5 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Pfizer, Allergan to end merger over inversion blow: Sources
Pfizer, Allergan to end merger over inversion blow: Sources
Pfizer and Allergan will terminate their $160B merger Wednesday after new tax rules dealt it a death blow, according to sources.
5 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Markets liking the China PMI today (Look away now if u don’t want to see HK’s)
Markets liking the China PMI today (Look away now if u don’t want to see HK’s)
Hong Kong’s Nikkei March PMI has fallen to a 7 month low
– Comes in at 45.5 (February was 46.4)
Key points:
– Fastest reductions in output and new orders for six months
5 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Pfizer to scuttle its $150 billion Allergan takeover
The Wall Street Journal: Pfizer to scuttle its $150 billion Allergan takeover
Pfizer Inc. has decided to kill its planned $150 billion takeover of Allergan Inc., after the Obama administration took aim at a deal that would have moved the biggest drug company in the U.S.
5 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on All Quiet On The Eurasian Front
All Quiet On The Eurasian Front
Submitted by Pepe Escobar via SputnikNews.com,
So now Iran is back to being demonized by the West as “provocative” and “destabilizing”. How come? Wasn’t the nuclear deal supposed to have brought Iran back to the Western-concocted “concert of nations”?
5 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Capitol Report: Cruz trips up Trump in Wisconsin, Sanders sinks Clinton
Capitol Report: Cruz trips up Trump in Wisconsin, Sanders sinks Clinton
Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders won the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries in Wisconsin on Tuesday, bagging victories that will prolong the races for each party’s nomination.
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5 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Quiz: Do you know the music San Fran Fed head Williams drops into speeches?
Quiz: Do you know the music San Fran Fed head Williams drops into speeches?
John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has been known to drop references to music into his speeches
Here’s the quiz, its 7 quotes from some Williams’ recent speeches, all you have to do is match them to band/singer …
5 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The 50 Most Murderous Cities In The World
The 50 Most Murderous Cities In The World
Brazil has been in crisis for some time now.
The country’s economy shrunk -3.8% last year, and its President, Dilma Rousseff, is holding on for dear life. Once chairman of Petrobras, the state-run oil giant currently engulfed in a colossal political scandal, she is now being threatened with impeachment just 15 months into her second four-year yerm.