24 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Financial Feudalism
Financial Feudalism
24 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Biotech Down 5% In Three Days
Biotech Down 5% In Three Days
The stock market registered its second consecutive decline on Tuesday with the S&P 500 retreating 0.6%. Equity indices traded near their flat lines through the first half of the day before sliding to lows during afternoon action. All ten sectors finished the day in negative territory with technology (-0.3%) registering the slimmest loss.
24 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on US House Votes 348-48 To Arm Ukraine, Russia Warns Lethal Aid Will "Explode The Whole Situation"
US House Votes 348-48 To Arm Ukraine, Russia Warns Lethal Aid Will "Explode The Whole Situation"
Yesterday, in a vote that largely slid under the radar, the House of Representatives passed a resolution urging Obama to send lethal aid to Ukraine, providing offensive, not just “defensive” weapons to the Ukraine army – the same insolvent, hyperinflating Ukraine which, with a Caa3/CC credit rating, last week started preparations to issue sovereign debt with a US guarantee, in essence making it a part of the United States (something the US previously did as a favor to Egypt before the Mus
24 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "Belief That European QE Will Work Is Far-Fetched," Bill White Warns This Will "End Very Badly"
"Belief That European QE Will Work Is Far-Fetched," Bill White Warns This Will "End Very Badly"
As the title of Hinde Capital’s latest note ascribes, we are on “The Road to Nowhere,” and this excellent discussion with former BIS Economic Adviser (and teller-of-the-truth) William White explains it all..
24 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why Is RetailMeNot Offering Fake Discounts?
Why Is RetailMeNot Offering Fake Discounts?
Online discount coupon site runs afoul of MLM retailer that doesn’t offer direct-to-consumer sales.
24 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 3G Capital in talks to scoop up Kraft Foods: WSJ
3G Capital in talks to scoop up Kraft Foods: WSJ
Private-equity player 3G Capital — whose last big buy was Heinz — is in talks to acquire Kraft Foods, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
24 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Canadian Housing Bubble Has Begun To Burst
The Canadian Housing Bubble Has Begun To Burst
Don’t look now but slumping crude prices are hitting the Canadian housing market like a freight train. Energy accounts for 10% of Canadian GDP and around 25% of exports and the swift fall in oil prices is having a profound effect in the nation’s oil producing regions. Take Calgary for instance, where single-family home sales fell 34% last month.