10 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Is Minecraft Microsoft’s winning ticket in mobile?
Is Minecraft Microsoft’s winning ticket in mobile?
Microsoft’s potential purchase of Mojanj could be the winning ticket to expanding its mobile business, analysts said.
10 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: U.S. to lead coalition against Islamic State, Obama says
The Wall Street Journal: U.S. to lead coalition against Islamic State, Obama says
President Barack Obama is authorizing the start of airstrikes in Syria and expanding the monthlong bombing campaign in Iraq to “degrade and ultimately destroy” Islamist militants who recently beheaded two Americans.
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10 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Great Inflation
The Great Inflation
For God’s sake will people stop talking about inflation! Especially you inflation “truthers” who insist the BLS is lying and the actual inflation rate is between 7% and 10%. Those are the sorts of rates we averaged during the Great Inflation of 1965-81. For those too young to remember, a little history lesson:
10 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Era Of Widespread Biometric Indentification And Microchip Implants Is Here
The Era Of Widespread Biometric Indentification And Microchip Implants Is Here
Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,
10 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asia Markets: Hong Kong stocks fall on U.S. losses, China growth concerns
Asia Markets: Hong Kong stocks fall on U.S. losses, China growth concerns
Hong Kong stocks tumble, hurt by declines on Wall Street overnight and worries about Chinese economy triggered by Premier Li’s comments.
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10 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Goldman Declares The "End Of The Iron Age"
Goldman Declares The "End Of The Iron Age"
Back in the summer of 2008, when crude seemed poised to take out $150, Goldman decided to declare the start of a commodity supercycle and boosted its oil price forecast to $200. Shortly thereafter crude cratered, plunging to the low double digits, and causing many to scratch their heads whether Goldman was merely taking advantage of the pre-Lehman panic to sell into the euphoria. The same questions, but inverted, will likely follow today’s just as seminal note, one which this time calls for the end of a supercycle, this time of iron, with “The end of the Iron Age.”
10 September, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asian shares tread cautiously after Obama speech
Asian shares tread cautiously after Obama speech
President Barack Obama vowed to fight Islamic State militants, while the dollar pulled away from six-year highs against the yen. Obama told Americans in a speech late on Wednesday that he had authorized U.S. He said he would hunt down Islamic State militants “wherever they are.” While overnight gains on Wall Street underpinned shares, the risk-averse mood helped push MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged down slightly.