Friday, June 3, 2016

#Venezuela - Cry For Food In Protests Near Presidential Palace: wochit News

Published on 2 Jun 2016
In Caracas, Venezuela groups of protesters chanting, "We want food!" gathered near the presidential palace, as security forces started firing rounds of tear gas. President Nicolas Maduro has been under intense pressure as the economic conditions worsen in his country of 30 million people. One woman told a reporter, "There's no more food in the shops and supermarkets. We're hungry and we're tired." Venezuelans are suffering from shortages of basic goods like milk and flour, despite being a country with the world's largest oil reserves. President Maduro blames the unrest on the fall in global oil prices. Government officials tried to reassure citizens that "things will improve in the next few weeks."
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/t...

Trading Video: Euro and Oil Quiet Through ECB and OPEC, Now for NFPs... Forex News by DailyFX

Published on 2 Jun 2016
Talking Points:

• The Euro slipped after ECB holds its ground, pulling EUR/USD back towards 200-day MA and holding EUR/GBP H&S break
• NFPs is top event risk ahead with both US equities and Dollar wrestling with resistance
• OPEC's meeting ends without reductions in output - as expected - and oil's lack of reaction shouldn't reassure

Read the full article here:
https://www.dailyfx.com/forex/video/d...

Thursday, June 2, 2016

#EspaƱa - Rock-sario 2015 - Los Garcia con Mike Vernon y Sari Schorr. 1 agosto

Published on 4 Aug 2015
Mike Vernon produced some of the greatest blues records of all time and lives in Villanueva del Rosario. When Sari Schorr was born in Queens, NY, USA. she came out singing and hasn't stopped. I believe this is her third gig in Spain recently - working with Mike on new material

#USA - Jim Cramer Says J&J (JNJ) Is One of His Favorite Stocks: TheStreet

Published on 2 Jun 2016
TheStreet's Jim Cramer says he likes Johnson & Johnson's purchase of private hair care products maker Vogue International. J&J is buying the company for $3.3-billion in cash. Cramer says J&J is placing bets wherever it can get some growth, and likes the move into consumer products. Cramer said he's also waiting for the pharma company to make an acquisition in medical products, to beef up that division. Cramer also said that Johnson & Johnson is one of his favorite stocks. J&J expects the deal to close next quarter.



#F1 - 2017: bigger and better: Pirelli

Published on 30 May 2016
Formula 1 gets bigger and better in 2017. And a key part of that will be the tyres

#Syria - Kurdish-led force advances on Manbij: Al Jazeera English

Published on 2 Jun 2016
Thousands of fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) - a US-backed coalition of armed groups led by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) - are in the middle of an offensive to recapture an ISIL pocket in northern Syria.

The town of Manbij is held by the group, which a week ago launched a surprise attack in northern Syria.
SDF fghters, trained and equipped by the US, say it's just a matter of time before ISIL’s presence in northern Syria comes to an end.

Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Gaziantep, on Turkey’s border with Syria.

#USA - Goldman Sachs Downgrades Shares of Apple: TheStreet

Published on 2 Jun 2016
Shares of Apple are in the spotlight on Thursday following a downgrade from Goldman Sachs. Goldman is cutting its price target and profit estimates for 2016. Goldman says it is trimming Apple's estimates to reflect lower growth expectations for the smartphone industry. Analysts lowered iPhone unit forecasts to 211 million for this year, that's down from 212 million. For 2016, earnings estimates were revised downward by a penny to $8.39 a share, but that's still $0.10 a share above the consensus estimates. Goldman also cut profit expectations for 2017 and 2018. The firm lowered its price target for the shares for the year to $124 from $136. In the note, the analysts said the demand environment in China is the most significant new risk.

#Japan - Why Shinzo Abe Delayed Hiking Sales Tax: Bloomberg

Published on 2 Jun 2016
June 1 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he’ll delay an increase in Japan’s sales tax until 2019, a move that may help support consumer spending while complicating the government’s efforts to tame the world’s largest debt burden. Bloomberg's Brian Fowler reports on "Bloomberg Surveillance."