12-30-2015, 11:10 PM
For a one-time payment of 6,800 yuan ($1,050), Liu’s firm provides a crash course on stock manipulators in China: how to anticipate their targets, how to spot their trades and -- most importantly -- how to profit by following in their tracks. The three-month class is one of at least 100 across the country that promise insight into Zhuang Jia, a local term for market manipulators that portrays them as holding the upper hand.
Dancing With Wolves: Why Chinese Traders Love Manipulated Stocks - Bloomberg Business
"The reason why Wall Street guys party so hard is because they're not happy with their jobs," she explained to me. "You make money, but you're not happy, so you go out and splurge on strip clubs and drinking and drugs, then the money depletes and you have to make it again. The dancers are the same way. You make money, but then you're depressed, so you end up shopping or going on vacation, and the money depletes, so you go back ..."
Ex-stripper's theory on why Wall Street men go to strip clubs - Business Insider
"Prime is really the story for Amazon," Schachter told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Wednesday. "Right now, we can confidently state that about 25 percent of all U.S. homes are already Prime. If you grow that 30 percent in '16, 20 percent in '17, and 10 percent thereafter by 2020, you get to 50 percent of U.S. homes being Prime. We think that is a game changer."
Amazon’s growth might mean 'game over' for competition: Analyst
While Amazon is traditionally tight-lipped about sharing exact numbers on Prime membership, in 2013, the company said that it had "tens of millions" of Prime members worldwide, and at the end of 2014, the company said global Prime subscriptions were up 53% and North America subscriptions were up 50%.
Amazon (AMZN) Was Definitely the Biggest Winner This Christmas Season - TheStreet
Spanish shops are now hiring at pre-crisis levels, while business confidence is also holding up in Italy, according to official figures. Spain's national statistics agency said retail hiring in November grew 1.8% on last year, the fastest rate since Spain entered a deep recession in 2008. In Italy, figures on Tuesday showed business confidence fell in December, but remained close to recent highs.