16 June, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Defying China, vanished Hong Kong bookseller describes custody
Defying China, vanished Hong Kong bookseller describes custody
Blindfolded and handcuffed, the bookseller was abducted from Hong Kong’s border with mainland China and taken to a cell, the NYT reports.
16 June, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Want a loan? Web-based China lenders demand nude pics as guarantee
Want a loan? Web-based China lenders demand nude pics as guarantee
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Web-based loan sharks in China are demanding naked photos from cash-strapped female university students who want to borrow money
– As a form of collateral, along with copies of their ID cards
Errrr. Advice to those wanting to send in nude photos. Don’t do it, they’ll be made public anyway. You can count on it.
16 June, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Bernie Sanders shifts priorities to beating Trump, advancing liberal agenda
The Wall Street Journal: Bernie Sanders shifts priorities to beating Trump, advancing liberal agenda
Bernie Sanders said he would work feverishly to defeat Republican Donald Trump in the general election, urged his volunteers to run for elective office and said he would press Hillary Clinton to embrace a liberal policy agenda in a 23-minute speech to his supporters Thursday night.
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16 June, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Orlando gunman and wife exchanged texts during rampage: NBC News
Orlando gunman and wife exchanged texts during rampage: NBC News
The gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub Sunday exchanged texts with his wife during the rampage, a source told NBC News Thursday.
16 June, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Morgan Stanley guide to how FX markets may respond on Brexit referendum date
Morgan Stanley guide to how FX markets may respond on Brexit referendum date
Morgan Stanley with their guide to how FX markets may respond on referendum date
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There has been a strong relationship between the performance of GBP’s
TWI and the betting market probabilities (Exhibit 16) and similarly with
EURCHF.
16 June, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Orlando Victims Died Because They Were Unarmed – Not Because They Were Gay
Orlando Victims Died Because They Were Unarmed – Not Because They Were Gay
16 June, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on US Negative Interest Rate Bets Surge To Record Highs
US Negative Interest Rate Bets Surge To Record Highs
As the “deflationary supernova” sweeps across the world, dragging bond yields to zero-and-beyond, even the almighty omniscent Federal Reserve has been forced to capitulate as the ‘cheapness’ of Treasury bonds lures the world’s yield-hunters dragging it ever closer to the negative rate realities of Switzerland, Japan, and Germany. As rate-hike odds collapse, along with The Fed’s credibility, so investors are increasingly betting on the chance that the inevitable negative interest rate washes ashore in a US money-market-crushing manner.