Twitter/Jamie McGeeverRussia’s MICEX tanks on Monday.Rising military tensions on the border between Ukraine and Russia have sent global markets into a tailspin of risk aversion to begin the week.In the United States, the S&P 500 is trading down 1.1% at 1839, while 10-year U.S. Treasury futures are up 0.4%, and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note is 2.61%, four […]
Ruble, stocks slide over growing Ukraine tension
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As part of this year’s Strata Conf. in Santa Clara, titled “Making Data Work”, David Epstein, Senior Writer with Sports Illustrated, delivered a Keynote which aimed to explain the role of “Small Data in Sports” and how “Little Differences Mean Big Outcomes.”“I want to talk about high performance in sports and what makes the difference between a top performer and […]
WANdisco CEO David Richards and Jagane Sundar, CTO and VP of Engineering of Big Data, discussed the company’s latest developments and the current Big Data trends with theCUBE co-hosts Dave Vellante and John Furrier, live at BigDataSV 2014.WANdisco has just released a new Non-Stop Hadoop product, a single cluster running HBase that can be deployed across multiple data centers spread […]
AO made profits of £8.1m as its sales rose nearly 30% in the year to March 2013 The founder of Appliances Online, who set up the business following a £1 bet in a pub, is set to scoop £400m in cash and shares when the business floats next month.AO, as the internet-only retailer is now known, is expected to be […]
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People walk out of a Lenta supermarket in Moscow. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/ReutersThe Russian hypermarket chain Lenta has announced plans to float in London with a valuation of over $5bn (£3bn).The company, in which the US private equity firm TPG and Russia’s VTB Capital have the biggest stakes, has jumped a queue of British retailers that are set to follow suit […]
London and New York, NY – Markit, a leading global diversified provider of financial information services, today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its common shares. The IPO would be solely a secondary offering.
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European stock markets have moved higher in low-volume trade, aided by upbeat Spanish unemployment figures, but gains were capped after sharp losses elsewhere following more weak data from China.In afternoon deals, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day up 0.19 per cent at 6,730.67 points.Frankfurt’s DAX 30 rose 0.37 per cent to 9,435.15 points and the CAC 40 in […]
Sentiment analysis has been lately a hot topic of debate among the social media professionals. The accuracy, the methodology of implementing and it’s practical usage, all have been discussed with different perceptions. Let’s take a quick look at why and how sentiment analysis can help your businesses grow.Why Sentiment Analysis?When there are hundreds of mentions around your brand, sentiment analysis […]
