17 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Gemalto and Bridge Alliance, a partnership of 35 leading operators in Asia, demonstrate GSMA standards-based solution for multi-country deployment of IoT devices
Gemalto and Bridge Alliance, a partnership of 35 leading operators in Asia, demonstrate GSMA standards-based solution for multi-country deployment of IoT devices
17 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Data coming up in this session 18 Feb
Data coming up in this session 18 Feb
Here’s the data calendar for today
Not a lot this morning but we do have the ECB Minutes at 12.00 GMT. Normally though these are just a repeat of Draghi’s presser statement/comments.
17 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Nike dumps Pacquiao over ‘abhorrent’ anti-gay comments
Nike dumps Pacquiao over ‘abhorrent’ anti-gay comments
Nike has severed its long-time sponsorship deal with Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao after the athlete sparked outrage with anti-gay comments.
17 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on BOJ’s Ishida says negative rates won’t have much effect at this time
BOJ’s Ishida says negative rates won’t have much effect at this time
BOJ board member out on the wires speaking to reporters
– dissented to adoption of neg rates because doing so now wont’ have much positive effect
– effect of neg rates stimulating portfolio rebalancing, pushing down yield curve is limited
I think we can gauge from all that that he’s not Kuroda’s Xmas card list
17 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Nikkei leads gains across the board in Asia
Nikkei leads gains across the board in Asia
Asian markets mostly tacked on gains on Thursday, although Chinese markets were relatively week compared to regional peers.
17 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: U.S. calls out China over South China Sea missile deployment
The Wall Street Journal: U.S. calls out China over South China Sea missile deployment
The Obama administration sharply criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday after charging that China’s military had deployed batteries of advanced missiles on a disputed South China Sea island.
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17 February, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on ‘We’re nearly out of ammo to combat risks to growth’
‘We’re nearly out of ammo to combat risks to growth’
Risks to global growth have increased and world leaders have little left in their policy arsenals to mitigate the threat, Moody’s warned.