30 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Innovation of the Week: App aims to help buyers save
Innovation of the Week: App aims to help buyers save
read more30 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Steve Ballmer: We took too long to get into hardware when I was at Microsoft
Steve Ballmer: We took too long to get into hardware when I was at Microsoft
Steve Ballmer said while Microsoft under him did do much to prepare for a cloud-first world, the company didn’t do enough to build new hardware capability.
30 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Starbucks’ Howard Schultz told workers Trump created ‘chaos’ that is hurting economy
Starbucks’ Howard Schultz told workers Trump created ‘chaos’ that is hurting economy
Starbucks’ former CEO Howard Schultz told employees in February that the president was creating “chaos.”
30 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on RBNZ’s Wheeler: Pleased house price growth has slowed
RBNZ’s Wheeler: Pleased house price growth has slowed
RBNZ governor Wheeler press conference
Follows the earlier release:
RBNZ’s FSR: Risks to financial system have fallen
– Pleased house price growth has slowed
30 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on UK data – GfK consumer confidence for May: -5 (expected -8, prior -7)
UK data – GfK consumer confidence for May: -5 (expected -8, prior -7)
A beat for UK consumer confidence. Poor, deluded souls 😉
Comes in at -5 for May
– expected -8, prior -7
– a four-month high
Says Reuters:
– Overall the survey indicated solid consumer confidence by historical standards
30 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on UK – BRC Shop Price Index for May: -0.4% y/y (expected -0.3%, prior -0.5%)
UK – BRC Shop Price Index for May: -0.4% y/y (expected -0.3%, prior -0.5%)
British Retail Consortium data
-0.4% y/y
More via Reuters:
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Shop prices declined last month at the slowest pace since 2013
– Food prices leading a move upwards
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30 May, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japan April industrial production expected to hit a 6 year high
Japan April industrial production expected to hit a 6 year high
From Japan today we’ll get Industrial Production for April (preliminary reading)
– Due at 2350GMT, data release by the trade ministry
– Expected +4.2% m/m, prior -1.9%
This data has fluctuated recently, but net has been on the improve. If today’s ‘expected’ is hit it’ll confirm factory output is rising at its quickest in around 6 years. Japan Inc. is getting a boost from rising exports, which is good not just for Japan but insofar as it shows global demand recovering its good news for economies generally.