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16 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Russia’s Trap: Luring Sunnis Into War

Russia’s Trap: Luring Sunnis Into War

Submitted by Burak Bekdil via The Gatestone Institute,

  • Washington should think more than twice about allowing Turkey and Saudi Arabia, its Sunni allies, militarily to engage their Shiite enemies in Syria. Allowing Sunni supremacists into a deeper sectarian war is not a rational way to block Russian expansion in the eastern Mediterranean. And it certainly will not serve America’s interests.

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16 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Commerzbank highlights contagion risk in China’s banking sector

Commerzbank highlights contagion risk in China’s banking sector

Comments from Xuanlai He, credit analyst at Commerzbank in Singapore
– Banks are increasingly using trusts or asset management plans to lend
– Recording them as funds to be received rather than as loans, which are subject to stricter regulatory oversight and capital limits
via

16 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Visualizing America’s Shocking Defense Spending

Visualizing America’s Shocking Defense Spending

Wouldn’t it be a strange world to live in if 50% of military spending was paid for by just 5% of the population? Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

 

Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist

 

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16 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Oil jumps despite dashed hopes on output cut

Oil jumps despite dashed hopes on output cut

Oil prices rose in Asian trade after major oil exporters agreed on a production freeze, although market watchers were skeptical over the deal.

16 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on More from ECB’s Nowotny: Serious discussion at ECB re March meeting

More from ECB’s Nowotny: Serious discussion at ECB re March meeting

ECB Governing Council Member Ewald Nowotny in an interview on Swiss financial website  Cash.ch
(via ) 
Reuters
Says preserving liquidity remains paramount:

16 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Twitter Had Some Good Numbers, but Fell Short on the Metric Wall Street Wants to See Soar

Twitter Had Some Good Numbers, but Fell Short on the Metric Wall Street Wants to See Soar

Did well compared to revenue and EPS estimates. Here’s what spooked investors.

16 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China ‘apparently deployed’ missiles on island: US

China ‘apparently deployed’ missiles on island: US

A U.S. defense official said there was an “apparent deployment” by China of surface-to-air missiles on Woody Island in the South China Sea.