2 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NSA Is Offline So Here "They" Come: Multiple Bomb Threats Made Against US Aircraft, NBC Reports
NSA Is Offline So Here "They" Come: Multiple Bomb Threats Made Against US Aircraft, NBC Reports
Update: ALL THE BOMB THREATS TO U.S. PLANES FOUND NOT CREDIBLE: CNBC
You don’t say. Now let’s find the NSA agent who dialed them in.
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Who could have seen this coming? Just 24 hours after the NSA goes “dark” from “securing” the nation against terrorist threat (by recording and storing all domestic phone calls) we get this:
- BOMB THREATS PHONED INTO AIRPORTS, CNBC SAYS
According to NBC, these threats are against planes already in the sky.
2 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on World stocks down as markets weigh Greece, US growth
World stocks down as markets weigh Greece, US growth
World stocks drifted lower Tuesday as markets weighed a possible rebound in U.S. growth against doubts about Greece’s ability to make debt payments and stay in the euro currency bloc.
2 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China stocks nearly a quarter overvalued: Credit Suisse
China stocks nearly a quarter overvalued: Credit Suisse
Whether China shares are in a bubble depends on which data bit catches the fancy, but the market has outstripped its fundamentals and is 23 percent overbought, Credit Suisse said.
2 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on HSBC set to cut thousands of jobs globally: Sky News
HSBC set to cut thousands of jobs globally: Sky News
LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) – HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) could announce thousands of job cuts at a strategy day next week, Sky News reported on Monday, part of chief executive Stuart Gulliver’s overhaul of Europe’s biggest bank. The plan could also see Gulliver sell operations in Brazil and Turkey and take a knife to HSBC’s investment bank. An estimated 10,000 to 20,000 jobs will be axed, Sky News said, citing unidentified sources.
2 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Wal-Mart kicks off next phase of wage increases
Wal-Mart kicks off next phase of wage increases
Wal-Mart is raising starting wages for more than 100,000 U.S. department managers and workers in its deli and other specialized departments. The moves mark the next wave of wage hikes by the nation’s largest …
2 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Oil up ahead of OPEC meeting as dollar slips
Oil up ahead of OPEC meeting as dollar slips
Oil prices rose on Tuesday as the dollar weakened and on expectations that OPEC producers would maintain their group production target at its current level and resist pressure for an increase. Brent crude oil for July was up 70 cents at $65.58 (43 pounds) a barrel by 0900 GMT (10:00 a.m.). Ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), responsible for more than a third of the world’s oil output, meet in Vienna on Friday to decide on production policy for the next six months.
2 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Euro zone back to inflation as May prices beat forecast
Euro zone back to inflation as May prices beat forecast
The European Union’s statistics office Eurostat said on Tuesday consumer prices in the 19 countries sharing the euro rose 0.3 percent year-on-year last month after a flat reading in April, beating market expectations of a 0.2 percent increase. Excluding the volatile energy prices, which were 5 percent lower in May than 12 months earlier, consumer prices rose 1.0 percent.