17 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Country-of-origin meat labels face WTO decision
The Wall Street Journal: Country-of-origin meat labels face WTO decision
A fight over U.S.
17 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Movers & Shakers: Urban Outfitters, Agilent earnings in focus
Movers & Shakers: Urban Outfitters, Agilent earnings in focus
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Monday’s session are Urban Outfitters and Agilent Technologies.
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17 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China April home prices fuel hopes of bottoming out, but long road to recovery
China April home prices fuel hopes of bottoming out, but long road to recovery
China’s new home prices fell for the eighth consecutive month in April from a year earlier but were flat from March, adding to hopes that a property downturn which is weighing heavily on the economy is beginning to bottom out. Average new home prices in China’s 70 major cities dropped 6.1 percent last month from a year ago, the same rate of decline as in March, Reuters calculated from official data published on Monday.
17 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Guest Post: Why Syriza Will Blink
Guest Post: Why Syriza Will Blink
Authored by Anatole Kaletsy, originally posted at Project Syndicate,
Once again, Greece seems to have slipped the financial noose. By drawing on its holdings in an International Monetary Fund reserve account, it was able to repay €750 million ($851 million) – ironically to the IMF itself – just as the payment was falling due.
17 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Craig Stephen’s This Week in China: China struggles to make its debt problems go away
Craig Stephen’s This Week in China: China struggles to make its debt problems go away
China’s latest plan to tackle its local-government-debt problem appears to be pretending there isn’t one, writes Craig Stephen.
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17 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asia Markets: Banks push Japanese shares higher
Asia Markets: Banks push Japanese shares higher
Major benchmarks in Asia fluctuate as investors turn to major corporate announcements.
17 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Uber gets caught up in China’s taxi-driver war
Uber gets caught up in China’s taxi-driver war
Uber is getting caught up in China’s war between taxi drivers and ride-sharing apps, with the taxi drivers getting more violent against app companies and even fellow drivers who secretly use the apps.
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