3 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Treasury Yields Decline As ECB Cuts Economic Views
Treasury Yields Decline As ECB Cuts Economic Views
Treasuries advanced after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi cut growth and inflation forecasts, saying the bank will expand stimulus by allowing officials to buy higher proportions of each euro area member’s debt. U.S government bond yields fell as Draghi said the euro region may see negative inflation rates in coming months and that the bank will use all tools within its mandate if needed to boost the economy.
3 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Global Growth Tensions Reflected in Diverging Data Points
Global Growth Tensions Reflected in Diverging Data Points
Confirmation of slower growth in China in August triggered further tumbling of global stocks on September 1st. The first of the month is when we get the Purchasing Managers’ Indexes (PMI) from Markit…
3 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why Netflix shouldn’t sweat Apple: Analyst
Why Netflix shouldn’t sweat Apple: Analyst
“At the end of the day, Netflix has a sustainable competitive advantage that can be defined in two things,” Cantor Fitzgerald’s Youssef Squali says.
3 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Samsung to make new smartwatch available to competition
Samsung to make new smartwatch available to competition
Samsung Electronics said on Thursday it would make its next smartwatch technology available to its competitors who also use Google Inc’s (GOOGL.O) mobile platform Android, hoping to increase its share of the market, which is now dominated by Apple Inc (AAPL.O). Making the new smartwatches compatible with smartphones made by competitors could help sales for Samsung, which saw its market share shrink sharply following the launch of arch rival Apple’s Apple Watch. “We are leading the way in this segment,” said Younghee Lee, Samsung’s global marketing head for mobile.
3 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Biggest drop in pay hitting America’s lowest paid workers
Biggest drop in pay hitting America’s lowest paid workers
A new report from advocacy group the National Employment Law Project finds that effective take-home pay for many workers has actually fallen since the recovery began in 2009, especially for the lowest-paid workers.
3 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Cellphone-tracking policy changed at Justice Department
The Wall Street Journal: Cellphone-tracking policy changed at Justice Department
The Justice Department is changing the way it uses secret technology to find and track cellphones, adding more judicial and internal supervision to a practice that critics say invades privacy and has had too little oversight for years.
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3 September, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Jeremy Siegel: THIS is key for Fed in jobs report
Jeremy Siegel: THIS is key for Fed in jobs report
If the unemployment rate hits 5.1 in Friday’s jobs report, the odds of a rate hike this month go way up, Jeremy Siegel said