31 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 2014 Greatest Hits: Presenting The Most Popular Posts Of The Past Year
2014 Greatest Hits: Presenting The Most Popular Posts Of The Past Year
A quick glance at the 20 most popular stories of 2014 as determined by you, our readers, shows something troubling: despite the just concluded 6th consecutive year of a rising S&P 500 – the longest such stretch since 1999 of what otherwise would be deemed optimism – despite what should be a steadily improving economy and improving social and economic conditions, what readers founds most fascinating, and troubling, was the increasing preponderance of social disobedience, of covert, proxy or outright wars, and of civil unrest: all phenomena that accompany a world sliding deeper into
31 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on BitAuto, Avago Among 2014’s Top World Stocks Winners
BitAuto, Avago Among 2014’s Top World Stocks Winners
A fascinating year for global markets and economies has driven IBD’s evolving list of Top World Stocks. As always, some stocks mentioned on the list and in the International Leaders columns proved out and booked significant gains. Others sputtered. Here are a few of the winners among the 2014 Top World Stocks alumni. BitAuto Holdings (BITA), a China-based provider of automotive information and services, appeared on the Jan.
31 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Ambac sues Bank of America over Countrywide mortgage bonds
Ambac sues Bank of America over Countrywide mortgage bonds
Ambac Assurance Corp sued Bank of America Corp to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars of losses from insuring roughly $1.68 billion of securities backed at least in part by risky mortgages from the …
31 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Tesco remuneration committee head to step down
Tesco remuneration committee head to step down
The head of the remuneration committee at scandal-hit British grocer Tesco PLC , Stuart Chambers, is set to step down, Tesco said on Wednesday. Deanna Oppenheimer, a non-executive director, will succeed …
31 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fed forecasting tool calls for immediate rate hike, Plosser says
Fed forecasting tool calls for immediate rate hike, Plosser says
A forecasting tool developed by the Federal Reserve recommends that U.S. interest rates should be hiked immediately to keep pace with the improving economy, according to a paper by the soon-to-retire Philadelphia …
31 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Boeing appears to hit 111 of 787 deliveries for 2014, tops target
Boeing appears to hit 111 of 787 deliveries for 2014, tops target
Boeing Co appears to have delivered 111 of its 787 Dreamliners in 2014, topping its forecast of 110, after the company said on Wednesday it had delivered Etihad Airways’ first 787-9 jet. Boeing, the world’s …
31 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on U.S. pending home sales rise modestly in November
U.S. pending home sales rise modestly in November
Contracts to buy previously owned U.S. homes rose only modestly in November, pointing to a still-sluggish housing market despite several months of stronger economic growth and hiring. The National Association …