10 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Stocks, currencies count down to Greek meetings
Stocks, currencies count down to Greek meetings
Asian stock markets were subdued on Wednesday while major currencies barely budged as looming euro zone meetings to discuss the Greek debt crisis overshadowed a firmer finish on Wall Street. China’s central bank on Tuesday said it was ready to fight a downturn, while not taking excessive risks with credit creation. Australia’s main index (.AXJO) slipped 0.6 percent even as a survey showing consumer confidence had surged to 13-month peaks in the wake of last week’s cut in domestic interest rates.
10 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Political Masters Of Parallel Universes
Political Masters Of Parallel Universes
10 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Caixin Online: Alibaba using police as its ‘thugs,’ says Chinese critic
Caixin Online: Alibaba using police as its ‘thugs,’ says Chinese critic
A webmaster in China’s Shenzhen accuses police officers from a city some 800 miles away of being the thugs of Alibaba Group after he was detained and told he should not be putting articles critical of the e-commerce giant, Caixin Online reports.
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10 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Too Big To Sail? Container Ship Cost-Cutting Creates Potential Of "Nightmare" Catastrophe
Too Big To Sail? Container Ship Cost-Cutting Creates Potential Of "Nightmare" Catastrophe
We remarked on the first notable casualty of the collapse of global trade and with it the cost of shipping freight last week when the first of the bulk shipping bankruptcies occurred, but as The South China Morning Post reports, over the past 10 years, shipping lines have endlessly invested in newer, larger vessels – flooding the market with additional capacity – yet th
10 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Keys To The Gold Vaults At The New York Fed ‘Coin Bars’, ‘Melts’ And The Bundesbank
The Keys To The Gold Vaults At The New York Fed ‘Coin Bars’, ‘Melts’ And The Bundesbank
Submitted by Ronan Manly of BullionStar
The Keys to the Gold Vaults at the New York Fed – Part 3: ‘Coin Bars’, ‘Melts’ and the Bundesbank
10 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NBC suspends Brian Williams for six months with no pay
NBC suspends Brian Williams for six months with no pay
NBC News is suspending Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of its “Nightly News” program, without pay for six months.
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10 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Top oil analyst: The worst is yet to come
Top oil analyst: The worst is yet to come
Oil prices will get a heck of a lot worse before they get better, a top industry analyst said on Tuesday.