19 November, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fake Company, Facebook, to Battle Fake News?
Fake Company, Facebook, to Battle Fake News?
- Via The Daily Bell
Zuckerberg: Facebook will develop tools to fight fake news … Fake news sites designed to trick you … Mark Zuckerberg has outlined a series of measures that should help prevent fake news from being shared on Facebook. The planned controls, which were announced in a late night Facebook post, follow accusations that a flood of fake news stories influenced the U.S. presidential election. -CNN
19 November, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Mitt Romney Concludes Meeting With Trump, Had A "Far Reaching Conversation"
Mitt Romney Concludes Meeting With Trump, Had A "Far Reaching Conversation"
In a brief, 30 second statement to the press issued moments after Mitt Romney finished his meeting with Donald Trump, the former presidential candidate (who previous had accused Trump of being a “con man,” a “phony” and “a fraud”) and who is allegedly in consideration for Secretary of State, said that he had a “far-reaching conversation with regards to the various theaters in the world where there are interests of the United States of real significance.
19 November, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Speculators Are Finally Bailing Out Of Gold… And That’s A Good Thing
Speculators Are Finally Bailing Out Of Gold… And That’s A Good Thing
19 November, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Astronomers have spotted a nearby ‘Superearth’
Astronomers have spotted a nearby ‘Superearth’
Astronomers have spotted a nearby ‘Superearth’
An international team of researchers has discovered a body in space which has been described as a “‘superearth’ type planet.”
19 November, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Elon Musk the Salesman Must Persuade Consumers to Make Poor Economic Decisions (Video)
Elon Musk the Salesman Must Persuade Consumers to Make Poor Economic Decisions (Video)
19 November, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Falling Yen Boosts Nikkei Index
Falling Yen Boosts Nikkei Index
My October 6 market message suggested that the Japanese yen was peaking which would give a boost to export-oriented Japanese stocks which appeared to be bottoming. Since then, the yen has fallen to the lowest level in six months against the dollar, and has fallen below its 200-day average (Chart 1). At the same time, the lower box shows the Nikkei 225 Index rising to the highest level since January (based on today’s higher close). But that’s only part of the story.
19 November, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Volkswagen Will Cut 30,000 Jobs: Is That Enough?
Volkswagen Will Cut 30,000 Jobs: Is That Enough?
Volkswagen’s massive headquarters complex in Wolfsburg, Germany. Image source: Volkswagen AG.