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Volkswagen: Big Data Doesn't Have to Mean Big Brother | Re/code

Given the vast amounts of data that will be collected by the cars of the future, strict protections are needed to prevent government intrusion, the chairman of Volkswagen Group said on Sunday.“The car must not become a data monster,” Martin Winterkorn said, at the start of the CeBit trade show in Germany. Car makers already protect drivers from hydroplaning, fatigue […]

Stock Market News for March 07, 2014 – March 7, 2014 – Zacks.com

Benchmarks ended Thursday’s trading session on a mixed note. The S&P 500 and Dow ended in the green after the Central Bank of United Kingdom and the European Central Bank kept key lending rates unchanged. Investors also focused on a drop in initial claims. The slight gains helped S&P 500 to move up to another record high; the 50th instance […]

Insider Trading is Very Damaging to Markets and a Terrible Crime …

Interesting bit from Slate (via Business
Insider
) from last week tracing
the shockingly good record of Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) employees when it comes to making trades at the
right time in stocks of companies the SEC investigates.Turns out reseachers found “SEC employees tend to sell a
company’s stock before the SEC takes enforcement action against the
company” leading to:
abnormal returns of about 4 percent for […]

Setting Up For A Great Trade: Mining Equipment Stocks Digging …

Anytime a trader or investor looks at a stock chart they should look to see if the instrument is making a new high, or a lower high. Continuous lower highs are a good indicator that further weakness is ahead for the equity. Earlier today, the leading mining equipment company, Joy Global Inc (NYSE:JOY) reported earnings. The stock is trading higher by […]

Gracenote's Rhythm Adds Filesharing Data and Social Media …

Gracenote continues to build its Rhythm platform for music streaming services with the addition of global fan data from Musicmetric. Earlier this year Gracenote announced a social media and trending data agreement with Next Big Sound for Rhythm. Now they’re adding filesharing data and social media sentiment via Musicmetric, who will also be considering other customized data options Rhythm.Gracenote Rhythm […]

3 Stocks to Benefit from Big Data in 2014 – March 5, 2014 – Zacks.com

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Big Data was one of the biggest buzz-words in the technology sector in 2013. The term refers to management of vast quantities of unstructured data, i.e. information available […]

Gray Fox Petroleum: A Promoted Stock At Risk For A Trading Halt …

(Editor’s Note: This article covers a stock trading at less than $1 per share and/or with less than a $100 million market cap. Please be aware of the risks associated with these stocks.)The Fraud Research Institute has completed its investigation into Gray Fox Petroleum, Inc. (OTCQB:GFOX) and holds a very strong opinion that since its inception, this public entity has […]

Cramer: Pin action: Bowling for dollars stock market style – CNBC.com

To support his thesis Cramer pointed to recent declines in Vitamin Shoppe after competitor GNC reported earnings. “This is a textbook example,” Cramer said. “Back on February 13th, GNC, the huge vitamin, supplement and diet product chain, reported a quarter that was widely viewed as being disappointing. It was just a subpar quarter.  […]

Stock Market News for March 03, 2014 – March 3, 2014 – Zacks.com

Benchmarks finished mostly higher on Friday following some encouraging economic numbers. While a better-than-expected consumer sentiment report and Chicago PMI reading boosted investor confidence, less-than-anticipated growth in US economy and pending home sales were overlooked as an outcome of the severe winter season. The indices not only notched weekly gains, but they also registered strong February gains.For a look at […]

Launched in the Alley: Market Prophit – AlleyWatch

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Market Prophit is the first service ever to provide rankings of financial bloggers in social media to generate unique, real-time sentiment signals (bullish/bearish) based on identifying the mavens or “Market Prophits” in the crowd, delivering a top-level view of what’s hot and what’s not.In other words, it’s a financial big […]