31 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Union strikes at 9 US refineries amid contract war
Union strikes at 9 US refineries amid contract war
Union leaders called strikes on Sunday at nine U.S. refineries in a bid to pressure oil companies to agree to a new national contract.
31 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The house that Ira Rennert built
The house that Ira Rennert built
Lots of billionaires own huge houses in the Hamptons. Ira Rennert’s is in a league of its own.
His estate, called Fair Field, is said to sport 29 bedrooms, 39 bathrooms, three dining rooms, three…
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31 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on GM and China’s SAIC to push into Indonesia
GM and China’s SAIC to push into Indonesia
General Motors and Chinese partner SAIC Motor Corp will soon announce a joint push into Indonesia.
31 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Islamic State says it beheaded second Japanese hostage
Islamic State says it beheaded second Japanese hostage
Islamic State militants said they had beheaded a second Japanese hostage, journalist Kenji Goto.
31 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The German 10 Year Bund Effectively a Call Option at 30 Basis Points
The German 10 Year Bund Effectively a Call Option at 30 Basis Points
31 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on As Podemos rises, will Spain become the next Greece?
As Podemos rises, will Spain become the next Greece?
Tens of thousands marched in Madrid on Saturday in the biggest show of support yet for Spanish anti-austerity party Podemos ahead of elections.
31 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Socialist Exceptionalism
Socialist Exceptionalism
“In the minds of the statists, “Government Works Better” and ‘things’ work at the surface; but at the core, it’s a disaster… The Americans that look to the government to ‘save’ them – and even gleefully thank the government for helping bail them out – fail to realize that it was the government that f##ked them in the first place…”
Simply put, “debt-financed socialism and corporatism isn’t working” and a day of reckoning is coming…