12 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NewsWatch: Earnings under pressure from stronger U.S. dollar
NewsWatch: Earnings under pressure from stronger U.S. dollar
Investors will start finding out if a stronger U.S.
12 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on French bank, Twitter team up for money transfers via tweets
French bank, Twitter team up for money transfers via tweets
PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – One of France’s largest banks is teaming up with social network Twitter Inc. (TWTR.N) this week to allow its customers to transfer money via tweets. The move by Groupe BPCE [BPCE.UL], France’s second largest bank by customers, coincides with Twitter’s own push into the world of online payments as the social network seeks new sources of revenue beyond advertising. Twitter is racing other tech giants Apple (AAPL.O) and Facebook (FB.O) to get a foothold in new payment services for mobile phones or apps.
12 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Canadian Pacific approached CSX about merger: WSJ
Canadian Pacific approached CSX about merger: WSJ
It added that it was unclear if Canadian Pacific has shelved the plan. Canadian Pacific spokesman Martin Cej and CSX spokeswoman Melanie Cost both told Reuters their companies do not comment on market rumors. Canadian Pacific, Canada’s No. 2 railway by revenue, has a market value of about $32 billion, while Florida-based CSX, the No. 3 U.S. Activist investor William Ackman is on Canadian Pacific’s board and his hedge fund has a big stake in the company.
12 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Capitol Report: Campaigns find space for Internet ads booked up: report
Capitol Report: Campaigns find space for Internet ads booked up: report
A New York Times report details how political campaigns and outside groups are finding premium space for advertising on the Internet booked up ahead of the midterm elections.
12 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Hussman Warns Beware ZIRP "Hot Potatoes": Examine All Risk Exposures
Hussman Warns Beware ZIRP "Hot Potatoes": Examine All Risk Exposures
Excerpted from John Hussman’s Weekly Market Comment,
Present conditions create an urgency to examine all risk exposures. Once overvalued, overbought, overbullish extremes are joined by deterioration in market internals and trend-uniformity, one finds a narrow set comprising less than 5% of history that contains little but abrupt air-pockets, free-falls, and crashes.
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12 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why Facebook Could Become the World’s Biggest Healthcare Network
Why Facebook Could Become the World’s Biggest Healthcare Network
12 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Texas health worker tests positive for Ebola; more cases feared
The Wall Street Journal: Texas health worker tests positive for Ebola; more cases feared
A health-care worker who cared for the Ebola patient who died last week in Dallas has preliminarily tested positive for the disease, Texas health officials say, in what is likely to have been the first known transmission in the U.S.
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