19 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on This is NOT Fair!
This is NOT Fair!
By Chris at www.CapitalistExploits.at
Looking back on my own childhood I reckon raising kids must have been a piece of cake. Parents let their kids wander off to the nearest state school where justice was swift and harsh. Caning was all the rage and I certainly got my fair share. It was all pretty fair. You screw up, you get caned. Easy enough to understand.
19 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China, Japan stocks up as Beijing steps up stimulus
China, Japan stocks up as Beijing steps up stimulus
Stock markets in China and Japan rose on Monday after Beijing’s latest stimulus to shore up the world’s second-largest economy underpinned sentiment and helped limit losses across the rest of Asia. China’s central bank on Sunday cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves, the second industry-wide cut in two months, adding more liquidity to bolster slowing growth. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down about 0.1 percent, after ascending to a fresh seven-year peak in the previous session.
19 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Morgan Stanley, NY attorney general in $500-million talks to settle probe: WSJ.com
Morgan Stanley, NY attorney general in $500-million talks to settle probe: WSJ.com
Morgan Stanley is in discussions to pay $500 million to settle an investigation by New York’s attorney general into whether the Wall Street bank misled investors in taking mortgage bonds that lost value during the financial crisis, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday in its online edition, citing people familiar with the matter. A deal with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman would likely include some cash from Morgan Stanley as well as consumer relief, the report said.
19 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Chilling Thing Blackstone Said about the Oil Bust
The Chilling Thing Blackstone Said about the Oil Bust
Wolf Richter www.wolfstreet.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter
Regardless of how troubled oil and gas companies are, “if the assets are good, someone will own them,” explained David Foley, senior managing director of Blackstone Energy Partners.
19 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on American Justice? FBI Lab Overstated 95% Of Forensic Hair Matches (Including 32 Death Sentences)
American Justice? FBI Lab Overstated 95% Of Forensic Hair Matches (Including 32 Death Sentences)
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
The Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered evidence against criminal defendants over more than a two-decade period before 2000.
19 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on U.S. Dollar: Evidence of Important Top
U.S. Dollar: Evidence of Important Top
The U.S. Dollar has been chopping around it’s recent high for over a month, and we think it is probably topping out after a major advance. While the current EMA structure is still strongly bullish (50EMA above the 200EMA, and 20EMA above the 50EMA), we can see some technical deterioration in our indicators. (We use UUP as a surrogate for the dollar.)
19 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Chinese Stocks Pump’n’Dump After RRR Cut, Retrace Friday’s Crash
Chinese Stocks Pump’n’Dump After RRR Cut, Retrace Friday’s Crash
After crashing 6-7% on Friday (depending on which Chinese stock index you prefer) – all after the cash markets closed in China – thanks to today’s major RRR cut, China stock futures are up 7% from Friday’s US session close.