22 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asia Markets: Asian stocks mixed as investor focus turns to earnings
Asia Markets: Asian stocks mixed as investor focus turns to earnings
Shares in Asia trade mixed as investor focus turns increasingly to earnings, including disappointing results from Apple, and turmoil in the commodities market.
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22 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Obama’s Minimum Wage Utopia Just Hit A Brick Wall
Obama’s Minimum Wage Utopia Just Hit A Brick Wall
Who could have possibly seen this coming? Almost three years we first detailed how America has become an entitlement nation where “work is punished.” It appears President Obama is about to discover this first hand as his populist ‘raise the minimum wage’ strategy is showing yet another major unintended consequence.
22 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bank of America Replaces Its CFO in Broad Management Shakeup
Bank of America Replaces Its CFO in Broad Management Shakeup
CFO Bruce Thompson is retiring from Bank of America after five and a half years in the executive suite.
22 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Macau Crushes Las Vegas Sands Earnings, but Investors Have Hope
Macau Crushes Las Vegas Sands Earnings, but Investors Have Hope
The casino giant did even worse than most had expected, but the stock still responded favorably.
22 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Greek Lawmakers Clear The Way For Formal Bailout Discussions
Greek Lawmakers Clear The Way For Formal Bailout Discussions
Update: 36 Syriza lawmakers did not support the bill.
As expected, the Greek parliament has approved a second set of prior measures, clearing the way for formal discussions on a third bailout program for the debt-stricken country.
As Bloomberg notes, “several lawmakers of governing Syriza party, including Parliament Speaker Zoi Konstantopoulou, former deputy Finance Minister Nadia Valavani didn’t support bill.”
22 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on A Middle-East Game Of Thrones
A Middle-East Game Of Thrones
Submitted by Patrick J Buchanan,
As President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran is compared to Richard Nixon’s opening to China, Bibi Netanyahu must know how Chiang Kai-shek felt as he watched his old friend Nixon toasting Mao in Peking.
The Iran nuclear deal is not on the same geostrategic level. Yet both moves, seen as betrayals by old U.S. allies, were born of a cold assessment in Washington of a need to shift policy to reflect new threats and new opportunities.
22 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japan’s export engine fires up in June
Japan’s export engine fires up in June
Japan’s exports rebounded in June fueled by strengthening overseas demand, however, imports remained subdued due to the effect of lower commodity prices.