Imagine a map that shows years of rising sea levels in a matter of seconds, and the water is surrounding your house. There might soon be an app for that.
That’s the sort of visualization that the Obama administration believes can spark action toward climate adaptation in communities around the nation. To help push technologists to create these new climate tools, […]
In leading up to Structure Data, we’ve written some fabulous content about our speakers and the topic of big data. Here’s a roundup of the highlights.(Structure Data kicks off this Wednesday in New York. Snag your ticket here.)Structure Data themes and featuresBanking startup LendUp shows why design is king as big data gets personal
How new tech can help lawyers rethink […]
Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesJohn Podesta, a counselor to the president, said a goal of reviewing privacy and big data was to determine how the public and private sectors might maximize the flow of information necessary for innovation while minimizing potential privacy risks to individuals. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — With the success of its free open online course system, called […]
SharePinterestFacebookEmailOver the last month, Obamacare has taken many shots from its opposition. The CBO released a damaging report on how the law will affect employment over the coming years, and numerous stories detailing how the healthcare law has negatively impact Americans have continued to surface.Now, with President Obama’s approval numbers slipping, we looked at the recent perception on social media […]
Posted Wednesday, February 26 – 7:45 AM(AFP) – US stocks gained modestly in early trade Wednesday with investors mostly tentative ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s testimony in Congress on Thursday.An hour into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 54.46 points (0.34 percent) at 16,234.12.The broader S&P 500 gained 5.54 (0.30 percent) at 1,850.66, while the Nasdaq […]
John Hussman(chart and background h/t Claasen Research, James Goode, Thomas Bulkowski)Among the more unusual stock market chart patterns is the “three peaks and a domed house.”
Observed by a technician named George Lindsay, the formation includes 28 inflection points that basically look like three peaks and a domed house.Not too many people take the pattern too seriously. But some chart watchers […]
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s pledge to keep interest rates low led benchmarks sharply higher on Tuesday. Yellen also said the central bank will continue with tapering of the market-friendly economic stimulus plan. Yesterday’s gains extended benchmarks’ bullish run into the fourth day, the longest one this year.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to […]
Stock Market Three Peaks and a (Complex) Domed HouseStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Feb 11, 2014 – 09:07 PM GMTBy: Ed_Carlson
The internet has been abuzz for several weeks about an analogue (discovered by Tom DeMark and popularized by Tom McClellan and others) of the bull market top in 1929 and our current market. […]
Sir Terry Leahy, the former chief executive of Tesco, is chaiman of B&M and a senior advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the private equity firm that owns 60% of the chain. Photograph: Graham Turner for the GuardianB&M, a discount retailer set up in Blackpool with just £750 in 1978, is preparing for a stock market flotation that could value […]
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Part two of an interview series with Mark Braunstein, Director of the Health Systems Institute at Georgia Tech, and columnist at InformationWeek. A decade or so ago only a very few professionals used the term Logistics, yet it very quickly moved from an IT and Operations handle into the boardroom. Dr. Braunstein explains how data logistics […]
