31 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China official January Manufacturing PMI: 51.3 (expected 51.2, prior 51.4)
China official January Manufacturing PMI: 51.3 (expected 51.2, prior 51.4)
Data from China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) and the National Bureau of Statistics
Comes in at 51.3
– expected 51.2 and previous was 51.4
An early release for this data point.
31 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Trump Announces Supreme Court Nominee – Live Feed
Trump Announces Supreme Court Nominee – Live Feed
Moments from now, President Trump will announce his much anticipated nominee to fill Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat on the Supreme Court of the United States. Rumors of the most likely picks have been making the rounds for weeks with Judge Neil Gorsuch of Colorado emerging as a front-runner in recent days. That said, per the Washington Post, Trump has beckoned both Neil Gorsuch and
31 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China data: January Non-manufacturing PMI: 54.6 (prior 54.5)
China data: January Non-manufacturing PMI: 54.6 (prior 54.5)
This is the official China services PMI (January), comes in at
– December came in at 54.5
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China is on holidays (the Lunar New Year), markets there reopen Friday February 3.
31 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Trump Gives Biotech A Hug
Trump Gives Biotech A Hug
Dow: -107.04… Nasdaq: +1.07… S&P: -2.03… The health care sector assumed a leadership position in today’s market, underpinned by the outperformance of the drug and biotech stocks. Those issues rallied on the other side of a meeting President Trump had with industry executives. While the president pressed his case for lowering drug prices, the markets were…
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31 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japan’s Asakawa: Japan’s monetary policy is not aimed at FX
Japan’s Asakawa: Japan’s monetary policy is not aimed at FX
Japan’s Ministry of Finance’s Masatsugu Asakawa
– Japan’s monetary policy is aimed at escaping deflation
– There has been no change to the stance that extreme FX moves are undesirable
more to come
31 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Report: Anthony Weiner may face child porn charges after exchanging lewd messages with girl, 15
Report: Anthony Weiner may face child porn charges after exchanging lewd messages with girl, 15
Report: Anthony Weiner may face child porn charges after exchanging lewd messages with girl, 15
Prosecutors are considering bringing child porn charges against disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner over sexually explicit read more
31 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Aflac Sees Operating Earnings Shrink but Still Expects 2017 Strength
Aflac Sees Operating Earnings Shrink but Still Expects 2017 Strength
To understand Aflac (NYSE: AFL), the first thing you have to realize is that the company does much more than just offer supplemental insurance in the U.S. market. Aflac’s primary business is in Japan, where it serves a larger market and produces more of its revenue and profit than its domestic operations do. Coming into Tuesday’s fourth-quarter financial report, Aflac investors wanted to see continuing signs of solid growth in revenue and earnings, but the insurer didn’t produce the growth in operating earnings that it had hoped to achieve.