18 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Is on an Impressive Run
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Is on an Impressive Run
Back in 2014, it looked as if the wheels were coming off Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG), the company behind the da Vinci robotic-surgical system.
Shares had fallen 40% in a little over a year’s time, hospitals’ purse strings were super-tight with the onset of the Affordable Care Act, and key leaders in the medical field were questioning the machine’s necessity in benign hysterectomies, its biggest procedure.
Image source: Intuitive Surgical.
18 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on BMW expects China sales growth to be around 10 percent this year
BMW expects China sales growth to be around 10 percent this year
BMW Groupexpects sales in China to grow around 10 percent this year while global sales are likely to climb 5 to 5.5 percent
Reuters citing BMW board member for sales and marketing Ian Robertson
18 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Alternative Investors Bet On U.S. Shale Turnaround As Production Costs Fall
Alternative Investors Bet On U.S. Shale Turnaround As Production Costs Fall
Private equity companies, hedge funds and even some investment banks are flocking to shale energy ventures despite last year’s bloodletting among U.S. producers, betting heavily on and industry resurgence anchored not on rising oil prices, but on dramatic cost reductions.
18 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on ForexLive Asia FX news: Cable slips 40 points in Asia (rounding error?)
ForexLive Asia FX news: Cable slips 40 points in Asia (rounding error?)
Forex news for Asia trading Wednesday 19 April 2017
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After a 400 point (give or take) rally during UK/Europe/US time cable had a small range only during Asia. Its arguable whether 40 points is a rounding error, but maybe the whole time zone is?
18 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Triple slaying in Fresno, Calif., investigated as anti-white hate crime
The Wall Street Journal: Triple slaying in Fresno, Calif., investigated as anti-white hate crime
A man suspected of shooting three people to death in downtown Fresno, Calif., on Tuesday had expressed his dislike of white people, police said, and authorities are investigating the matter as a hate crime, not a terrorist attack.
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18 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on US VP Pence promises North Korea an "overwhelming and effective" response
US VP Pence promises North Korea an "overwhelming and effective" response
Vice President Mike Pence addressed military personnel aboard the USS Ronald Reagan in Japan today
– warned North Korea not to test the resolve of the U.S. military
18 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Tucker Carlson Takes on Mark Cuban Over H1B Visa Laws
Tucker Carlson Takes on Mark Cuban Over H1B Visa Laws
The minimum wage for H1B visa recipients is $60,000, unchanged from 1989. Let me emphasize that for you. Our government is permitting companies to bring in foreign skilled labor at 1989 wages, completely undercutting the American workforce and driving down wages.
Today President Trump signed an executive order to reform the program.
“Right now, H-1B visas are awarded in a totally random lottery — and that’s wrong, said Trump.”