10 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Better Buy: Ambarella, Inc. vs. Advanced Micro Devices
Better Buy: Ambarella, Inc. vs. Advanced Micro Devices
Image sources: Ambarella, Advanced Micro Devices.
Of all the chip stocks our market has to offer, arguably no two well-known names could be in quite as different a position as video processing chip specialist Ambarella (NASDAQ: AMBA) and graphics chip company Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD). But these two companies also have more in common than you might think.
10 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Australia March Home loans: -0.2% m/m (expected -1.5%)
Australia March Home loans: -0.2% m/m (expected -1.5%)
Housing finance data from the Australia Bureau of Statistics, for March
Home loans m/m …. (gonna have to check this, wires has it at -0.9%, ABS reporting -0.2%). News wire reporting the incorrect number apols.
10 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The War In Afghanistan Has Turned A Generation Of Children Into Heroin Addicts
The War In Afghanistan Has Turned A Generation Of Children Into Heroin Addicts
10 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on RBNZ’s Wheeler now speaking in parliament
RBNZ’s Wheeler now speaking in parliament
Reserve Bank of New Zealand ‘s Governor Wheeler in front of a parliamentary committee
– Concerned how quickly house prices are rising outside Auckland
– Investors looking outside Auckland adds price pressure
more to come
10 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on PBOC sets USD/CNY mid-point today at 6.5209 (vs. yesterday at 6.5233)
PBOC sets USD/CNY mid-point today at 6.5209 (vs. yesterday at 6.5233)
In Open Market operations, PBOC injects 80bn yuan through 7-day reverse repos today
10 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Australia – Westpac Consumer Confidence for May: +8.5% (prior -4%)
Australia – Westpac Consumer Confidence for May: +8.5% (prior -4%)
Westpac – Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment
A big jump of 8.5% m/m to 103.2. Now at its highest since January of 2014
– prior was -4% to 95.1
Westpac citing 2 factors behind the jump – the Budget and the RBA rate cut, with the RBA cut the more dominant of the two (“”Supporting this view has been a stunning 15% increase in the
confidence of those respondents in the survey who currently have
a mortgage.)
10 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Hyperloop One gets $80M boost in race to build super-fast transport system
Hyperloop One gets $80M boost in race to build super-fast transport system
Hyperloop One has won new financing on the eve of a demonstration its hyperloop system at a test track in Las Vegas.