24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Roche to buy InterMune for $8.3 billion
The Wall Street Journal: Roche to buy InterMune for $8.3 billion
Roche says it will pay $8.3 billion for a California biotech firm that has yet to turn a profit on a new drug to treat a deadly lung disease, the latest gamble by a pharmaceutical giant to buy its way into a lucrative corner of the industry.
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24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Immigration For Republicans
Immigration For Republicans
Submitted by Keith Weiner via Acting-Man blog,
24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China Plans To Unveil Domestic "Operating System" In October
China Plans To Unveil Domestic "Operating System" In October
With Russia pushing to end its government’s dependency on Microsoft’s Operating System, it is perhaps not surprising (especially following the various raids that have been undertaken) that another BRICS member, as Reuters reports, China could have a new homegrown operating system by October to take on imported rivals such as Microsoft, Goog
24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Burger King may buy Canada’s Tim Hortons to cut its taxes
The Wall Street Journal: Burger King may buy Canada’s Tim Hortons to cut its taxes
Burger King is in talks to buy Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons in a deal that would be structured as a so-called tax inversion and move the hamburger seller’s base to Canada.
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24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Burger King in merger talks with Tim Hortons
Burger King in merger talks with Tim Hortons
Burger King is in talks to combine with Tim Hortons in a deal that would create a powerhouse with a market capitalization of roughly $18 billion.
24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Local Paper Sums Up Jackson Hole Perfectly
Local Paper Sums Up Jackson Hole Perfectly
There was something missing at this year’s Jackson Hole meeting of the world’s most ‘brilliant’ monetary minds – a stock market rally – and while VIX was slammed lower (by mysterious forces assuming that uncertainty must have fallen), even the local rag understood i) the context – Yellen did not even make the main headline in The Jackson Hole Daily (the ‘common folk’ preferring something far more – or less – trivial, like the weather); and ii) All she has done is raise uncert
