4 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Prominent Turkish Media Figure Resigns Citing Legal Battle With Erdogan
Prominent Turkish Media Figure Resigns Citing Legal Battle With Erdogan
Last week, Turkey’s NATO-backed, Washington-approved autocrat Recep Tayyip Erdogan took another step towards ensuring that the concept of a free press doesn’t exist in Turkey when Can Dundar, editor in chief of Cumhuriyet, and Erdem Gul, the newspaper’s capital correspondent were arrested on charges of spying and aiding a terrorist organization.
4 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Do You Really Want to Raise Money From a Venture Capitalist?
Do You Really Want to Raise Money From a Venture Capitalist?
By Chris at www.CapitalistExploits.at
When I was much younger everyone, myself included, wanted to be a hedge fund manager. And who could blame us. After seeing the kind of houses these folks lived in, any sensible bloke with aspirations of ditching the 30-year old Fiat for a Porsche wanted a hedge fund of their very own. They clearly brought only wonderful things to those who had one… except maybe Raj Rajaratnam.
4 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Getting Up to Speed on High-Frequency Trading
Getting Up to Speed on High-Frequency Trading
An unfair advantage, or a means of liquidity?
4 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Pretend War: Why Bombing ISIS Won’t Solve The Problem
The Pretend War: Why Bombing ISIS Won’t Solve The Problem
Authored by Andrew J. Bacevich, originally posted at The Spectator,
Not so long ago, David Cameron declared that he was not some “naive neocon who thinks you can drop democracy out of an aeroplane at 40,000 feet.” Just a few weeks after making that speech, Cameron authorised UK forces to join in the bombing of Libya – where the outcome reaffirmed this essential lesson.
4 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Future of Medicine Is an Information Revolution
The Future of Medicine Is an Information Revolution
Dr. Topol describes the medical industry facing a “Gutenberg Moment,” where information technology is revolutionizing modern medicine in ways similar to how the printing press changed society in the 1400s. Before the printing press came along, no one except…
4 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Volatile week may set stocks for year-end rally
Volatile week may set stocks for year-end rally
This week’s back-to-back equities selloff might have been a chance to ride a U.S. stocks rally toward the end of the year, amid the goldilocks economy scenario of a strong jobs market and falling oil prices. The data likely paved the way for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this month for the first time in nearly a decade, while still keeping the U.S. central bank committed to a shallow and slow pace of increases. “The story today in the U.S.
4 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Preferred Shares, Convertible Bonds Offer Alternatives For Income Investors
Preferred Shares, Convertible Bonds Offer Alternatives For Income Investors
Bonds and common stocks aren’t the only game in town when it comes to income investing. For risk averse income investors, savings accounts and money market accounts have the benefit of safety, but good luck at getting a respectable yield. You’re lucky if you can get a 1% yield. Income investors do have options when seeking higher yields without having to stick their necks out too much.