2 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Here’s everything Apple announced at WWDC today
Here’s everything Apple announced at WWDC today
Apple held a two-hour keynote today to kick off its week-long developers conference, WWDC. The big stories: its operating systems for Mac, iPhone, and iPad are getting updates and your home and health could get a lot smarter.
2 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Cash deals for homes reach record as boomers retire
Cash deals for homes reach record as boomers retire
Mike Trafton bought a house in a suburb of Boise, Idaho, where he plans to retire. Trafton, 55, and his wife Cindy, 54, paid $400,000 in cash for the 3,200-square-foot house in Eagle after selling their 4,400-square-foot home in a Portland, Oregon, suburb for $680,000. Like a growing number of baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, the Traftons had no desire to get a mortgage. “At this stage in our lives, we can afford it, and it’s better than having a monthly mortgage payment hanging over us.”
2 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fed hires official to oversee AIG, Prudential
Fed hires official to oversee AIG, Prudential
The U.S. Federal Reserve has hired a former state insurance commissioner to help it oversee non-bank financial firms that a council of regulators identified for tougher scrutiny last year. Thomas Sullivan, who led the Connecticut Insurance Department from 2007 through 2010 and later worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers [PWC.UL], told Reuters he starts as a senior adviser on June 9. Sullivan will help fill a critical expertise gap at the Fed, which has more experience regulating Wall Street banks and less of a track record with major insurers and other non-bank financial firms.
2 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Apple launches ‘HealthKit,’ a hub to monitor your health
Apple launches ‘HealthKit,’ a hub to monitor your health
Apple today announced its latest innovation in health monitoring: HealthKit, and it’s not an app. It’s more of a hub where you can monitor daily health stats, and see them over longer periods of time.
2 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Conn’s jumps as earnings top estimates
Conn’s jumps as earnings top estimates
This time, the stock was up as much as 10% from its prior close following its latest quarterly numbers.
2 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Intel’s Inside the Internet of Things
Intel’s Inside the Internet of Things
A shirt that monitors your heartbeat and connects to your smartphone is just the next small step in our ever-connecting world. And there’s plenty more to come from Intel.
