17 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: BATS moves toward another try at IPO
The Wall Street Journal: BATS moves toward another try at IPO
BATS Global Markets, one of the country’s three big stock-exchange operators, is preparing to replace its chief executive officer as it lays the groundwork to take another stab at an IPO, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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17 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fossil’s Shares Tumble As Earnings Miss the Mark
Fossil’s Shares Tumble As Earnings Miss the Mark
17 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Creepy, Calculating & Controlling: All the Ways Big Brother Is Watching You
Creepy, Calculating & Controlling: All the Ways Big Brother Is Watching You
Submitted by John Whitehead vbia The Rutherford Institute,
“You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.”—George Orwell, 1984
17 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on This leader’s ‘self-loving’ suit up for auction
This leader’s ‘self-loving’ suit up for auction
India PM Narendra Modi’s monogrammed pinstripe suit will go under the hammer on Wednesday after becoming a subject of controversy.
17 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Nigel Farage On "The Great Game Of Poker Over The Future of The Euro"
Nigel Farage On "The Great Game Of Poker Over The Future of The Euro"
“There is a great game of poker taking place for the future of this currency,” Nigel Farage exclaims as he deservedly takes a small victory lap over his warnings of the anti-democratic nature of the dis-union that has been created. As his warnings that “the EU will crush, and kill, and destroy nation state democracy,” have gone unheeded, this last week has seen The Eurogroup’s behavior justify everything Farage has feared… Juncker: “there can be no democratic choice against the Euro.”
Farage at his best…
17 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on When Volatility and Debt Collide
When Volatility and Debt Collide
A question to begin today’s discussion… Which is riskier: corporate or public debt?
If I lend $1,000 to my neighbour and take his bicycle worth $1,000 as collateral, which is what pawn brokers do, I have a quantifiable risk. I also have collateral which I can trust. I can see, feel and touch the bicycle.
When you lend money to a business in most instances you actually have a lien over the business and its assets. Even if the business is insolvent, as a bond holder you stand in line ahead of any creditors.
17 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Apocalypse How? Scientists Unveil 12 Risks That Threaten Human Existence
Apocalypse How? Scientists Unveil 12 Risks That Threaten Human Existence
From ‘Armageddon’ to ‘Day After Tomorrow’ to ‘Independence Day’, many have speculated as to the eventual demise of human life on the planet but – according to Dennis Pamlin of the Global Challenges Foundation, no scientists had “compiled a list of global risks with impacts that, for all practical purposes, can be called infinite,” until now.