7 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why the United States Is Moving Slowly on Renewable Energy, Explained in 2 Charts
Why the United States Is Moving Slowly on Renewable Energy, Explained in 2 Charts
Are you willing to pay twice as much for your power? Because that’s what’s happening in countries rushing into rewnewables.
7 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Six in 10 Americans lack savings for emergencies
Six in 10 Americans lack savings for emergencies
More than 60 percent of Americans do not have enough rainy day savings for even minor mishaps, a new study finds.
7 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on At CES, virtual reality gets ready to invade your home
At CES, virtual reality gets ready to invade your home
Startups like Virtuix are ready to ship virtual reality platforms to your living room.
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7 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Paris Attack Suspects "Located", Liberation Reports
Paris Attack Suspects "Located", Liberation Reports
Update: Liberation now backtracking on the arrest report, saying this instead:
The Interior Ministry denied the arrest of the suspects, but police sources, it was confirmed their location and identification.
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7 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The “Strange Attractor” Returns: S&P Back To End Of QE3 Level, Crude Dumps 40% Since
The “Strange Attractor” Returns: S&P Back To End Of QE3 Level, Crude Dumps 40% Since
Back on October 31, when QE3 officially ended (if only to be immediately replaced with both a boost to the BOJ’s own monetization and the frontrunning of the ECB’s QE), many predicted that the uncanny correlation of the Fed’s balance sheet with the S&P would no longer be applicable. And indeed, for a few weeks, even as the Fed’s balance sheet had stopped growing (delayed settlements that hit the H.4.1 are just that, and not indicative of actual open market purchases) the S&P continued to rise, hitting a level just shy of 2100 in the days before the new year.
7 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Economic Report: Fed shelves one exit-tool idea: segregated accounts
Economic Report: Fed shelves one exit-tool idea: segregated accounts
With little explanation, Fed officials said they were shelving an idea that would have allowed banks to set up segregated accounts for excess reserves.
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7 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Tell: Why stock investors should stop worrying and learn to love falling oil
The Tell: Why stock investors should stop worrying and learn to love falling oil
Falling oil prices have been blamed for a recent weakness in stocks, but the high degree of correlation between the two asset classes is actually weakening toward their historical levels of moving more independent of one another.
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