8 February, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on US oil imports at the highest since 2012
US oil imports at the highest since 2012
Some further colour to the inventory report
The EIA have noted that oil imports hit the highest since Sep 2012. They rose 13% to 9.37m last week.
It’s not an easy one to fathom for the direction of prices. On one hand, higher imports could mean less use of US oil, so supply builds (bearish), while on the other hand, increased imports point to higher demand and therefore use of oil which could also transpose into overall demand for oil in general (bullish).
8 February, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Jeff Sutton begins $100M bond issue on Tel Aviv market
Jeff Sutton begins $100M bond issue on Tel Aviv market
Jeff Sutton is seeking to raise up to $100 million in bonds on the Israeli market, according to documents published with the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. The retail mogul filed a prospectus with the stock exchange Tuesday morning, and plans to begin pitching to prospective Israeli investors this week. This will be Sutton’s second attempt to enter the Israeli market. He was thwarted during a 2015 attempt to raise somewhere in the vicinity of $500 … [more]
8 February, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on It was the best of times, it was the second best of times
It was the best of times, it was the second best of times
This is the golden age for Planet Earth. Here is the FT:
We first asked whether young people were happy with their lives. We found that in emerging economies young people tend to be far happier than in the west: 90 per cent of Indonesians and 78 per cent of Nigerians said they were happy compared with just 57 per cent in Britain and France.
8 February, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on In New Executive Order, Trump Plans To Send ISIS Detainees To Guantanamo
In New Executive Order, Trump Plans To Send ISIS Detainees To Guantanamo
The Trump Administration is preparing an executive order that would direct the Pentagon to bring future Islamic State detainees to Guantánamo Bay prison, despite warnings from national security officials and legal scholars that doing so risks undermining what increasinly appears as an “illegal” war launched by Obama to combat the terrorist organization (which many have accused of being directly and indirectly created by Saudi Arabia and the US itself).
8 February, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Multi-million dollar settlement reached over death of woman in Cleveland police custody
Multi-million dollar settlement reached over death of woman in Cleveland police custody
Multi-million dollar settlement reached over death of woman in Cleveland police custody
CLEVELAND (WJW) — The Fox 8 I-Team has learned of a multi-million dollar settlement in a civil lawsuit over the death of a woman in Cleveland police custody.
8 February, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The world’s 10 most romantic hotels will get your heart racing
The world’s 10 most romantic hotels will get your heart racing
The world’s 10 most romantic hotels will get your heart racing
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, which means stores are flooded with heart-shaped chocolate boxes, piles of teddy bears and bouquets ready for the gifting.
8 February, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Rising Interest Rates Should Prove Bullish For Gold
Rising Interest Rates Should Prove Bullish For Gold
From Larry Edelson: I’ve got to hand it to the majority of pundits out there. They just never learn to think for themselves. They keep dishing out the same nonsense, over and over again.
For instance, the notions that rising interest rates will kill off equity market gains, particularly in the U.S. … or choke off a real estate recovery … or kill the gold market for good — are myths. Period.