27 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Want to study abroad? Oxford and Harvard top the rankings
Want to study abroad? Oxford and Harvard top the rankings
U.S. News and World Report compiled a new top 500 global universities rankings after the U.S.
27 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Home prices see largest annual jump since 2005
Home prices see largest annual jump since 2005
It’s looking like 2005 again — at least when it comes to home price appreciation.
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27 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Movers & Shakers: Facebook, Coach, Pfizer earnings in focus
Movers & Shakers: Facebook, Coach, Pfizer earnings in focus
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday’s session are Facebook, Coach, and Pfizer.
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27 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asian shares drift lower, Fed meeting awaited
Asian shares drift lower, Fed meeting awaited
The Fed is expected to announce the completion of its quantitative easing program after a two-day meeting starting later in the session and will likely reinforce its stated willingness to wait a long while before hiking interest rates after a volatile month in financial markets. “With the end of the asset purchase program a foregone conclusion, speculation is once again mounting about the movement of interest rates,” said Evan Lucas, market strategist at IG.
27 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japan retail sales growth accelerates, offering signs of recovery
Japan retail sales growth accelerates, offering signs of recovery
Japanese retail sales growth accelerated for the third straight month in September in an encouraging sign that consumer spending could be strong enough to absorb a second sales tax increase scheduled for next year. Consumer spending has disappointed since the government raised the sales tax once in April, so evidence that a durable turnaround is imminent could make it easier for Tokyo to go ahead with a second hike in the tax to boost revenue for welfare spending.
27 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on To Protect and Perve – California Cops Share Nude Photos Stolen From Citizens’ Cellphones
To Protect and Perve – California Cops Share Nude Photos Stolen From Citizens’ Cellphones
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
27 October, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on A Chinese Soft-Landing Will Inevitably Lead To A "Very Brutal Hard Landing", Pettis Warns
A Chinese Soft-Landing Will Inevitably Lead To A "Very Brutal Hard Landing", Pettis Warns
Excerpted from Goldman Sachs interview with Michael Pettis,
Allison Nathan: Given how daunting some of these challenges seem to be, is China heading for a hard landing?
Michael Pettis:
I think the soft landing/hard landing debate misrepresents the structure of Chinese growth.
China’s options are not a soft landing of 6-7% growth for the rest of the decade or a hard landing of growth below 5%.