22 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Stocks Pare Some Gains; Adobe Climbs To New High
Stocks Pare Some Gains; Adobe Climbs To New High
Stocks came off their morning peaks but held on to most of the day’s advance in early-afternoon trading. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 were up 0.7%, while the Dow Jones industrial average was up 0.6%. Volume was tracking substantially lower. That’s not surprising given that Friday was a quadruple witching session, when the expiration of options and futures contracts drives up trading.
22 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bernanke ‘appalled’ by plan to drop Hamilton
Bernanke ‘appalled’ by plan to drop Hamilton
“Say it ain’t so, Jack.” That’s what Ben Bernanke’s blog post says of the removal of Alexander Hamilton from the $10 bill.
22 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on David Weidner’s Writing on the Wall: What Greece is — and isn’t
David Weidner’s Writing on the Wall: What Greece is — and isn’t
The country’s debt is small, but the threat of an EU breakup is huge, writes David Weidner.
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22 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How Some Companies Are Scamming Job Applicants
How Some Companies Are Scamming Job Applicants
By EconMatters
After posting our latest piece about getting hiring now takes longer, we learned a disturbing trend in the current company interview practice (we are talking about Fortune 500 companies) from some of our reader friends. What we are about to describe is probably more often seen in the sector or city experiencing large layoffs such as the energy sector or City of Houston.
22 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Climate change may cause 57K US deaths by 2100: WH
Climate change may cause 57K US deaths by 2100: WH
The Obama administration says an estimated 12,000 people in 49 US cities could die from extreme temperatures in 2100.
22 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Billy Corgan explains Apple’s mistake with music
Billy Corgan explains Apple’s mistake with music
Apple’s decision to change its payment policy for artists shows the mistake it is making, Billy Corgan says.
22 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 1 Huge Innovation Intel Corp. Could Bring to Future Xeon Server Processors
1 Huge Innovation Intel Corp. Could Bring to Future Xeon Server Processors
More memory bandwidth to feed more and more powerful cores.