23 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Real Healthcare Crisis: Retiring Seniors Need $500k To Cover Premiums Even With Obamacare
The Real Healthcare Crisis: Retiring Seniors Need $500k To Cover Premiums Even With Obamacare
As Congress spends the next week and a half, if everything goes well, wrestling over how they can screw up healthcare in America even more, perhaps they should take notice of a new study from HealthView Services which highlights the fact that the real source of the healthcare crisis in this country is rising costs.
As Bloomberg notes, healthcare cost inflation is expected eclipse overall inflation and Social Security COLAs over the next decade.
23 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on CNN sends sketch artist to press briefing
CNN sends sketch artist to press briefing
The White House has prohibited cameras at some press briefings, so CNN decided to get creative.
23 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on What the Dasani Tap-Water Scandal Can Teach Investors
What the Dasani Tap-Water Scandal Can Teach Investors
Back in the mid-2000s, the bottled-water industry took a blow when the truth was revealed that many brands, such as Coca-Cola‘s (NYSE: KO) Dasani, were merely purifying tap water. The companies had to deal with consumer backlash, but it turns out there was no reason for investors to panic.
Here’s what we can learn from this episode from Coca-Cola’s past.
Image source: Dasani.
23 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How Risky Is Ambarella Inc?
How Risky Is Ambarella Inc?
Ambarella (NASDAQ: AMBA) shareholders have endured intense volatility this year as the stock lurched between gains of 20% and losses of almost 10%. Wall Street is focused on the camera technology specialist’s cloudy short-term growth outlook, basically ensuring that shares will swing with every new shift in that trajectory.
Yet the major factors that could doom this investment have more to do with the company’s operating structure and its portfolio of intellectual property.
23 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Saudi Hypocrisy: The Great Gas War Is Looming
Saudi Hypocrisy: The Great Gas War Is Looming
Astonishing hypocrisy! Saudi and its affiliates demand end to support of terrorism while they themselves are some of its largest funders.
Their list of demands, as reported in the Guardian, should be translated as:
1) Curb ties with Iran = No talking to Shia Muslims.
23 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Total Return With Floating Rate Bonds
Total Return With Floating Rate Bonds
By Robert Bernard – On June 14, 2017, the US Federal Reserve raised its Fed Funds rate for the second time this year. The new range will be 1 – 1.25%. The Fed also gave a roadmap on how they plan to unwind their $4.5 trillion balance sheet.
23 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Washington Post’s Turnaround Shows Amazon’s Success Is No Accident
The Washington Post’s Turnaround Shows Amazon’s Success Is No Accident
When Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder and CEO Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013 for $250 million, he turned a lot of heads.
Many asked: “What could Bezos want with one of the nation’s foremost broadsheets in an era when the newspaper business is saddled with losses? Would it lead to mass layoffs, or distract him from Amazon?”