BERKELEY It was standing room only in Sutardja Dai Hall’s Banatao Auditorium, with many more watching monitors in the overflow section, at Thursday’s high-energy launch of the Berkeley Institute for Data Science.On hand to celebrate (left to right): Vice Chancellor for Research Graham Fleming, Moore Foundation’s Vicki Chandler, Chancellor Dirks and BIDS director Saul Perlmutter (Peg Skorpinski photo)Right […]
Repost from Forbes article by John FurrierEvolving quickly alongside today’s business demands, the data scientist profession is faced with the challenges of interdisciplinary rarity. And the job pool is struggling to keep up. Just as we’re beginning to put Big Data in its place, its human counterpart seeks definition within the modern enterprise.Can the data scientist keep up with today’s growing data […]
Originally published December 10, 2013 at 7:17 AM | Page modified December 11, 2013 at 6:27 AM
NEW YORK — Stocks fell modestly Tuesday as investors took a breather from a market that notched yet another record high the day before.The market has hit several all-time highs in recent months, but with the holiday season and end of the […]
NEW YORK Good news was finally good news for the stock market on Friday.Stocks rose sharply after the government reported a fourth straight month of solid U.S. job gains, the latest encouraging sign for the economy.The strengthening job market focused investors on the nation’s improving economy instead of concerns about the Federal Reserve’s […]
Good economic data comes rolling in … and the market throws a taper tantrum.The ADP payroll report showed that 215,000 jobs were created in November, well ahead of the consensus expectation of 173,000, and October’s figure was revised from 130,000 to 184,000. Adding to the rosy outlook, initial claims for unemployment fell to 298,000 last week — much less than […]
Originally published December 6, 2013 at 7:33 AM | Page modified December 7, 2013 at 2:25 AM
NEW YORK — Good news was finally good news for the stock market on Friday.Stocks rose sharply after the government reported a fourth straight month of solid U.S. job gains, the latest encouraging sign for the economy.The strengthening job market […]
Palantir, the big data company that secured clients like the NSA, the FBI and the CIA early on, is topping up its recent September funding round with a 50 percent bump in valuation. The company is now valued at $9 billion, according to sources familiar with the deal. An SEC filing released today showed that they are raising an additional […]
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Facebook (FB) has been on quite a run in 2013, up 100% from its summer lows. But after peaking at almost $55 a share in October, FB stock is fading fast.And given some of the sentiment lately, Facebook stock could remain under pressure for some time.On the sentiment front, big-time investors are starting to sour on this social media giant. […]
We’re in the midst of a Big Data Gold Rush, with VCs throwing cash at anyone and everyone with a Big Data idea. But as Cowen & Co. analyst Peter Goldmacher posits, the Big Data financial opportunity has three phases, with Big Data users, not vendors, standing to make the most money in Big Data’s third and final phase.
Big Data’s […]
