24 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Top Ebola Scientists: Ebola More Likely to be Spread by Aerosol In Cold, Dry Conditions than In Hot, Humid Africa
Top Ebola Scientists: Ebola More Likely to be Spread by Aerosol In Cold, Dry Conditions than In Hot, Humid Africa
We’ve repeatedly warned that this strain of Ebola might be spread by aerosols.
But there is a fascinating and terrifying wrinkle to this …
You might assume that hot, steamy places would be more likely to spread deadly germs than developed countries. But the opposite might be true.
24 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Inside Schwab
Inside Schwab
In his six years as head of brokerage Charles Schwab, Bettinger has doubled client assets to $2.4 trillion. He’s only getting started.
24 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Look to energy names for global demand clues
Look to energy names for global demand clues
Profit growth expectations for S&P 500 energy companies have fallen more than any other sector – from a forecast of 13.8 percent on July 1 to the current 1.8 percent, Thomson Reuters data showed. With various names due to report next week, including Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), Chevron (CVX.N), ConocoPhillips (COP.N) and National Oilwell Varco (NOV.N), there are hopes that executives will suggest that the fall in oil and share prices has overstated the outlook for these names.
24 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fannie Mae settles shareholder lawsuit for $170 million
Fannie Mae settles shareholder lawsuit for $170 million
Fannie Mae has reached a $170 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing it of misleading shareholders about its finances, risk management and mortgage exposure before it was seized by the U.S. government …
24 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Exclusive: Ford to overhaul Lincoln brand, this time with big bucks
Exclusive: Ford to overhaul Lincoln brand, this time with big bucks
Ford Motor Co’s (F.N) new chief executive, Mark Fields, is giving the automaker’s long-moribund Lincoln brand what his predecessor Alan Mulally never could: a little love and a lot of cash. Lincoln, a storied Detroit brand which Ford has owned since 1922, has been in a swoon for the past two decades, leaving dealers and customers wondering if Ford management had left the brand for dead.
24 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on U.S. appeals court rules for GM over Spyker’s Saab sale
U.S. appeals court rules for GM over Spyker’s Saab sale
Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Friday said Spyker failed to show GM intentionally interfered with the Dutch company’s effort to sell Saab to Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile Co, leading to Saab’s bankruptcy. GM had sold a majority of Saab to Spyker in 2010.
24 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Ex-Bank of New York Mellon employee pleads guilty to insider trading
Ex-Bank of New York Mellon employee pleads guilty to insider trading
A former Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK.N) employee on Friday pleaded guilty to insider trading based on tips from a former Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N) employee about potential pharmaceutical mergers. Federal prosecutors in New York said David Post, 41, a product manager at the bank, received nonpublic information from a former Rutgers Business School classmate about three companies: Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Ardea BioSciences and ViroPharma Inc [VIRO.UL].