22 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Syngenta says Monsanto looking to buy firm on the cheap
Syngenta says Monsanto looking to buy firm on the cheap
Syngenta’s chairman said any takeover offer needed to be at a fair price.
22 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Climate change a ‘medical emergency’: Experts
Climate change a ‘medical emergency’: Experts
Climate change has been declared a “medical emergency” by an international commission of experts, the FT reports.
22 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China, Japan factories slow to respond to stimulus
China, Japan factories slow to respond to stimulus
“After a decade of pell-mell growth in both capacity and leverage, this situation is symptomatic of excess supply capability in manufacturing amidst moribund demand,” analysts at Westpac said in a research note issued after the survey’s release.
22 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Greek bailout proposals fuel hopes that a deal is close
The Wall Street Journal: Greek bailout proposals fuel hopes that a deal is close
Eurozone leaders, who held an emergency summit in Brussels to discuss the latest Greek offer, said that more work was needed to ensure the government’s figures were in line with creditors’ demands, but a proposal was promising enough.
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22 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on As U.S. and China meet amid tensions, what will they discuss?
As U.S. and China meet amid tensions, what will they discuss?
China and the U.S.
22 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Greece offers new proposals to avert default, creditors see hope
Greece offers new proposals to avert default, creditors see hope
Greece took a step back from the abyss on Monday with the presentation of new budget proposals that euro zone leaders welcomed as a basis for a possible agreement in the coming days to unlock frozen aid and avert a looming default. European Council President Donald Tusk, who chaired an emergency summit of leaders of the 19-nation currency bloc, called the Greek proposals “a positive step forward”.
22 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asian shares rise on hopes for Greek deal
Asian shares rise on hopes for Greek deal
“While it would appear that the Greek government has shifted some ground towards the creditors, the measures put forward yesterday appear to differ little from the same failed policies that have brought Greece to the situation where we are today,” said Michael Hewson, chief markets analyst at CMC Markets. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.6 percent, while Japan’s Nikkei share average (.N225) jumped 1.9 percent to a fresh 15-year high as investors bought back some of the shares they unloaded over three losing weeks.