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The Bubble Predictions Continue…and Ted Knight

Share on StockTwitsEmbedIt’s easy to grin when your ships comes in and you have the stock market beat…but a man worthwhile is a man that can smile, when his shorts are too tight in the seat..
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I miss Ted Knight. I know this quote by heart and I learned it before I cared about stocks and markets. I […]

Bloom Burton’s David Martin Zeroes In on Under-the-Radar Biotech

Biotechnology indices have been on a rapid ascent for three years, and 2015 appears to be off to the races as well. Bloom Burton & Co.’s David Martin has taken his seat in the grandstands, betting on specialty pharma and one day delivery cialis biotech companies based in Canada, where resource stocks have absorbed so much investment capital that […]

'Heroes or zeroes': Tread carefully in Canadian biotech sector

A survey of investable Canadian sectors will eventually lead back to biotechnology, a corner of the market sure to elicit some well-deserved skepticism.With U.S. biotech stocks setting a torrid pace over the last several years, some of the hype was bound to spread to Canada, which has seen a recent uptick in biotech listings.More Related to this Story
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Market Wrap-up for Dec. 29 – The Best Performing Dividend Stocks of 2014

Market Wrap-up for Dec. 29 – The Best Performing Dividend Stocks of 2014By Tom Reese|December 29th, 2014

RSSAs the last few trading days of 2014 draw near, let’s take a look at the dividend-paying stocks that registered the biggest gains on the year.The Ground RulesBefore diving into the list, let’s first establish some ground rules for our study. Here are […]

Big interest in Big Data – Knight Foundation

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The social sector is undergoing an important transformation when it comes to research and evaluation. Nonprofits have shifted from asking whether they should measure their work to how to most effectively assess impact. Coupled with the emergence of new approaches for collecting and analyzing data, there’s never been more interest […]

Innovating to create comprehension of big data and the Internet …

Higinio O. Maycotte is CEO of Umbel, a company that uses data to increase the understanding media companies have of their audiences and online advertising revenue. Knight Foundation supports Umbel through its Enterprise Fund. Below, Maycotte writes about the theme of the first Knight News Challenge of 2014: How can we strengthen the Internet for free expression and innovation?

Chicago: City of Big Data and National Day of Civic Hacking | Code …

For National Day of Civic Hacking, Chicago will play host to three separate events. The first is the ChicagoMigraHack, a hackathon focused on the issue of immigration. The second event will be a youth focused hackathon at the Adler Planetarium. And finally, there will be an assortment of different civic hacking activities at Hack for Chicago hosted at the entrepreneurial […]