29 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Dollar subdued as Fed drives home patience message
Dollar subdued as Fed drives home patience message
The dollar started pretty much where it closed after Yellen assured investors rates rises will occur at a gradual pace.
29 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Here’s Which Emerging Markets Are Most Vulnerable To "External Shock"
Here’s Which Emerging Markets Are Most Vulnerable To "External Shock"
With a no longer “patient” Fed set for “liftoff” sometime this year, some observers (including IMF chief Christine Lagarde) are bracing for emerging market turbulence. A new paper from the Center for Global Development attempts to discern which EMs are most vulnerable to an “external shock” (be it geopolitical or financial) and also seeks to determine which countries are more prepared to weather a storm now than they were pre-crisis.
29 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Five Ways to Gamify Your Finances
Five Ways to Gamify Your Finances
Managing money can be stressful — make it into a game instead.
29 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Tobacco companies to meet with FTC ahead of merger decision
The Wall Street Journal: Tobacco companies to meet with FTC ahead of merger decision
Reynolds and Lorillard are expected to meet this week with members of Federal Trade Commission ahead of a final decision by the agency on whether to allow the companies to merge, reports The Wall Street Journal.
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29 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Can you measure GDP if ownership is over?
Can you measure GDP if ownership is over?
The steady advance of technology is making ownership of assets less attractive and economic growth ever harder to measure.
29 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on A ‘Miner’ Problem, $2 Billion In Negative Working Capital
A ‘Miner’ Problem, $2 Billion In Negative Working Capital
In a lengthy bear market for mining stocks, there have been repeated calls by pundits for the culling of hundreds of companies that have been unable to raise new money or generate shareholder value. This piece of the capitulation process, some say, is what is needed to put confidence back in the market so that the bull cycle can start again.
29 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Facebook woos Chinese advertisers
The Wall Street Journal: Facebook woos Chinese advertisers
Facebook is hiring in Hong Kong, has tapped a second local partner to reach advertisers and is waging a charm campaign to draw more business from Chinese companies, even though Chinese users can’t access its service.