20 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Things That Make You Go Hmmm… Like A ‘Run’ On The Gold ‘Bank’
Things That Make You Go Hmmm… Like A ‘Run’ On The Gold ‘Bank’
Things That Make You Go Hmmm: Signing Off
By Grant Williams On Christmas Eve 1979, 27 days before I became a teenager, in a surburban street in Moseley in Britain’s West Midlands, a group of musicians put the finishing touches on their debut album.
The musicians — Brian Travers, Astro, James Brown (no, not that one), Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, Mickey Virtue, and twins Ali and Robin Campbell — had a unique approach to the music business.
20 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 7 Strategies for Growing Your Savings Account to $1 Million
7 Strategies for Growing Your Savings Account to $1 Million
These days, having $1 million to your name is nowhere near as impressive as it used to be. And yet, putting away $1 million in a savings account is a major goal that requires a solid plan of attack to reach.
20 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Biggest Problem With Social Security Isn’t Shrinking Reserves — It’s This
The Biggest Problem With Social Security Isn’t Shrinking Reserves — It’s This
A shrinking Social Security Trust Fund rightly has Americans worried about the future of the nation’s largest social program. However, there’s something else we should be much more concerned about.
20 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on This Google Music Update Should Have Apple Scared
This Google Music Update Should Have Apple Scared
A recent update to Google Music gives the service a major advantage over its closest competitors.
20 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Two NYPD Cops Murdered In "Execution Style" Ambush, Shooter Commits Suicide – Live Coverage
Two NYPD Cops Murdered In "Execution Style" Ambush, Shooter Commits Suicide – Live Coverage
The simmering cold war involving the NYPD and various elements of New York’s population just went nuclear when a little before 3:00 PM, reports hit that two NYPD officers were shot in their patrol car, and subsequently died, in what has been dubbed an “execution style” ambush in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy area. The alleged shooter was chased by police and subsequently died of a self-inflicted gun wound.
Two Police Officers have been shot in the 79 pct. please pray for them
20 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Last U.S. holiday shopping weekend off to solid start
Last U.S. holiday shopping weekend off to solid start
Shoppers filled up malls and department stores on the last weekend before Christmas, as the weather cooperated to help raise the prospect of a solid finish to a holiday season that has so far produced …
20 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on A Funny Thing Happened To Oil Prices When Nixon Killed The Gold Standard
A Funny Thing Happened To Oil Prices When Nixon Killed The Gold Standard
For the past 150 years, crude oil prices have varied between around $10 per barrel and around $120 per barrel. For many decades, oil prices were relatively “stable” but a funny thing happened in the early 70s and everything changed – whether coincidental or causative the linkages between the oil crisis and Nixon’s Gold-Standard-busting of Bretton Woods are clear in the chart below.