26 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asia Markets: Good news from Australia, Apple put wind in Asian markets’ sails
Asia Markets: Good news from Australia, Apple put wind in Asian markets’ sails
Positive economic news from China and Australia helped lift Asian stock markets early Wednesday, while Taiwan’s technology firms got a boost from Apple Inc.
26 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Stop Drinking The Kool-Aid, America: Political Fiction In An Age Of Televised Lies
Stop Drinking The Kool-Aid, America: Political Fiction In An Age Of Televised Lies
Submitted by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute,
“We’ve got to face it. Politics have entered a new stage, the television stage. Instead of long-winded public debates, the people want capsule slogans—‘Time for a change’—‘The mess in Washington’—‘More bang for a buck’—punch lines and glamour.”— A Face in the Crowd (1957)
26 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Australia Q2 inflation data – responses
Australia Q2 inflation data – responses
What do today’s data mean for the Reserve Bank of Australia? Analysts respond:
JPMorgan
– Inflation is low enough to see the RBA provide further support to the economy
BNP:
26 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on An Important Question for Bank of America Investors
An Important Question for Bank of America Investors
Image source: iStock/Thinkstock.
The question that should haunt every Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) investor is this: Why is the North Carolina-based bank so much less profitable than its peers Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB)?
Bank
26 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Australia inflation data – impact on the Reserve Bank of Australia
Australia inflation data – impact on the Reserve Bank of Australia
The data is here
In a nutshell, the q/q core inflation was higher than expected, but the y/y is still very low.
More:
– The RBA meet next on August 2
– Market pricing for a cut was around 70% prior to the inflation data
Details of the data today show inflation is still very weak.
26 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The New York Post: So how does this $80 million burger taste?
The New York Post: So how does this $80 million burger taste?
The Impossible Burger — a hotly awaited, laboratory-created, all-plant product meant to look, taste and smell like beef and even ooze “blood” — was unveiled Tuesday by its biochemist creator Patrick O.
26 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China – MNI / Westpac Consumer Sentiment for July: -1.6% on the month
China – MNI / Westpac Consumer Sentiment for July: -1.6% on the month
Comes in at 114.0, previously 115.9
WPAC comments: