10 November, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Alibaba’s Singles Day Is About to Put Amazon Prime Day to Shame
Alibaba’s Singles Day Is About to Put Amazon Prime Day to Shame
Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) crushed analyst expectations for its second quarter last week but the company has barely had time to celebrate as it preps for its biggest sales day of the year on November 11: Singles Day.
10 November, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Toomey: Carried Interest Likely To Be Addressed In Senate Tax Plan
Toomey: Carried Interest Likely To Be Addressed In Senate Tax Plan
The much-maligned tax treatment of carried interest for investment fund managers, currently absent from the Senate’s current tax reform proposal, is likely to be addressed in any final plan, Pennsylvania Republican senator Pat Toomey said on Friday.
10 November, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Skynet Makes Its Move: Ford Wraps Workers In Exoskeleton
Skynet Makes Its Move: Ford Wraps Workers In Exoskeleton
The secret to crustaceans and insects belonging to the phylum Arthropoda family are their exoskeleton. Ants, lobsters, hermit crabs, spiders, and beetles are all creatures whose life is made possibly by their exoskeleton body plan. Although humans do not have exoskeletons, but rather endoskeletons, it hasn’t stopped the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in pursing this technology.
10 November, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Trump pushes ‘America first’ during tough trade talk in Asia
Trump pushes ‘America first’ during tough trade talk in Asia
President Donald Trump stood before a summit of Asian leaders keen on regional trade pacts and del
10 November, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Chenavari Investment Managers Said To Target €750M For New Credit Fund
Chenavari Investment Managers Said To Target €750M For New Credit Fund
London-based alternative asset manager Chenavari Investment Managers is reportedly targeting €750 million for a new credit fund that will focus on bank loans and opportunistically invest in distressed situations.
10 November, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Buchanan Fears A GOP Bloodbath – The Lesson For 2018
Buchanan Fears A GOP Bloodbath – The Lesson For 2018
Authored by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org,
The day after his “Silent Majority” speech on Nov. 3, 1969, calling on Americans to stand with him for peace with honor in Vietnam, Richard Nixon’s GOP captured the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey.
By December, Nixon had reached 68 percent approval in the Gallup Poll, though, a year earlier, he had won but 43 percent of the vote.
Contrast Nixon’s numbers with President Trump’s.
10 November, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Here’s Why Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc Stock Was Up 15% Last Month While Its Competitors Fell
Here’s Why Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc Stock Was Up 15% Last Month While Its Competitors Fell
While almost all of its competitors saw their stock prices fall in October, Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc (NYSE: DO) shares ended the month 15.4% higher than when it began. Along with Rowan Companies, Diamond Offshore was a rare offshore driller that saw its stock price rise in October, while a few even fell by almost double digits.