23 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Where Are All The Oil Mergers?
Where Are All The Oil Mergers?
Oil company executives weigh in on why we haven’t seen a wave of mergers in the sector, which usually follows a plunge in the price of crude.
23 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The social media start-up for the little guys
The social media start-up for the little guys
Ripple, a geocentric social media start-up, is looking to make your posts more important than Kim Kardashian’s.
23 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The 3 Most Disappointing Drug Launches of All Time
The 3 Most Disappointing Drug Launches of All Time
Treatments with huge promise don’t always pan out the way you’d expect.
23 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 7 Reasons Buying a Home Now Is a Smart Move
7 Reasons Buying a Home Now Is a Smart Move
Even though home prices have gotten higher, it may still be an opportune time to buy.
23 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Iran says an OPEC emergency meeting may stop oil price slide: Shana
Iran says an OPEC emergency meeting may stop oil price slide: Shana
Iran’s Oil Minister, Bijan Zanganeh, said on Sunday that holding an emergency OPEC meeting may be “effective” in stabilizing the oil price, Iran’s oil ministry news agency Shana reported. Algeria said earlier this month that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries could hold an emergency meeting to discuss the drop in oil prices but other OPEC delegates said no meeting was planned. “Iran endorses an emergency OPEC meeting and would not disagree with it,” Zanganeh told reporters in Tehran, according to Shana.
23 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on In Hasty Judgments and Exaggerations Lie Investment Opportunities
In Hasty Judgments and Exaggerations Lie Investment Opportunities
China’s Premier Zhou Enlai was asked in 1972 about the political consequence of the French Revolution, and he famously quipped it was too early to say. Even if, as historians recognize, Zhou was referring to the unrest in 1968 rather than the 1789-1799 revolution, it offers insight that is too valuable to let the facts distort.
Indeed, that insight offers good counsel now. While there is no substitute for prudent and disciplined risk management, we should avoid jumping to hasty conclusions drawn from the volatile price action.
23 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Saudi Arabia Faces Another "Very Scary Moment" As Economy, FX Regime Face Crude Reality
Saudi Arabia Faces Another "Very Scary Moment" As Economy, FX Regime Face Crude Reality
“They are working for their market share, not for the price,” Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov told Bloomberg on Saturday, during the same interview in which he predicted that sooner or later, dollar pegs in Saudi Arabia and the UAE would have to be abandoned.