26 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on RBNZ and RBA Governors both give awaited speeches this week
RBNZ and RBA Governors both give awaited speeches this week
Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Wheeler is speaking on the economy this week. Text of the speech will be released on Wednesday 29 July 2015 at 9am NZ local time (2100GMT on Tuesday 28 July).
26 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asian shares broadly softer as Fed looms
Asian shares broadly softer as Fed looms
Asian shares began the week on a plaintive note amid losses on Wall Street and worries over China, while investors braced for a Federal Reserve meeting that might take another small step toward lifting U.S. interest rates. Japan’s Nikkei slipped 0.5 percent, while MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost 0.8 percent. In China, the CSI300 index .CSI300 of the largest listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen fell 1 percent, with sentiment still soured by a poor PMI survey on manufacturing.
26 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on U.S. companies pledge financial, political support for U.N. climate deal
U.S. companies pledge financial, political support for U.N. climate deal
Thirteen big name American companies on Monday were to announce $140 billion in low-carbon investments to lend support to a global climate change deal in Paris in December, the White House said. Companies including General Motors (GM.N), Bank of America (BAC.N), Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Coca Cola (KO.N), were to join U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the White House to launch the American Business Act on Climate Pledge to support the administration as it tries to secure a climate agreement.
26 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Could Another Great Financial Crisis Be Just Around The Corner?
Could Another Great Financial Crisis Be Just Around The Corner?
Was last week a preview of things to come? There are quite a few people out there that believe that the stock market would begin to decline in July, and that appears to be precisely what is happening.
26 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Meet The Kagans: Seeking War To The End Of The World
Meet The Kagans: Seeking War To The End Of The World
26 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Can You Hear the Fat Lady Singing? – Part III
Can You Hear the Fat Lady Singing? – Part III
By Chris at www.CapitalistExploits.at
I love what I do! A recent get together filled with blonde stick insects and cologne covered chinos found me subjected to talk about “work at the office”:
“What did you do at work today?”
“Oh, nothing much, tried to look down the new girl’s top for a bit then I made some phone calls, you?”
“Oh, much the normal, searched the web for our next vacation and found I can get a Filipino bride for a grand.”
26 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Some US dollar weakness across the board in the Asian morning
Some US dollar weakness across the board in the Asian morning
Its been a relatively quiet beginning to the FX week, but we have seen pretty much across the board US dollar weakness.
Not be a lot, just minor sort of moves, but notable nonetheless