29 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Google to alert drivers to railroad crossings using U.S. data
Google to alert drivers to railroad crossings using U.S. data
Google will add audio and visual alerts to warn drivers about upcoming railroad crossings on Google’s navigation system, the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration announced on Monday. The agency also asked four other companies – Apple, Garmin, Tom Tom and AOL’s MapQuest – to join similar map partnerships using the agency’s data to pinpoint the crossings, it said. AOL is owned by Verizon.
29 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Outside the Box: The Greek drama descends into farce
Outside the Box: The Greek drama descends into farce
With Greece’s banks shut, the next few days will be tense and chaotic, perhaps a preview of what’s to come.
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29 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Biden speculation mounts as sons said to have urged run
The Wall Street Journal: Biden speculation mounts as sons said to have urged run
When deciding whether to run for office, Vice President Joe Biden has made it a practice to seek his family’s counsel.
29 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fiat Faith Falters As Bitcoin Surges 7% Post-Greferendum Decision
Fiat Faith Falters As Bitcoin Surges 7% Post-Greferendum Decision
29 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "Uncontained" – Greek Stocks Crash 17% As European Banks Plunge Most In 3 Years
"Uncontained" – Greek Stocks Crash 17% As European Banks Plunge Most In 3 Years
Despite the Greek stock market being closed there is an option for hedging the exposure that all the smart money has been building to Greece in the past few days – GREK – the US-trade Greek ETF. In the pre-open, GREK is trading down 17% but the problems lie ahead as more and more realize how illiquid it is and redemptions are forced to be made from ‘cash’ – since there is no way to offload the underlying Greek stocks, unless OTC trades can be arranged with other entities – which could thus expose the entire false-liquidity-facade of the ETF industry.
29 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Greek referendum: A ‘no’ vote means no to Europe, Juncker says
The Wall Street Journal: Greek referendum: A ‘no’ vote means no to Europe, Juncker says
The European Commission appealed on Monday to the Greek people to vote “yes” in a referendum on its international bailout, warning that a risk of the rupture of the European Union was real.
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29 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Woman finds 8.52 carat diamond at Arkansas park
Woman finds 8.52 carat diamond at Arkansas park
An 8.52 carat diamond has been found by a Colorado woman at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park at Murfreesboro.