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Oil drops following declines in stock marketPosted onApril 25, 2014 at 7:50 pmbyAssociated Press in Crude oil, MarketsShare this:EmailPrint0The price of oil dropped below $101 per barrel Friday after disappointing earnings in the U.S. prompted declines in the stock market.Benchmark U.S. crude for June delivery shed $1.34 to close at $100.60 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil finished the […]

Stock Market Update, Apr. 7, 2014 – Business Insider

REUTERSStocks are in the red in the U.S. And once again, the momentum names of the Nasdaq are leading the way down.
The Dow is down 153 points, or 0.9%.The S&P 500 is down 22 points, or 1.1%.The Nasdaq is down 70 points or 1.7%.This extends the big sell-off we saw on Friday.Amazon.com, Google, and Facebook are among the underperformers.According to […]

Google Launches BigQuery Streaming For Real-Time, Big-Data …

BigQuery, Google’s cloud-based tool for quickly analyzing very large datasets, is getting a massive price cut today (up to 85 percent). But Google is also adding an important new feature that will make it more competitive with the big data service offered by Amazon Kinesis and others. Starting soon, developers will be able to send up to 100,000 rows of real-time data […]

Innovating to create comprehension of big data and the Internet …

Higinio O. Maycotte is CEO of Umbel, a company that uses data to increase the understanding media companies have of their audiences and online advertising revenue. Knight Foundation supports Umbel through its Enterprise Fund. Below, Maycotte writes about the theme of the first Knight News Challenge of 2014: How can we strengthen the Internet for free expression and innovation?

The cloud's role in Big Data : Rethinking modern IT | SiliconANGLE

What role does the cloud play in Big Data deployments today and what will the future of Big Data in the cloud look like? To understand both, we should first look at the state of the Big Data market today—and even the definition of Big Data itself.The Big Data market is growing and its growth shows no signs of slowing down. In […]

Big Data Picks Up the Pace – NYTimes.com

We may be heading into the next phase of big data. The early bets and stand-alone products seem to be moving rapidly into more sophisticated uses and broader corporate alliances.On Wednesday, three separate announcements illustrated the trend. SAP, Germany’s giant business planning and analytics software company, said it is putting a rich version of its real-time analysis software online. SAP […]

AO.com founder makes £86m as white goods retailer floats on stock …

A former kitchen salesman made £86m selling part of an online white goods company he started for a bet in Bolton pub on Christmas Eve 14 years ago – and he still has a stake worth more than £440m.John Roberts, 40, was moaning to a friend that he wanted to quit his job as a salesman at Moben Kitchens and […]

Reflections of a Newsosaur: Big Data zeros in on ad inefficiency

John Wanamaker, the innovative Philadelphia merchant who pioneered the modern department store in the Gilded Age, was such a fan of newspapers that he is credited with buying the first full-page ad. But even Wanamaker knew that the most efficient form of advertising available in the 1890s wasn’t terribly efficient at all. “Half the money I spend on advertising […]

Hear Me Present at the Sentiment Analysis Symposium in NY on …

I am excited to be presenting in New York at the Sentiment Analysis Symposium. My talk is titled, Measure and Predict: Lessons in Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty.” Customer satisfaction and loyalty are important variables in today’s business world. Senior executives rely on measures of these variables to make better decisions to help them market to, sell to and service their customers.
Businesses have access to droves […]

Online appliances retailer AO to float on London Stock Exchange …

AO made profits of £8.1m as its sales rose nearly 30% in the year to March 2013 The founder of Appliances Online, who set up the business following a £1 bet in a pub, is set to scoop £400m in cash and shares when the business floats next month.AO, as the internet-only retailer is now known, is expected to be […]