15 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Major drugmakers push back in U.S. price debate
Major drugmakers push back in U.S. price debate
Top executives from Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.N), Merck & Co (MRK.N) and Biogen Inc (BIIB.O) said in interviews with Reuters this week that the media focus on retail, or “list prices,” for branded medications is misplaced. Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of a generic anti-infective drug called Daraprim by 5,000 percent, and the larger Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX.N) raised the price on a heart drug Isuprel by more than 200 percent. The largest drugmakers quickly portrayed those cases as outliers.
15 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Exclusive: Telefonica eyes AT&T’s $10 billion Latin American TV assets – sources
Exclusive: Telefonica eyes AT&T’s $10 billion Latin American TV assets – sources
AT&T bought the Latin American assets as part of its acquisition of DirecTV last year. The business includes satellite and cable television services in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina and several other countries.
15 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 2 Non-FANG Tech Stocks for 2016
2 Non-FANG Tech Stocks for 2016
Thanks to a challenging 2015, LinkedIn and MercadoLibre could be poised to surge like the now-infamous FANG stocks did last year.
15 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Zika virus should change pregnant women’s travel plans, CDC says
The Wall Street Journal: Zika virus should change pregnant women’s travel plans, CDC says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended late Friday that pregnant women postpone travel to 14 countries and territories in the Americas where Zika virus is circulating.
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15 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "We Live In A Time Of Piecemeal-Planning & Incremental-Interventionism"
"We Live In A Time Of Piecemeal-Planning & Incremental-Interventionism"
Submitted by Richard Emebing via EpicTimes.com,
Wherever we turn we are confronted with politicians, political pundits, television talking heads, and editorial page commentators, all of whom offer an array of plans, programs, and projects that will solve the problems of the world – if only government is given the power and authority to remake society in the design proposed.
15 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Deflation Monster Has Arrived
The Deflation Monster Has Arrived
As we’ve been warning for quite a while (too long for my taste): the world’s grand experiment with debt has come to an end. And it’s now unraveling.
15 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why This Next Crisis Will Be Worse Than 2008
Why This Next Crisis Will Be Worse Than 2008
Executive Summary
- There are too many signs of deflation to deny it’s winning the day
- Why China’s weakening will accelerate the global economy’s decent
- Why this next crisis will be worse than 2008
- What will