10 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Using a Credit Card for Financial Emergencies: Rarely a Smart Move
Using a Credit Card for Financial Emergencies: Rarely a Smart Move
Here are several reasons why credit cards should not be used for emergencies.
10 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Analysts Don’t Think HBO Now Will Kill Cable
Analysts Don’t Think HBO Now Will Kill Cable
Time Warner’s premium network has gone over-the-top. Analysts at UBS don’t think it will make much of a difference to the cable industry.
10 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Paul Craig Roberts: Economic Disinformation Keeps Financial Markets Up
Paul Craig Roberts: Economic Disinformation Keeps Financial Markets Up
Submitted by Paul Craig Roberts,
Friday’s payroll jobs report is more of the same. The Bureau of Labor Statistics claims that 223,000 new jobs were created in April. Let’s accept the claim and see where the jobs are.
10 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japan first-quarter GDP growth seen moderate, weak consumption a concern
Japan first-quarter GDP growth seen moderate, weak consumption a concern
Japan’s economy was expected to post a second straight quarter of moderate growth in January-March, led by a pickup in exports and business investment, a Reuters poll found, pointing if realized to a steady recovery from recession after last year’s sales tax hike. Annual expansion of 1.5 percent in gross domestic product (GDP) would match the rate of growth in October-December, translating into a quarterly increase of 0.4 percent, unchanged from the prior quarter, the Reuters poll of 22 economists found.
10 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on IMF Preparing Greek Default Contingency Plan
IMF Preparing Greek Default Contingency Plan
The biggest slow motion trainwreck in history, one that everyone knows how it ends just not when (especially since the “when” is about 5 years overdue), that of the Greek sovereign default may just got a bit more exciting earlier today when the WSJ reported that the IMF can no longer lie – like Mario Draghi did to Zero H
10 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Caixin Online: China to tar officials ‘for life’ over pollution problems
Caixin Online: China to tar officials ‘for life’ over pollution problems
China will start holding officials accountable for the entirety of their lives for pollution problems that occur on their watch, reports Caixin Online.
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10 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China To Build Military Base In Africa Next To Critical Oil Transit Choke Point
China To Build Military Base In Africa Next To Critical Oil Transit Choke Point
One year ago, we reported that while the west was scrambling to assure the world that it wasn’t collapsing courtesy of record central bank debt monetization even as number of people not in the US labor force steadily approaches 100 million, while peripheral Europe is saddled with 25% unemployment and 50%+ youth unemployment (but… but.. the stock markets are at all time highs), China was busy colonizing a new continent not only infrastructurally…..