New book: Big Data, Mining, and Analytics: Components of Strategic …

This book ties together big data, data mining, and analytics to explain how readers can leverage them to extract valuable insights from their data. Big Data, Mining, and Analytics: Components of Strategic Decision MakingBy Stephan Kudyba
Hardcover: 325 pagesPublisher: Auerbach Publications (March 24, 2014)ISBN-10: 1466568704Illustrating basic approaches of business intelligence to the more complex methods of data and text mining, […]

'Big data' reveals human interests, behavior – Phys.org

(Phys.org) —Information technology advances are leading to ever-growing accumulations of “big data,” making it feasible to quantify more things long thought immeasurable.

Arizona State University professor Ying-Cheng Lai and his research partners are combining expertise in […]

Retirement Woes Remain As Housing, Stock Markets Rebound

Despite a rebounding stock market and recent housing gains, retiring comfortably remains an elusive goal for the majority of Americans. Many whose plans for their “golden years” were disrupted by the recent recession must still work longer and save more to get back on track.Fidelity Investments, which has 12.5 million participants in 401(k) plans, said 35% of those who left […]

COTD Global Stock Market Hits High – Business Insider

The MSCI World Index closed at an all-time-high Thursday, blowing past the pre-recession peak in October 2007 for the first time.This coincided with the S&P 500’s all-time-high, which came on the fifth anniversary of the U.S. bull market.As American Enterprise Institute’s Mark Perry notes, the MSCI has spiked 17.5% in the past year.”Bottom Line: The global stock market rally […]

Stock Market News for March 06, 2014 – March 6, 2014 – Zacks.com

Benchmarks finished Wednesday’s trading session nearly flat as investors received discouraging economic reports. Modest expansion in economic conditions, greater-than-expected fall in ISM Services Index and dismal private sector hiring were overlooked as an outcome of the bitter winter season. Investors also remained focused on the recent developments in Ukraine.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure […]

Stock Market News for March 04, 2014 – March 4, 2014 – Zacks.com

Escalating political tension between Ukraine and Russia over the Crimean region dragged the benchmarks down to their worst selloffs in about a month. Concerns that the movement of Russian troops in the Crimean region of Ukraine may lead to larger conflict saw investors moving to the safe havens. Encouraging reports on ISM Manufacturing Index, construction spending and personal income failed […]

Big Data Means Big Questions on How That Information Is Used …

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 […]

Big Data Means Big Questions on How That Information Is Used – Bits

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 […]

NOAA Moves to Unleash “Big Data” and Calls Upon American …

Printer-friendly versionGuest blog post by Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., Acting Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting NOAA Administrator From the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), part of the Department of Commerce, works to keep citizens informed about the changing environment around them. Our vast network […]

USD/JPY bulls may soon take the initiative – technical analysis …

USD/JPY bulls may soon take the initiative – technical analysisForex News | Written By Dimitry Loukashov |
Created: Feb 20, 2014 13:47 GMT
Today there are two indicators of the U.S. economy – the core CPI for this month and initial jobless claims for the previous week (Unemployment Claims) coming out at once.The CPI is longer-term indicator and therefore it is more […]