26 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: U.S. poultry industry threatened by new strain of bird flu
The Wall Street Journal: U.S. poultry industry threatened by new strain of bird flu
Avian influenza is spreading rapidly across Europe and Asia, roiling the global poultry industry as farmers destroy millions of infected birds.
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26 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Ackman’s Pershing Square Tight-Lipped About New Positions Amid Organizational Changes
Ackman’s Pershing Square Tight-Lipped About New Positions Amid Organizational Changes
Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman has adopted a new style when it comes to publicity about the positions within his highly concentrated fund, shrouding his most recent bets in mystery in a 95-page update to shareholders Thursday that also announced organizational changes at the battered activist investment manager.
26 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Hedgies Panic As Hamptons Luxury Home Prices Crash 43% Year-Over-Year
Hedgies Panic As Hamptons Luxury Home Prices Crash 43% Year-Over-Year
As U.S. equity markets continue to surge to new all-time highs with each passing day, something you would expect to benefit the titans of high finance in Manhattan, demand for luxurious, multi-million dollar weekend getaways in the Hamptons has all but completely disappeared.
According to a new 4Q report from Douglas Elliman, the Hamptons real estate market is in full-on crash mode with average prices down 29.7% YoY in 4Q16 and volumes down 14.5%.
26 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asia Markets: Asian markets tick higher ahead of Lunar New Year’s holiday
Asia Markets: Asian markets tick higher ahead of Lunar New Year’s holiday
Investors’ renewed enthusiasm for risk continued into Asia-Pacific trading on Friday morning, as equities continued to build on recent gains and the dollar crept upward, breaching 115 yen for the first time this week.
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26 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Warburg Pincus’ Juster To Join Trump Administration As International Economic Advisor
Warburg Pincus’ Juster To Join Trump Administration As International Economic Advisor
Warburg Pincus partner Kenneth Juster has been appointed to a position within the new administration of President Donald Trump and has resigned from the global private equity company.
26 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on War Gaming – Part 1: Nukes & Terrorism
War Gaming – Part 1: Nukes & Terrorism
Submitted by Bill O’Grady via Confluence Investment Management,
One of the key elements of global hegemony is the ability of a nation to project power. Ideally, this means a potential hegemon needs local security. In other words, a nation that faces significant proximate threats will struggle to project power globally. As a general rule, it’s easier to attack via land compared to the sea.
26 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on As America debates President Trump, Mexican border wall and ‘alternative facts,’ demand surges for George Orwell’s ‘1984’
As America debates President Trump, Mexican border wall and ‘alternative facts,’ demand surges for George Orwell’s ‘1984’
Penguin, the book’s publisher, this week sent 75,000 extra copies to the printers.
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