22 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Oracle to seal $5 billion deal for Micros Systems
The Wall Street Journal: Oracle to seal $5 billion deal for Micros Systems
Oracle is poised to seal a deal to buy Micros Systems for about $5 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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22 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: BNP nears settlement with U.S. for up to $9 billion
The Wall Street Journal: BNP nears settlement with U.S. for up to $9 billion
BNP Paribas and U.S. prosecutors agree to broad terms of a deal in which the bank would pay $8 billion to $9 billion and accept other punishment based on what investigators say is evidence the bank intentionally hid $30 billion of financial transactions that violated U.S.
22 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on US markets should hold "forward guidance"
US markets should hold "forward guidance"
Markets played a coda to a trading week which defied discussions of the Fed’s alleged failures to communicate its monetary policies.
22 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Craig Stephen’s This Week in China: Hong Kong and Beijing on collision course
Craig Stephen’s This Week in China: Hong Kong and Beijing on collision course
China isn’t happy about pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, and Craig Stephen writes, it may be time for investors to consider what the future holds for the local markets.
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22 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on What The $1+ Trillion Student Debt Bubble Is Being Spent On
What The $1+ Trillion Student Debt Bubble Is Being Spent On
By now everyone knows there is an unprecedented student debt bubble, amounting to well over $1 trillion and rising at a rate of nearly $200 billion per year. However, what is far less known, is what all these hundreds of billions in government loan proceeds are being spent on. The following two charts should shed some light on this all important matter just how Government money goes from Point A to Point B, using indebted to the hilt students as a pass-thru.
22 June, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China Beige Book, HSBC Manufacturing PMI Paint Diametrically Opposing Pictures Of China’s Economy
China Beige Book, HSBC Manufacturing PMI Paint Diametrically Opposing Pictures Of China’s Economy
S&P 500 futures are jumping exuberantly as Japan and China PMIs print above expectations and back in expansion territory (Japan best in 3 months, China best in 7 months). This is China’s best 2-month PMI rise since Oct 2010 (which makes perfect sense amid the collapsing housing market and CCFD ponzi probe) – which provides the perfect propaganda meme that targeted RRR cuts workl. However, while stocks don;t care to scratch the surface, there are 2 glaring similarities that could become a problem.
