27 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Indications: Stock futures climb ahead of durable-goods data
Indications: Stock futures climb ahead of durable-goods data
Gearing up for the first trading day of the week, U.S.
27 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Outside the Box: The consumer revolution will be digitized
Outside the Box: The consumer revolution will be digitized
The technology sector has had its fair or unfair share of market turbulence recently.
27 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on John Prestbo’s Indexed Investor: Dividend-yielding stocks are paying off now
John Prestbo’s Indexed Investor: Dividend-yielding stocks are paying off now
Dividend stocks have been attracting investors for several years because of low yields on fixed-income instruments.
27 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Jeff Reeves’s Strength in Numbers: 5 CEOs who don’t care what you think
Jeff Reeves’s Strength in Numbers: 5 CEOs who don’t care what you think
They know what’s right, and they’re letting you come along for the ride, writes Jeff Reeves.
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27 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asia Markets: Asia stocks mostly lower, but Japan extends gains
Asia Markets: Asia stocks mostly lower, but Japan extends gains
Asia stocks settle mostly lower, but Japanese shares add to their recent run of strong gains.
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27 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Euro zone inflation seen well below 2 percent in 2014-15: Nowotny
Euro zone inflation seen well below 2 percent in 2014-15: Nowotny
Inflation in the euro zone will likely stay “significantly” below the European Central Bank’s target this year and next, ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said in the Austrian National Bank’s annual report. “But over the medium term it is likely to align itself with the ECB’s objective of keeping inflation below but close to 2 percent,” he added in the report released on Tuesday.
27 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on IMF’s Lagarde says bank reforms slowed by fierce industry pushback
IMF’s Lagarde says bank reforms slowed by fierce industry pushback
Progress in completing banking reforms to plug gaps highlighted by the 2007-09 financial crisis is too slow and is being hampered by fierce industry lobbying, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said banks were holding more capital now than they did in the run-up to the financial crisis when taxpayers had to shore up the sector. “The bad news is that progress is still too slow, and the finish line is still too far off,” Lagarde told a conference on economic inclusion in London.