28 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Commuters Herded Like Cattle As China Escalates Its Own "War On Terror"
Commuters Herded Like Cattle As China Escalates Its Own "War On Terror"
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28 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Traitor or Patriot? Snowden defends his actions
Traitor or Patriot? Snowden defends his actions
Snowden defended his report of the American government’s surveillance programs, and described himself as a patriot.
28 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Corrections: Apple hits new ‘Beats’ ahead of WWDC
Corrections: Apple hits new ‘Beats’ ahead of WWDC
In a MarketWatch report published May 28, a typographic error resulted in the misspelling of Steve Jobs’ name.
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28 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bacon Prices To Soar Even More: The Pig Diarrhea Virus Is Back For Round Two
Bacon Prices To Soar Even More: The Pig Diarrhea Virus Is Back For Round Two
The last time we looked at the rather unpalatable issue of soaring bacon prices back in March, it was the direct result of exploding, no pun intended, prices of lean hogs stricken by the aptly named porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus, which killed up to 7 million pigs and pushed the price of pork and its derivatives to record highs.
28 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asian shares consolidate gains, bonds fly high
Asian shares consolidate gains, bonds fly high
Asian shares consolidated their recent gains on Thursday while global bond prices surged, pushing their yields to multi-month lows, both supported by expectations of easy monetary policy. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan stood flat near one-year high hit on Wednesday, while Japan’s Nikkei share average (.N225) shed 0.5 percent after gains after five straight days of gains. The data reinforced expectations that the European Central Bank will introduce further stimulus at next month’s meeting.
28 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Proxy adviser ISS asks Target shareholders to vote against directors
Proxy adviser ISS asks Target shareholders to vote against directors
Target disclosed in December that a cyber attack had resulted in the theft of at least 40 million payment card numbers and 70 million other pieces of customer data weeks before Christmas. ISS blamed Target’s audit and corporate responsibility committees, which oversee risks such as fraud, for being “inadequately prepared” for risks of doing business in electronic commerce.
28 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Frustrated dollar bulls not giving up yet
Frustrated dollar bulls not giving up yet
This year has been hard for dollar bulls betting on stellar greenback gains, but they’re not giving up.