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Richard Reeves: Catching Up With Big Data – Truthdig

ShutterstockThis is a column about “Big Data” and a new way to predict the results of presidential elections for the next 20 years.We begin with the rise of Nate Silver, the former baseball statistician retained by The New York Times, and his blog, “FiveThirtyEight,” which accurately predicted the results of the 2008 vote in 49 of the 50 states. He […]

Phil Mickelson Did Not Trade Shares In Clorox – Business Insider

Thomson ReutersGolf: U.S Open-Practice RoundGolf star Phil Mickelson was not involved in insider trading in the shares of Clorox Co when billionaire investor Carl Icahn was attempting an unsolicited takeover of the consumer products company in 2011, the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the probe.
Clorox was among the stocks that U.S. authorities were examining as part of […]