8 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "Love The Communist Party" – China Threatens Its Entrepreneurs Not To Become "Trumpeters Of Western Capitalism"
"Love The Communist Party" – China Threatens Its Entrepreneurs Not To Become "Trumpeters Of Western Capitalism"
China’s leadership is trying to manage a tenuous balancing act between letting the private sector grow the economy, and making sure that its focus remains true to the party message.
8 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on If Everything Is So Great, Where Are The Unicorn IPOs?
If Everything Is So Great, Where Are The Unicorn IPOs?
Over the course of the last week it seemed no matter where I turned in the business media one meme was being pushed above all others: It’s still a great time to be a private tech unicorn. Implying, that funding rounds were still “robust.”
8 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Venezuelan Opposition Leader Assassinated Days After 1.8 Million Sign Petition To Oust Maduro
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Assassinated Days After 1.8 Million Sign Petition To Oust Maduro
The situation in hyperinflating socialist paradise Venezuela just moved one step closer to chaotic totalitarianism.
8 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bill Ackman Let Massive Profits Slip into Losses 3 Times in Herbalife Short (Video)
Bill Ackman Let Massive Profits Slip into Losses 3 Times in Herbalife Short (Video)
8 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on These Two Charts Refute ALL Claims That the Fed is "Data Dependent"
These Two Charts Refute ALL Claims That the Fed is "Data Dependent"
What a bunch of nonsense.
For seven years now we’ve been told the US is in a recovery. However, if this were the case, the Fed would have started raising rates years ago (likely in 2012). No other recovery on record saw the Fed maintaining ZIRP for so long.
There is simply no factually credible argument for why rates should be ZIRP if the economy is expanding. You cannot have claims of a “recovery” or expansion while ZIRP is in place. ZIRP is meant to be an emergency policy meant to pull the economy out of a severe recession, NOT a long-term program.
8 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Trump on the minimum wage: Keep it at $7.25. No raise it. No eliminate it.
Trump on the minimum wage: Keep it at $7.25. No raise it. No eliminate it.
When Trump was running against GOP opponents, he favored keeping the minimum wage where it is. Then last Wednesday he seemed to come out in favor of raising it:
The billionaire businessman said he was studying the minimum wage issue and did not know if the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour should be raised to the $15 per hour “living wage” advocated by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders.
8 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Greatest Speech Ever (Is More Relevant Now Than Ever)
The Greatest Speech Ever (Is More Relevant Now Than Ever)
Every now and then, it is good to refresh knowledge of what is truly important in life. So it’s time to redux SmartKnowledgeU’s post “The Greatest Speech Ever” by Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin was known as the greatest silent actor ever…