2 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Caixin Online: Alibaba meets with China regulator, but its problems remain
Caixin Online: Alibaba meets with China regulator, but its problems remain
The meeting between Alibaba and its critical regulator may do little to contain the fallout from the high-profile feud, as neither party addressed the crucial questions, writes Caixin Online.
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2 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Persistently Over-Optimistic Fed Admits There Is Persistent Over-Optimism About The US Economy
Persistently Over-Optimistic Fed Admits There Is Persistent Over-Optimism About The US Economy
In a stunningly honest reflection on itself (and its peer group of professional prognosticating panderers), The Federal Reserve’s San Francisco research group finds that – just as we have pointed out again and again – that since 2007, FOMC
2 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asia shares extend U.S. rally on Greece optimism
Asia shares extend U.S. rally on Greece optimism
Markets in Asia extended a rally on Wall Street as traders cheered early indications Greece may strike an agreement with its creditors, as well as rising oil prices.
2 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Cramer: Let me be clear about oil
Cramer: Let me be clear about oil
The picture in petroleum is beginning to clear up for “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer.
2 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Craig Stephen’s This Week in China: China debt party nears the end of road
Craig Stephen’s This Week in China: China debt party nears the end of road
As China enters its third year of slowing growth, there is growing concern the debt reckoning cannot be kicked down the road any longer, and the days of almost unlimited risk-free credit are coming to a close, writes Craig Stephen.
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2 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on History In The Balance: Why Greece Must Repudiate Its "Banker Bailout" Debts And Exit The Euro
History In The Balance: Why Greece Must Repudiate Its "Banker Bailout" Debts And Exit The Euro
Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog,
Now and again history reaches an inflection point. Statesman and mere politicians, as the case may be, find themselves confronted with fraught circumstances and stark choices. February 2015 is one such moment.
2 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Project Syndicate: What the market doom-and-gloomers fail to grasp about anemic growth
Project Syndicate: What the market doom-and-gloomers fail to grasp about anemic growth
Pseudo-economists and market hacks have been predicting hyperinflation and the collapse of the dollar.