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Computer glitch shuts down trading on New York Stock Exchange …

Computer glitch shuts down trading on New York Stock ExchangePublished time: July 08, 2015 15:50Edited time: July 08, 2015 17:32Get short URLReuters / Brendan McDermidTagsAccident, Big deal, Corporate news, FBI, Investment, Markets, USATrading on the New York Stock Exchange floor was halted shortly after 11:30 am local time Wednesday, with all screens displaying a “No quotation” message, according to eyewitnesses.“We’re […]

Detroit law enforcement's secret weapon: big data analytics …

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]]>How can big data and smart analytics ignite growth for your company? Find out at DataBeat, May 19-20 in San Francisco, from top data scientists, analysts, investors, and entrepreneurs. There are less than 50 tickets left!Several cities across the U.S. have been severely hit by the economic downturn in recent years. Budget cuts […]

U.S. Justice Department to look at high-frequency stock trading

The Department of Justice is investigating high-frequency stock trading to see if any of the practices violate insider trading laws, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday.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.“The Department is […]

Attorney General Eric Holder says Department of Justice … – iPolitics

The Department of Justice is investigating high-frequency stock trading to see if any of the practices violate insider trading laws, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday.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.“The Department is […]

Big Data Kafka: US Government Watchlists and the secrecy whose …

In the ACLU’s new paper U.S. Government Watchlisting:
Unfair Process and Devastating Consequences [PDF], the group describes strange world of terrorist watchlists, including no-fly lists, where it’s nearly impossible to discover if you’re on a list, and nearly impossible to find out why you’re on a list, and nearly impossible to get removed from a list. As the ACLU points […]

Big Data Company Palantir Is Raising $58M At A Hefty $9B …

Palantir, the big data company that secured clients like the NSA, the FBI and the CIA early on, is topping up its recent September funding round with a 50 percent bump in valuation. The company is now valued at $9 billion, according to sources familiar with the deal. An SEC filing released today showed that they are raising an additional […]

Big Data, Big Bucks: Palantir Valued at $9 Billion – Reed Albergotti …

Palantir Technologies, the “big data” miner that the counts the CIA and the FBI among its clients, is poised to announce a new round of funding that will value the company at roughly $9 billion, according a person familiar with the matter.In a securities filing Thursday, Palantir is expected to disclose that it has raised $58 million in the current […]