16 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Not a good day to go swimming in Sydney … 5 mln litres of sewerage leak into Bay
Not a good day to go swimming in Sydney … 5 mln litres of sewerage leak into Bay
Errr … maybe avoid Botany Bay
– As well as polluting Botany Bay, waterways in Georges River, as far upstream as Lugarno, Como and Oatley, are also affected.
Get this … (warning … strong language follows):
16 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Long-Term Capital Gains Tax Rates in 2015
Long-Term Capital Gains Tax Rates in 2015
Find out what you’ll pay in taxes if you sell an investment you’ve held for longer than a year.
16 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Slim’s America Movil extends Mexico-U.S. ‘borderless’ plan to prepay
Slim’s America Movil extends Mexico-U.S. ‘borderless’ plan to prepay
America Movil (AMXL.MX) said on Sunday it removed roaming charges on calls to and data in the United States for 40 million Mexican prepay clients as it gears up to prevent new rival AT&T Inc. stealing market share on its home turf. The company, owned by the family of billionaire Carlos Slim, said calls made to the United States by prepaid customers on “Amigo Optimo” and “Optimo Plus” plans would now be charged local rates. The same would apply when using data in the United States.
16 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Stanley Druckenmiller bought a big new stake in gold ETF
Stanley Druckenmiller bought a big new stake in gold ETF
Regulatory filings show that Stanley Druckenmiller bought a fresh 2.8 million share position in the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) valued at $323,626,000
– With his personal money
The news is a couple of days old, not fresh.
16 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bouts Of Extreme Volatility Have "Little Obvious Explanation," Citi Warns
Bouts Of Extreme Volatility Have "Little Obvious Explanation," Citi Warns
Don’t get us wrong, we’re happy that the entire world has finally woken up to the fact that liquidity is rapidly disappearing from every corner of global capital markets. Indeed, the wholesale adoption of the illiquidity meme serves as a ringing endorsement of the arguments we’ve been making in these very pages for years.
16 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Movers & Shakers: Urban Outfitters, Estée Lauder come into focus
Movers & Shakers: Urban Outfitters, Estée Lauder come into focus
Among the stocks likely to make notable moves in Monday trade are Urban Outfitters and Estee Lauder.
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16 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on PBOC chief economist says more likely now there will be "2 way volatility" in yuan
PBOC chief economist says more likely now there will be "2 way volatility" in yuan
Mike had the news from People’s Bank of China chief economist
Ma Jun in a weekend Q&A here
As usual, the PBOC USD/CNY central reference rate will be set at 9.15am in Beijing (actually a minute or so later is usual), which is 0115GMT.