8 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Brett Arends’s ROI: ‘Game of Thrones’ recap: Jon Snow and oath bankruptcy
Brett Arends’s ROI: ‘Game of Thrones’ recap: Jon Snow and oath bankruptcy
8 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on More from fin min Aso: Sudden yen strength, weakness could prompt intervention
More from fin min Aso: Sudden yen strength, weakness could prompt intervention
Japan finance minister Aso:
Bloomberg with the headline:
– Sudden yen strength, weakness bad; have means to intervene
Aso is not telling us anything we don’t know here
8 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Hillary Clinton reaping donations from Wall Street
The Wall Street Journal: Hillary Clinton reaping donations from Wall Street
Hillary Clinton is consolidating her support among Wall Street donors and other businesses ahead of a general-election battle with Donald Trump, winning more campaign contributions from financial-services executives in the most recent fundraising period than all other candidates combined.
8 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Trump: Rich will ‘probably pay more tax’ if I’m president
Trump: Rich will ‘probably pay more tax’ if I’m president
Donald Trump says he’s open to raising taxes on the rich, backing off his prior proposal to reduce taxes on all Americans.
8 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japan Fin. Min. Aso: Doesn’t think US believe Japan FX policy inappropriate
Japan Fin. Min. Aso: Doesn’t think US believe Japan FX policy inappropriate
Japan finance minister Aso:
– Don’t think US believes Japan’s currency policy is inappropriate
– US Treasury report won’t serve as constraint to Japan’s currency policy
Also, comments from Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Iwata
8 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on North Korea: We’ll ramp up nuclear defenses against imperialist threat
North Korea: We’ll ramp up nuclear defenses against imperialist threat
North Korea said it would further strengthen self-defensive nuclear weapons capability, its KCNA news agency reported.
8 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Reasons to be cheerful about China’s trade data: Economist
Reasons to be cheerful about China’s trade data: Economist
The good news? The slump in trade witnessed last year is starting to moderate, says Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics.