9 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "We Should Admit This Isn’t Going To Work": One Country’s Grim Assessment Of Greece’s Future
"We Should Admit This Isn’t Going To Work": One Country’s Grim Assessment Of Greece’s Future
On Saturday, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported that Greece’s creditors – the “quadriga” as it were – had agreed on the terms to be imposed on Athens in return for an ESM rescue package worth some €86 billion. The 27-page draft MOU is “substantial and far reaching,” and includes cuts to defense spending and subsidies for farmers, Bloomberg says, summarizing the FAZ report.
9 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Is Obamacare Costing America Jobs?
Is Obamacare Costing America Jobs?
The Affordable Care Act is transforming the way we receive medical care, but is it also cutting workers’ hours and killing jobs in America?
9 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 3 Income Stocks You Don’t Have to Babysit
3 Income Stocks You Don’t Have to Babysit
Investors who are looking for income stocks that don’t require day to day attention should give these 3 stocks a look.
9 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Greece hopes to conclude bailout talks by Aug. 11
Greece hopes to conclude bailout talks by Aug. 11
Greece hopes to conclude negotiations with international creditors by early Tuesday at the latest, a Greek official said as talks continued in Athens on a new multi-billion euro bailout. Greece’s finance and economy ministers were locked in negotiations with representatives of creditors on Sunday. Greek officials have previously said they expect the bailout accord to go to the country’s parliament for approval by Aug. 18.
9 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 2 Things You Must Know Before Investing in Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac
2 Things You Must Know Before Investing in Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may be tempting stocks, but don’t invest in them until you are comfortable with these two critical facts.
9 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Power of Shut Up!
The Power of Shut Up!
By Chris at www.CapitalistExploits.at
Sitting with my lovely wife recently in a hospital waiting room (don’t ask) flicking through magazines, she showed me a picture of an elderly woman, a famous celebrity.
Now, let me say that I care for celebrities and follow their movements in the same way I care for and follow the mating habits of the long-beaked echidna – not at all. Gratefully, my wife is the same. What was interesting about this celebrity was how young she looked.
9 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Let’s Talk About Solutions, Not Fake Fixes
Let’s Talk About Solutions, Not Fake Fixes
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,
Since the status quo has no workable Plan B to “growth” in an economy in which household incomes have declined 8.5% in a supposedly expanding economy, real solutions must arise outside the status quo.
It’s a lot easier to talk about what’s wrong with the status quo and fake fixes than it is to talk about real solutions–for a number of reasons.