Benchmarks snapped a three-day losing streak and ended higher on Tuesday after bargain-hunting investors bought momentum and technology stocks. Utilities stocks also jumped after investors favored less-volatile stocks.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s Ahead of Wall Street articleThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) gained 0.1% to close Tuesday’s trading session at […]
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Apr 7, 2014 Author
Ernie Capobianco |
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ADOTAS – Big Data. Everybody’s talking about it. You’d think it was a cure-all, the ultimate panacea. The greatest thing to hit marketing since the Wendy’s “Where’s the Beef?” campaign. All kinds of companies in almost every niche industry are trying to extract value from Big Data. […]
I.B.M.Mainframe computer sales — once the centerpiece of I.B.M. — now account for an estimated 3 percent of the company’s revenue. Scott Gnau, president of Teradata Labs, seemed a little irritated by all the attention being showered on the big data marketplace. Big-data exuberance has surged with the recent news about how much money was raised by Cloudera, the frontrunner […]
Worldwide IT spending is expected to increase this year, but it’s nothing compared to how much money will flow into Big Data. And for employees at those companies, more money is certainly a good thing.
As a new IDC report reveals, spending in the Big Data market will reach $32.4 billion by 2017, or nearly six times the growth rate of […]
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has been on a tear lately, and is regularly setting new highs as it hovers round $41 for the first time since the dot-com days of 2000. MSFT stock is up almost 45% in the past year, double the 21% or so for the S&P 500 in the same period.As I wrote recently, one obvious catalyst for MSFT has […]
After the announcement of Michael Lewis’ new book (which I don’t have a copy of, and I am not asking for one), together with a variety of interviews, he declared that the stock market is rigged. This is a convenient finding that will gladden the hearts of many who have tried the markets and lost. The trouble is, there are […]
The FBI is looking into the practices of high-frequency stock trading firms, adding to the scrutiny that is being placed on the practice.Brokerage firms use high-frequency trading to get a jump on their competitors. Powerful computers analyze market information and then execute buy and sell orders for stocks within a fraction of a second.One way that high-frequency traders have gained […]
NEW YORK —
The FBI is looking into the practices of high-frequency stock trading firms, adding to the scrutiny that is being placed on the practice.
Brokerage firms use […]
By John Teti
Mar 27, 2014
1:04 PM
King, the studio that makes Candy Crush Saga, ran into unexpected costs after it started playing the stock market game yesterday. After getting King addicted to the bright flashing numbers and […]
Forex: USD trading mixed Source: BloombergThe USD is trading mixed against its major counterparts. Data released indicated that US economy grew at a level below market expectations in the fourth quarter of 2013, though it expanded more than previously estimated. Additionally, pending home sales in the US dropped unexpectedly in February, sparking concerns over the US housing sector. However, better […]
