“Manic Monday” (1986) was the first hit single from the American all-female band, The Bangles. It was written by Prince in 1984 and recorded as a duet for the Apollonia 6 album, but the song was eventually pulled [1]. Two years later, as he was attempting to “court” lead singer Susanna Hoffs, Prince (under pseudonym Christopher) [2] offered the song to The Bangles, who recorded their version. The song reached #2 in both the UK and US record charts, coincidentally behind Prince’s own song “Kiss”, which reached #1 in the US. The lyrics tell of someone waking from a romantic dream at 6 o’clock on Monday morning, and facing a hectic journey to work when she would prefer to still be enjoying relaxing on Sunday—her “I-don’t-have-to-run day”. Actor Rudolph Valentino is referred to in some of the lyrics in the song.

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Globalsources Direct Closes Down: I was surprised to see a simple goodbye message from Global Sources Direct’s GM. It’s either because of the economic crisis, or that the virtual inventory model doesn’t yet work well with chinese suppliers.

Will the financial crisis correct the current USDCNY trend? NYT: An Embrace That Won’t Let Go For China, too, this crisis has been a time of reckoning. Americans are buying fewer Chinese DVD players and microwave ovens. Trade is collapsing, and thousands of workers are losing their jobs. Chinese leaders are terrified of social unrest. Having allowed the renminbi to rise a little after 2005, the Chinese government is now under intense pressure domestically to reverse course and depreciate it. China’s fortunes remain tethered to those of the United States. And the reverse is equally true. In a glassed-in room in a nondescript office building in Washington, the Treasury conducts nearly daily auctions of billions of dollars’ worth of government bonds. An old Army helmet sits on a shelf: as a lark, Treasury officials have been known to strap it on while they monitor incoming bids. For the past five years, China has been one of the most prolific bidders. It holds $652 billion in Treasury debt, up from $459 billion a year ago. Add in its Fannie Mae bonds and other holdings, and analysts figure China owns $1 of every $10 of America’s public debt. The Treasury is conducting more auctions than ever to finance its $700 billion bailout of the banks. Still more will be needed to pay for the incoming Obama administration’s stimulus package. The United States, economists say, will depend on the Chinese to keep buying that debt, perpetuating the American habit. Even so, Mr. Paulson said he viewed the debate over global imbalances as hopelessly academic. He expressed doubt that Mr. Bernanke or anyone else could have solved the problem as it was germinating. “One lesson that I have clearly learned,” said Mr. Paulson, sitting beneath his Chinese watercolor. “You don’t get dramatic change, or reform, or action unless there is a crisis.”

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Local IT distributor MSI-ECS is running a warehouse sale this first week of December. See details and price list after the jump.

What: MSI-ECS Warehouse Sale When: December 3 - 5, 2008 Time: 9:00am to 6:00pm Where: Topy II Bldg., #3 Economia St., Libis, Quezon City Check-out the price list here. Some interesting finds: Imanation Nano Flash Drive 16GB - Php1,600 Acer Aspire 4715 Dual Core T2330 1.6GHz, 80GB HDD, 512MB RAM - Php15,000 Acer Aspire 4715Z Dual Core T2390 1.83GHz, 120GB HDD, 1GB RAM - Php18,000 Lenovo 19″ LCD Monitor - Php6,000 HP Pavillion w2207 22″ LCD monitor - Php11,500 HP Compaq Presario C737TU Dualk Core T2330 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 120GB HDD, 15.4″ WXGA: Php24,000 Update: New YugaTech feed URL. Subscribe here: http://feedproxy.google.com/yugatech

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