30 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Fed: Fed’s Mester not worried about expected slowdown in first-quarter GDP
The Fed: Fed’s Mester not worried about expected slowdown in first-quarter GDP
Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said Thursday any weakness in first quarter GDP will be transitory.
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30 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on An Angry Freedom Caucus Responds To Trump’s 2018 Threat
An Angry Freedom Caucus Responds To Trump’s 2018 Threat
After Trump drew ‘first blood’ this morning with a tweet threatening to fight Freedom Caucus members in the 2018 mid-term elections, a pair of House representatives have fired back with aggressive tweets of their own implying that Trump’s healthcare plan was evidence that he had “succumb to the D.C. Establishment.”
“It didn’t take long for the swamp to drain @realDonaldTrump. No shame, Mr. President. Almost everyone succumbs to the D.C. Establishment.”
30 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Pending Home Sales At Multi-Month Highs
Pending Home Sales At Multi-Month Highs
If it’s spring, it must be home-buying time.
Reuters reported that the level of contracts to buy U.S. homes defined as previously owned were at a 10-month high in February, which indicates, as the newswire notes, “robust demand” leading into what is traditionally a busy time for selling houses.
30 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Energy Sector; Two Thirds chance they rally here
Energy Sector; Two Thirds chance they rally here
Below looks at the performance of the S&P 500 Sectors, looking back 5-years. The winner for the lowest performance is the Energy Sector (-1.42%). XLE is lagging the S&P 500 by almost 70%, in just 5-years. “Time for them to rally?
30 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Corbus Pharma Add-on Drug Clears Mid-Stage Study
Corbus Pharma Add-on Drug Clears Mid-Stage Study
Corbus’s anti-inflammatory drug, anabasum, met the primary endpoint for safety and tolerability in Phase 2.
30 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Clash of the Food Service Distribution Titans
Clash of the Food Service Distribution Titans
In this segment of Motley Fool’s Industry Focus: Consumer Goods podcast, a listener asks us to discuss the revenues, profits, and market valuations of foods service distribution leaders Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) and US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE: USFD). We duly put on our analysis hats and also touch on the companies’ broader business models in the video segment directly below.
A full transcript follows the video.
30 March, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Clash of the Food Service Distribution Titans
Clash of the Food Service Distribution Titans
In this segment of Motley Fool’s Industry Focus: Consumer Goods podcast, a listener asks us to discuss the revenues, profits, and market valuations of foods service distribution leaders Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) and US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE: USFD). We duly put on our analysis hats and also touch on the companies’ broader business models in the video segment directly below.
A full transcript follows the video.