14 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on U.S. court affirms SEC stance on withholding Wall Street arbitration records
U.S. court affirms SEC stance on withholding Wall Street arbitration records
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not have to release records about its supervision of Wall Street’s arbitration process to a group of investors’ lawyers, a federal appeals court ruled on …
14 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Nokia says vanishing consumer brand may return
Nokia says vanishing consumer brand may return
Don’t call it a comeback yet. But Nokia is thinking about how to revive its brand name in consumer markets just months after selling off its former flagship mobile phones business to Microsoft for more …
14 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Google Glass future clouded as some early believers lose faith
Google Glass future clouded as some early believers lose faith
After two years of popping up at high-profile events sporting Google Glass, the gadget that transforms eyeglasses into spy-movie worthy technology, Google co-founder Sergey Brin sauntered bare-faced into …
14 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Halliburton takes steps to unseat Baker Hughes board as bid takes hostile turn
The Wall Street Journal: Halliburton takes steps to unseat Baker Hughes board as bid takes hostile turn
Halliburton moved Friday to overthrow the board of rival Baker Hughes, after merger talks between the oil-services companies hit an impasse.
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14 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Baker Hughes says Halliburton plots bid to replace its board
Baker Hughes says Halliburton plots bid to replace its board
Going hostile? Baker Hughes says larger rival Halliburton has said it will attempt to replace its board next spring as deal talks hit a logjam.
14 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Wrong question, wrong answer
Wrong question, wrong answer
John Cochrane has a new piece in the WSJ, criticizing the widespread concern over deflation risks, especially in Europe. I have mixed feelings about this whole enterprise. I’ve repeatedly argued that inflation doesn’t matter, and that economists should just stop talking about inflation (and deflation.) But they obviously won’t stop, and hence I guess I can’t blame Cochrane for responding to the often incoherent discussion.
14 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Dear Portugal, Meet Your New Landlord – China
Dear Portugal, Meet Your New Landlord – China
With Wall Street having bid real estate prices to the moon in the US (and become Spain’s biggest slumlord), and handed them happily over to willing Chinese ‘get-my-money-out-of-China’ buyer greater-fools, it would appear the Chinese (having coloniz