20 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Spain’s Rajoy: "Important" to keep up with economic reforms
Spain’s Rajoy: "Important" to keep up with economic reforms
Rajoy will have first chance to form coalition
Here are the updated elections results:
– Rajoy’s PP – 122 seats
– Socialists – 91 seats
– Podemos – 69 seats
Forming a government will be tough with at least 176 seats needed. The natural ally of Rajoy would be Ciudadanos but they only have 162 seats combined. The only way that could work would be if the Socialists abstain.
20 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Westpac on the Fed, RBA and Australian dollar
Westpac on the Fed, RBA and Australian dollar
Comments from Westpac Chief Economist bill Evans on the Reserve Bank of Australia and AUD
On the Fed and the RBA:
– Gradual restoration of ‘normalcy’ in the US is likely to edge up Australian bond rates
On the Australian dollar:
20 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Paul Craig Roberts Warns "Everything Is Disintegrating"
Paul Craig Roberts Warns "Everything Is Disintegrating"
The American people are asleep at the wheel. The blame is not totally their’s, but they do bare the brunt of the blame. The mainstream media does not report what is happening within our economy or the geopolitical arena, unless they can spew on and on about the endless rainbows, unicorns and how “America is the greatest and Putin is the devil.” As Paul Craig Roberts warns, we are facing a world in change and the pace is quickening.
20 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 3 Predictions of Where the Dow Jones Industrial Average Could Finish in 2016 (and Why They’re All Pr
3 Predictions of Where the Dow Jones Industrial Average Could Finish in 2016 (and Why They’re All Pr
Will the Dow Jones Industrial Average come roaring back to life in 2016, or will the year prove to be another bad one for the markets? Three Motley Fool contributors weigh in.
20 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on California’s Worst Gas Leak In 40 Years (And Crews Can’t Stop It)
California’s Worst Gas Leak In 40 Years (And Crews Can’t Stop It)
While world leaders signed the ‘historic’ agreement signed in Paris to fix the world’s “greatest threat,” a natural gas storage site in southern California is belching 145,000 pounds per hour of Methane – a greenhouse gas 70 times more potent than carbon dioxide. What is worse, while official proclaim this a “top priority” a fix won’t arrive until spring as emergency crews recognize “the leak was far from routine, and the problem was deeper underground.”
20 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Spain’s two-party system may be gone for good after general election shock
The Wall Street Journal: Spain’s two-party system may be gone for good after general election shock
The conservative Popular Party was set to win 114 to 124 of parliament’s 350 seats, a sharp drop from the majority of 186 that it won with Rajoy’s election four years ago, according to exit polls conducted for the national RTVE television network and private channel Antena 3.
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