4 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Argentina’s president mocks Chinese accent
The Wall Street Journal: Argentina’s president mocks Chinese accent
Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner, under pressure here over the case of a dead Argentine prosecutor, courts new controversy on a state visit to China when she mocked Chinese accents.
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4 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Movers & Shakers: Sprint, Twitter, LinkedIn, GoPro earnings in focus
Movers & Shakers: Sprint, Twitter, LinkedIn, GoPro earnings in focus
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are Sprint, Twitter, LinkedIn, and GoPro.
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4 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Alibaba tries out drone delivery in China
Alibaba tries out drone delivery in China
In a move possibly meant to catch up with foreign counterparts such as Amazon, Alibaba Group’s Taobao — the largest online-shopping website in China — is testing the use of drones to deliver goods.
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4 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Margin: One Brit discovers why Americans are so fat
The Margin: One Brit discovers why Americans are so fat
America is bursting at the seams, with more than a third of the country’s population is overweight, and a newly viral thread from one British national offers a new take on the problem.
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4 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Sony stock soars on strongest result in decade
Sony stock soars on strongest result in decade
Sony’s preliminary quarterly results have been lauded as a “once in a decade turnaround,” sending its shares soaring by as much as 18 percent.
4 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Guest Post: Organizing Against Tyranny
Guest Post: Organizing Against Tyranny
4 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Latest US Invasion Of Iraq Begins: US Military Search And Rescue Teams Arrive In Northern Iraq
The Latest US Invasion Of Iraq Begins: US Military Search And Rescue Teams Arrive In Northern Iraq
Despite numerous explanations that no boots-on-the-ground will be on-the-ground in Iraq in the war against Islamic State, it appears, as CNN reports, that the US military has moved Search-and-Rescue (S&R) assets to Northern Iraq as part of a “constant rebalancing” depending on the evolving airstrike-only mission.