8 October, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Private Equity Makes a Big Splash, Buys Up Biotech Lab Space
Private Equity Makes a Big Splash, Buys Up Biotech Lab Space
Blackstone’s real estate business is paying billions to acquire BioMed Realty Trust.
8 October, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asian markets perk up after positive Wall Street lead
Asian markets perk up after positive Wall Street lead
Asian stocks marched higher on Friday, following a positive lead from Wall Street, fueled by dovish signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve minutes.
8 October, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Elliott Wave Update ~ 8 October 2015
Elliott Wave Update ~ 8 October 2015
8 October, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asia stocks shine as Fed minutes confirm no urgency to tighten policy
Asia stocks shine as Fed minutes confirm no urgency to tighten policy
Asian shares rose on Friday, taking their cue from a jump in oil prices as well as gains on Wall Street after minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting led investors to further pare bets that the central bank will hike interest rates this year. Oil prices climbed to their highest in three months on Thursday, after forecaster PIRA Energy Group predicted crude prices would rise to $70 per barrel by the end of 2016. Crude oil futures extended overnight gains, with Brent (LCOc1) adding 0.4 percent to $53.28 a barrel, while U.S. crude (CLc1) was 0.5 percent higher at $49.66.
8 October, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Apple Pay to expand to Starbucks, Chili’s, KFC
Apple Pay to expand to Starbucks, Chili’s, KFC
Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) coffee shops will begin accepting Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) mobile payment system in a pilot program starting this year, Apple Vice President Jennifer Bailey said on Thursday. KFC and Chili’s restaurants also will begin accepting Apple Pay in 2016, she said at the Re/code technology conference in Half Moon Bay, California. The service gives Apple a chance to tie customers more tightly to its phones and its smart watch, as well as to take a tiny bite from every retail transaction.
8 October, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on IMF told that amid ‘new mediocre’ no room for mistakes by central banks
IMF told that amid ‘new mediocre’ no room for mistakes by central banks
Central banks have little room for error in a low-growth world in which over-leveraged and commodity-dependent emerging economies and a slowing China are major risks, top international financiers told the International Monetary Fund’s meeting. Despite $7 trillion in quantitative easing from banks in industrial nations since the global financial crisis, the world is stuck in a “new mediocre” growth pattern, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said on Thursday. In a bid to shore up finances and punish companies that arbitrage tax regimes, governments pushed ahead with plans to improve tax collection.
8 October, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China stock market opening indications-Shanghai Composite to open up 0.1%
China stock market opening indications-Shanghai Composite to open up 0.1%
China’s stockmarkets will to open at 0130GMT
– Shanghai Composite to open higher by 0.1%
– CSI300 index to open up 0.2%
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