3 October, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Brexit fears, White House race cause $72 billion slide in M&A
Brexit fears, White House race cause $72 billion slide in M&A
Political risks have scared companies off inking deals, Dealogic says — except for Chinese and Japanese firms, who snapped up U.S. targets.
3 October, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Big Brother Is Watching – New Emails Reveal Homeland Security Tracks License Plates At Gun Shows
Big Brother Is Watching – New Emails Reveal Homeland Security Tracks License Plates At Gun Shows
Newly discovered emails from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), reveal efforts of the federal government to track American citizens who visit gun shows across the country. The discovery came via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the Wall Street Journal that revealed internal emails from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent requesting the support of local California police officers to “deploy license plate readers” at a 2010 gun show in Del
3 October, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 40 Million Russians To Take Part In "Nuclear Disaster" Drill, Days After US General Warns Of War With Moscow
40 Million Russians To Take Part In "Nuclear Disaster" Drill, Days After US General Warns Of War With Moscow
As relations between Russia and the US disintegrate as a result of the escalating proxy war in Syria, which today culminated with Putin halting a Plutonium cleanup effort with the US, shortly before the US State Department announced it would end negotiations with Russia over Syria, tomorrow an unprecedented 40 million Russian citizens, as well
3 October, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Idea of BOJ foreign-debt buying, "Viable if not taken as FX intervention"
Idea of BOJ foreign-debt buying, "Viable if not taken as FX intervention"
Even though Prime Minister Abe damped speculation about the possibility of the Bank of Japan purchasing foreign bonds, rumours continue.
– BOJ direct buying of foreign bonds would be a counter to yen strength
3 October, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Consider the Possibility the Fed Hikes in December, After a Recession Starts
Consider the Possibility the Fed Hikes in December, After a Recession Starts
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3 October, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Microsoft’s Massive New AI Division — What Investors Need to Know
Microsoft’s Massive New AI Division — What Investors Need to Know
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) recently created a new AI and Research Group, staffed by 5,000 engineers and computer scientists, as its fourth engineering group alongside Windows, Office, and Azure. The new division merges its Microsoft Research and Information Platform Groups with the teams working on Bing, Cortana, robotics, and “ambient computing” environments, which are responsive to the presence of people.
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