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Mr. Gao co-found and became the CFO at Oxstones Capital Management. Mr. Gao currently serves as a director of Livedeal (Nasdaq: LIVE) and has served as a member of the Audit Committee of Livedeal since January 2012. Prior to establishing Oxstones Capital Management, from June 2008 until July 2010, Mr. Gao was a product owner at Procter and Gamble for its consolidation system and was responsible for the Procter and Gamble’s financial report consolidation process. From May 2007 to May 2008, Mr. Gao was a financial analyst at the Internal Revenue Service’s CFO division. Mr. Gao has a dual major Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Economics from University of Maryland, and an M.B.A. specializing in finance and accounting from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.

Has the Commodities Bubble Popped?

When I read recently that people were lining up to cash in their sterling silverware and heirloom silver tea services, […]

Live-Blogging the Berkshire Annual Meeting

OMAHA, Neb. — It’s time once again for Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting, the two-day frenzy of Warren Buffett aficionados […]

Buffett Has More to Learn From Past on Wall Street

AGNES T. CRANE and ROBERT CYRAN, On Monday May 2, 2011, 3:01 am EDT Warren E. Buffett, to his credit, […]

For real estate, a giant spring clearance sale

In suburban Chicago, it’s paradise to be a homebuyer. At the Millbrook Pointe development in quaint and pristine Wheeling, a […]

Why Housing Is Going Through a Double Dip

The sales pace of newly built homes is now at the lowest on record. Sales dropped nearly 17 percent in […]

New homes are becoming a bad deal in weak markets

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new home, the dream of many would-be buyers, makes less and less financial sense in many […]

Oil tops $105 per barrel

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices pushed above $105 per barrel Tuesday, as traders focused on a series of international […]

The Dow’s Plunge: Should You Be Worried?

On Thursday, the day before the Japanese earthquake, the Dow Jones Industrial Average saw its biggest drop since August. Markets […]

Foreclosure Activity Slows: Is This Really a ‘Good’ Thing?

The number of housing foreclosures are falling. There were slightly more than 225,000 foreclosure proceedings in February, down 14% compared […]

Oil jumps above $106 amid fierce Libya fighting

SINGAPORE (AP) — Oil prices rose above $106 a barrel Monday in Asia as intense fighting between Libyan government forces […]