of global risk aversion on investment was true for high-beta economies, such as Korea and Hong Kong, as well as low-beta economies, such as India and the Philippines.In conclusion, S&P said: "For Asia-Pacific, the light at the end of the tunnel seems to be closer in terms of the growth shock. However, even if our expected uptick in global economic momentum does materialise, the results of our analysis suggest that financial market volatility still has the potential to derail or dampen investment recovery in Asia-Pacific."self storage

　　?騰訊（00700）昨日下跌近4%。本欄認為，迷你倉這屬於累升不少後的正常回吐。　　?騰訊基本因素良好，倘股價再回落，將造就中�吸納機會。若跌至380元左右，可考慮低吸。　　?至於新股雲遊（00484），可小注認購。　　早前強勢的科網股近日開始回落，如昨日騰訊（00700）便回落近4%。科網股前景仍佳，若再有較深回調，將是中�吸納機會。　　騰訊昨日跌4%，其跌幅已拖累�指下跌57點；至於另一科網股金山（03888）昨日亦回落1.5%。近期騰訊及金山，分別由高位回落4.7%及6.5%。　　本欄認為，科網股近期回落，只是累升不少後的正常回調，並非因為基本因素轉差。科網股近期多番收購，令業務可食正內地移動互聯網的熱潮，未來盈測應有提升空間。騰訊380元以下買　　騰訊方面，其股價正處上升通道，近期接近上升通道頂部回落。策略上，可考慮於上升通道底及前浪頂於380元左右，分段低吸。　　騰訊未來盈利亮點是移動互聯網業務。騰訊近期透過子公司，收購搜狐旗下搜狗股權，短期內騰訊可增持股權至40%。之前，騰訊的搜尋業務已有搜搜，但規模較小。收購搜狗後，可和目前的搜尋業務合併，並壯大搜尋業務。　　花旗指出，搜狗輸入法迷你倉年漸漸於智能手機中興起，此收購有助騰訊加強移動互聯網業務。此外，收購搜狗亦可防止其他科網企業出手，可視為防禦性收購。微信明年步收成期　　騰訊大力發展微信，近期推出的第3款手機遊戲「節奏大師」，成為蘋果旗下中港兩地App Store內，免費遊戲排行榜中的第1位。德銀估計，騰訊有望每兩周推出新遊戲，直至年底會有10隻新遊戲出爐，料明年開始騰訊的微信業務進入收成期。　　現時，不少券商如中金、花旗、里昂等，予騰訊目標價450元以上，故候騰訊再回調低吸，中�仍有不少獲利空間。金山17.5元可入貨　　至於金山亦考慮低吸，該股處上升通道，通道底處於16.7元，前浪頂處16.1元左右。投資者可於17.5元左右分段吸納，倘跌穿前浪頂才考慮減磅，先上望前高位20元，若突破可將目標價逐步上調。　　金山於移動互聯網業務布局已成形，產品包括：「泛安全」的手機程式，如手機毒霸、手機衛士；手機遊戲如封神爭霸；WPS Office已發展了iOS及Android版本。配合金山雲等產品，其移動互聯網相關業務可憧憬。　　此外，雷軍同為金山與小米的董事長，兩公司緊密合作，例如金山向小米提供雲端服務及推廣服務。小米受歡迎，金山亦可得益。儲存倉

　　據中國之聲《新聞縱橫》報道，儲存倉9月13日，韓國濟州法院以沙鋼船務公司申請為由，扣留了海航集團旗下的"海娜號"郵船，導致船上1659名旅客沒有能夠完成原計劃的韓國之旅。昨天，最後一批旅客返回國內。　　上午9點30分，海航旅業郵輪遊艇管理有限公司的"海娜號"郵輪終於停泊在天津東疆國際郵輪母港碼頭。隨船回國的還有87名旅客，雖然海航方面為到港旅客準備了鮮花和月餅等慰問品，但部分遊客對海航目前給予的2000元賠償並不滿意。　　遊客：他們就是讓我們下船的時候就要簽署一份協議，才能讓我們下船，我們當時就不願意去簽，所以我們就沒辦法下船，一直到迷你倉在。　　針對此事件，海航旅業董事長張嶺向該航次所有旅客表達了歉意，並宣佈將對每位乘客提高賠償標準。　　張嶺：在所有乘客都安全返回祖國之際，請允許我們在所有原來賠償的標準基礎之上，在贈送每位乘客海娜號郵輪任意航次內艙房或海景房船票一張。　　海航旅業同時發表聲明稱，在韓國相關單位向所有受害乘客道歉並保證絕不再發生類似惡劣事件之前，將全面抵制韓國濟州島旅遊業務。　　張嶺：從即日起，海航旅業控股集團取消"海娜號"郵輪所有赴韓國濟州島航線及旅遊組團業務，並保留對韓國濟州方面嚴厲追究其法律責任的權利。(記者陳慶濱)標簽：郵輪 韓國 旅業 張嶺 下船迷你倉最平

“沒那麼嚴重”，儲存倉9月18日，遇襲第六天，上一年度中國大陸首富宗慶後在他的辦公室對在場者說。上午短短幾個小時，娃哈哈商業王國的權力結構，卻像6年前達娃之爭時一樣，引起廣泛的關注。境內外媒體報道，宗慶後遇襲被砍斷了四根手指的肌腱，且有人爆料稱此次襲擊可能不是打劫，而是來自高管的報復，原因是娃哈哈內部有機構運作“陷入停滯”，多位高管被停待崗。精准指向這家家族式企業治理特徵的傳言，而不是宗慶後遇襲的細節，迅速放大了事態的商業影響。18日上午，娃哈哈相關員工對宗慶後遇襲有過多種回複，一度意在否認事件。同時，相關負責人也否認娃哈哈因機構調整而陷入“停滯”一說。警方知情人士告訴本報記者，此事件由杭州市政府迅速接手介入處置，隨後中午，新華社受官方委托，獨家發佈消息，證實了此前宗慶後遇襲的傳言。“嫌疑人是在宗慶後的住宅小區內蹲點了3天。”該人士透露。“烏龍”動機2010年、2012年、2013年四年間，宗慶後三次坐擁福布斯等榜單中國內地富豪首富，個人身家被估測達820億元。首富出生于1945年10月，浙江杭州人，祖籍江蘇宿遷。巧合的是，襲擊宗慶後的楊姓犯罪嫌疑人是江蘇蘇州人，現年49歲。新華社報道稱，9月13日清晨，宗慶後在杭州上城區住處遭到楊姓人士持刀要挾行凶，左手兩根手指肌腱受傷。當天下午15時，杭州警方抓獲嫌疑人。“嫌疑人是在宗慶後的住宅小區內蹲點了3天。”一知情人士向記者透露。根據警方披露，上半年，楊某借款3萬元，從蘇州到杭州尋工作，因為年紀大的緣由，至今沒著落。但他從電視上看到宗慶後熱心幫助農民工的訪談後，便找上了他，要求能給他提供一個工作，但沒能如願，便實施前述行為。至於涉嫌犯罪的細節，以及形成前述涉罪動機的邏輯聯繫，嫌疑人的精神是否正常等等，因此案尚在審查中，詳細情況警方沒進一步披露。而在警方18日將楊的涉罪動機公佈之前，有媒體報道宗慶後被砍可能是因為有人報復。這個現在看上去有些“烏龍”的動機，起于此前有媒體報道娃哈哈集團“獨立負責商業運作的娃哈哈商業公司出現高管集體停職待崗，運行實質上陷入停滯狀態。”讓烏龍繼續引人注意的背景還有，彭博億萬富翁排行榜數據顯示，萬達集團董事長王健林超越宗慶後，以淨資產估值142億美元奪得中國內地首富，而宗慶後則以淨資產估值110億美元，退居其後。又加上近幾年，這家中國的飲料大王業績增幅確有所下滑。有業內人士援引的公開數據顯示，娃哈哈的營收增長率在放緩甚至逆轉。 2009年，娃哈哈實現營業收入432億元，同比2008年增長31.7%；2010年實現營業收入548.8億元，同比增長27%；2011年實現營業收入670億元，同比增長22.1%；2012年，實現營業收入636.31億元，同比下滑6.5%。宗氏“交接”未完結如果說，前述業績的變化令宗慶後遇襲烏龍動機形成，顯得可以理解外，其女宗馥莉、宗慶後父女在公開場合發表的經營理念與方向，則被解讀為“分歧”的明朗化，更令前述揣測顯得有些 “確鑿”。“如果一個機構，兩個具有影響力的領導人，主導方向不同，肯定會讓我們下屬感到迷茫，無所適從。”一名已離職的中層透露。宗慶後與女兒宗馥莉，前者將近古稀之年，後者剛過而立，年輪恰逢“交接班”的敏感時期。宗氏父女，一個被外界解讀具備紅色風格，一個有系統的西方教育背景，兩人經營企業一直呈現“互補”的效應。相對而言，女兒治理更講究制度化。“中部地區的經銷商王先生自稱已經與娃哈哈合作了十幾年了。該名經銷商透露，在跟娃哈哈的業務往來之中，發現他們的治理結構在慢慢變化，”起初，純粹靠宗總的個人魅力，聽說很多事情親力親為。“但近幾年聽接觸到的內部員工反映，接觸宗慶後的機會越來越少了。”多名娃哈哈員工透露，實際上是公司管理越來越制度化。尤其在宗馥莉進入娃哈哈以來，變化比較大。這個變化讓娃哈哈員工感覺明顯的時間節點在2005年前後。上述員工透露說，05年前後，娃哈哈集團所有管理及規劃基本上都由宗慶後一個人說了算，彼時，娃哈哈集團不像其他企業，設置董事會、集團副總裁、副總經理等職位，娃哈哈集團財務部、銷售部等所有業務部門直接由宗慶後一人管理。但是，後來公司公佈了一整套的制度，通過制度管人。在一個公開場合，宗慶後稱，集團今後還將設置董事會等迷你倉構，而不是由一個人維繫集團存亡，“等到這一整套制度建立後，我將退下去。”本報瞭解到，2004年，在洛杉磯佩珀代因大學修讀完國際貿易專業的宗馥莉回國，2005年成為娃哈哈中層團隊一員。先後擔任娃哈哈蕭山二號基地管委會副主任，杭州娃哈哈童裝有限公司與杭州娃哈哈卡倩娜日化有限公司總經理，娃哈哈旗下的杭州宏勝飲料集團有限公司總裁、進出口公司總經理。近期，上述員工還發現，父女兩人的經營理念與方向，看上去並非那麼一致，而且分歧比較明顯。在一次公開場合，宗慶後的掌上明珠宗馥莉表達出明顯的反對聲。今年7月17日，娃哈哈商業公司在北京召開新聞發佈會，宗慶後對外透露，娃哈哈已初步確定在天津、貴陽、宜昌、南陽、新鄉自建城市綜合體，並且正準備與中國台灣遠東百貨、新加坡來福士、英國阿蘭澤（Allanzia）投資公司等業界同行洽談合作等。對於此舉，宗馥莉在公開場合明顯表示不贊同。而且，對於娃哈哈目前的公司治理，也指出明顯的弊端所在。“他們每天都在等著老闆（宗慶後）的指示，然後突然間等不到會覺得說，我今天干嘛呢？我不知道。”8月26日，宗馥莉在接受鳳凰財經70分鐘的獨家專訪之際，也表示出擔心。“公司有制度，只不過這些制度相當于形同虛設，大家習慣了等老闆每天晚上傳真，然後寫1、2、3、4、5、6、7，然後誰幹嘛，該幹嘛。”“以前他的確可以這麼做，因為公司小，以前大概只有1000、2000個人，而現在都有2、3萬，你說讓他執行，他不可能一個人盯得過來。”業務布局變遷娃哈哈有機構調整陷入停滯一說也並非完全空穴來風。娃哈哈系列公司的境內外布局，早已被視為複雜的企業王國。近三年，娃哈哈系下機構呈多元化擴張之勢，其間子、孫公司的重新組合較為常見，境外實體亦曾成批量地注銷。公司、機構法定代表人仍然集中于宗慶後及其妻女。記者調查得知，僅僅在浙江，法定代表人以宗慶後為名的機構至少有52家，而宗馥莉為法定代表人的機構僅為2家。浙江一經濟研究機構人士透露，比較明顯的情況是，宗慶後太太為法定代表人的機構，基本也由宗馥莉主要負責。隨著宗馥莉的進入，娃哈哈近三年的多元化投資則顯得非常活躍。介入的領域有零售百貨業，投資領域、科技領域等等。“但這並不能確定是否完全受宗馥莉的影響。”但是，多元化擴展已經呈現非常清晰。存量利益的調整隨之而來。2010年11月8日，成立浙江娃哈哈創業投資有限公司，法定代表人為宗馥莉。次年10月31日，又一家投資公司浙江合源投資有限公司成立。2011年5月16日，杭州娃哈哈科技有限公司成立，預示著向科技領域進軍。2002年12月19日，杭州娃哈哈卡倩娜日化用品有限公司成立介入百貨領域。傳統飲料食品領域卻如前述業績數據一樣有所收縮。比如余姚娃哈哈食品有限公司，成立在2005年3月18日，營業期限至2008年3月31日，目前狀態為“吊銷”。與境內的機構擴張之勢相比，娃哈哈體系在境外則有大批公司注銷。尤其近兩年，有公開的資料顯示，從2011年11月25日至2013年1月4日，共有9家境外公司注銷，包括美國娃哈哈食品飲料有限公司，娃哈哈香港飲料食品公司，娃哈哈國際集團有限公司等。2013年3月29-30日，在第十屆中國商業地產行業發展論壇上，娃哈哈又首次詳細披露了其商業地產戰略。但是這些項目的市場定位，在宗慶後口中也曾多次出現調整。宗慶後表示，娃哈哈近幾年進行多元化發展，主要看需求、能力與機會。娃哈哈選擇商業零售作為多元化經營的第一步，因為商業地產會在中國城鎮化進程中扮演重要角色，娃哈哈可以在一些新生市場找到合適的發展機遇，大中小城市齊頭並進。在多元化的擴展中，運作與“設想”並非全如人意。2010年12月，宗慶後表示娃哈哈集團有進入礦產資源開發的想法。2011年3月，宗慶後接受採訪時說，娃哈哈正在和香港的一家做礦的公司合作，但2012年初左右，宗慶後接受採訪時表示，已經放棄在澳大利亞開采鐵礦的計劃，而希望在西澳大利亞地區建養牛場和奶粉廠。67歲的宗慶後仍然是決定格局的核心角色。因而他突然遇襲後，消息一度封閉，進而很快被假想為一次內部“推翻”行動。治理問題似乎成為宗的宿命。他自己則通過新華社記者澄清，這次遇襲只是一次意外。言下之意否定了此前媒體報道因機構調整的“報復說”。迷你倉最平

　　因債務糾紛，被扣押在南韓濟州島的豪華郵輪「海娜號」，昨日解扣、返回天津港。　　海航董事長張嶺昨再次向所有旅客致歉，每人贈送一張免費船票。張嶺又宣布，獲得南韓濟州方面向所有乘客的正式道歉及保證此類事件不再重演之前，將取消「海娜號」郵輪所有赴南韓濟州島航�及旅遊組團業務，並保留對南韓濟州方面追究法律責任的權力。文件倉

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