15 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why You’ll Soon See More Ads on Twitter
Why You’ll Soon See More Ads on Twitter
Increasing the quantity of ads seems to be Twitter’s quickest route to keeping up with Wall Street expectations.
15 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on When Internet Zillions Slipped My Grasp
When Internet Zillions Slipped My Grasp
From the Slope of Hope: I’ve been writing this blog for so long (over a decade), I sometimes despair that my uninteresting life will stop yielding anything worth writing about. Yes, the blog is principally about technical analysis of stocks, but I like to share anecdotes from time to time, and every time I compose a good anecdote I figure that, welp, that’s the last shareable morsel of my life. So far, though, I wind up thinking of another one, sooner or later.
So here I am again.
15 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NewsWatch: Why gas prices are rising as oil falls to 6-year lows
NewsWatch: Why gas prices are rising as oil falls to 6-year lows
Crude-oil prices are trading at levels last seen in the midst of the financial crisis, but that is not translating into lower gasoline prices in some parts of the country thanks to a refinery outage in Indiana.
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15 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on A spa or an airport? Hotels double as travel perk
A spa or an airport? Hotels double as travel perk
The days of sleeping on your luggage in the airport during a travel delay may be coming to an end.
15 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Death Star is coming to Disney’s theme parks
The Death Star is coming to Disney’s theme parks
Disney CEO Bob Iger says “Star Wars” is getting its own themed land at Disney parks, which he announced at the company’s expo on Saturday.
15 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The #1 Reason Why Donald Trump Is What America Needs (And Deserves)
The #1 Reason Why Donald Trump Is What America Needs (And Deserves)
Submitted by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com,
Just a few weeks ago, US talk show host Stephen Colbert was asked if he thought that Donald Trump had a chance of becoming President of the United States.
Colbert responded sincerely. “Honestly, he could. And that’s not an opinion of Trump. That’s my opinion of our nation.”
15 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China: More of the same?
China: More of the same?
I recently listened to a very good interview of Tyler Cowen by Erik Torenberg. For me, it was 80 minutes of bliss. I tend to agree with the vast majority of his views (even one’s where I had no opinion until I heard his reasoning), with one notable exception—China. Tyler seemed very pessimistic about China’s short-term prospects, and seemed to think they were headed into recession.