1 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NewsWatch: Gasoline ‘tax cut’ in focus on energy, consumer-based earnings
NewsWatch: Gasoline ‘tax cut’ in focus on energy, consumer-based earnings
Investors will get a better idea of how much consumers used their so-called gasoline “tax cut” to fuel discretionary purchases this week as energy and consumer-oriented earnings figure heavily in this week’s results.
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1 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Free College Wasn’t Just A Give Away – It Was A Trial Balloon
Free College Wasn’t Just A Give Away – It Was A Trial Balloon
Over the past few weeks one could not escape the headline of the latest proposal to give away two years of community college. Everywhere it was debated by pundits whether it was a “good thing,” or a “bad idea”. “Who would, in the end, pay?” “Who would be eligible?” “Who wouldn’t? So on, and so forth. (for as we all know when you receive something for “free” there’s always a catch)
1 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Strong or weak economy? Markets and data disagree
Strong or weak economy? Markets and data disagree
Bond and oil are throwing off some very negative signals about the U.S. economy.
1 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Justice Department investigating Moody’s Investors Service: sources
The Wall Street Journal: Justice Department investigating Moody’s Investors Service: sources
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1 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Ukraine "Truce"? Tanks Are Rolling In Poland As NATO Plans Permanent Eastern European Bases
Ukraine "Truce"? Tanks Are Rolling In Poland As NATO Plans Permanent Eastern European Bases
With Ukraine, Germany, and France all expressing their concern this morning about “conflict escalation” between pro-Russian separatists and the Ukraine military, the so-called “truce” appears to be hanging by a thread of semanticism (despite OSCE’s please for respect of the cease-fire and the demarcation line).
1 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Europe Fractures: France "Prepared To Support Greece" In Debt Renegotiations
Europe Fractures: France "Prepared To Support Greece" In Debt Renegotiations
Despite Angela Merkel’s insistence on numerous occasions this past week that there will be “no debt renegotiations,” it appears a schism at the core of Europe is opening. As France24 reports, following a meeting between France’s finance minister Michel Sapin and Greece’s finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, the press conference had a considerably more amicable tone that Friday’s Dijsselbloem dissing.