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Big Data Startup Frrole Raises $245K Angel Round, As …

Frrole, a big data startup that specializes in Twitter-based analytics, has raised $245K in Angel funding from investors including Sharad Sharma (former head of Yahoo! R&D centre in india), Google’s India MD Rajan Anandan and Eka Software founder Manav Garg.Based in Bangalore, the startup raised this capital on LetsVenture, a crowd funding platform launched last year to help Indian startups […]

'Political Siri', Big Data Startups Rise Amid Indian Elections …

With nearly 814 million people set to vote over the next few weeks in India’s general elections, the biggest democratic exercise on the planet, political parties are scrambling to out-innovate each other. Amid all this, some technology startups are finding a killer app for their products, especially given the massive outreach programs required by political leaders for wooing their supporters, […]

Intel's Big Data Initiative Is An Uphill Battle – Seeking Alpha

SummaryWhile the recent Intel and Cloudera announcement was applauded by analysts, the market took it with a yawn.
Intel will benefit, however probably not by much, that will make a big difference in Intel’s profits.
While the sector has room to grow, there is already a […]

Q&A: CGI on UBI, Big Data and a platform-agnostic approach …

Jamie Rodgers, vice president, Insurance Information Services, CGI, on integrating real-time driving behavior data with policy and claims records, and what new products and services can come out of it.
With usage-based insurance (UBI) now making its presence felt in Canada, the big question is how to put to work all the data it generates. Insurance Information Services (IIS) is working […]

Harvard-Backed Experfy Wants To Create A McKinsey In The Cloud …

There is a scramble to find the right big data talent, especially for short-term data projects currently being outsourced to big consulting companies such as Accenture, Deloitte apart from several niche suppliers. According to this McKinsey analysis, the U.S. alone faces a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with analytical expertise and 1.5 million managers and analysts with the skills to […]

Kotal Equities Sanjeev Prasad outlines trading strategy for elections …

It’s election season so trade is likely to turn volatile as market participants weight various political outcomes. As of now, opinion polls predict the BJP-led NDA to emerge victorious in the polls, but equity strategists know that in a country as diverse as India, it’s futile to hazard a definite guess about electoral outcome and bet your money on it. […]

What Causes a Stock Market Crash? – DailyFinance

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In 1602, the Dutch East India Co. established the Amsterdam Bourse, now recognized as the world’s oldest stock exchange. However, it wasn’t until 1720 that the first recorded stock market crash occurred. Since then, every investor hoping to time the market has been trying to predict when the next crash will arrive.Ask a dozen people what causes […]

Forecast 2014 – The Second Most Expensive Stock Market in the …

Forecast 2014 – The Second Most Expensive Stock Market in the WorldStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jan 26, 2014 – 12:14 PM GMTBy: John_Mauldin

South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope is one of the most dangerous stretches of coastline anywhere in the world, where the warm Agulhas Current (also called the Mozambique Current), rushing […]

McLaren MP4-29 Launch Analysis – SomersF1 – Blogger

I think it’s fair to say that 2013 was rather a lacklustre year for the Woking based team who’s 2012 campaign was bookended by great results. A slump in the middle of 2012 just when the team were focusing their attention on the MP4-28 led the team to think aggressively in order to chase performance. This was compounded […]