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Fuel Fix » Texas Republican's energy stock trades draw scrutiny

Rep. Bill Flores, R-Bryan. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Hearld, Duane A. Laverty)WASHINGTON — As a former oil industry executive and a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, Texas Rep. Bill Flores is at the center of big debates about offshore drilling, hydraulic fracturing and domestic energy supplies.He also is a big trader in energy stocks.According to Flores’ most recent financial […]

Fuel Fix » Texas Republican trades energy stocks

Rep. Bill Flores, R-Bryan. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Hearld, Duane A. Laverty)WASHINGTON — As a former oil industry executive and a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, Texas Rep. Bill Flores is at the center of big debates about offshore drilling, hydraulic fracturing and domestic energy supplies.He also is a big trader in energy stocks.According to Flores’ most recent financial […]

A look ahead: Stock market resolutions for 2014 – Charlotte Observer

NEW YORK 2013 was a great year for the average investor, but few market strategists believe that 2014 will be anywhere near as good. The simple strategy of buying U.S. stocks, selling bonds and staying out of international markets isn’t going to work as well as it has, they say. Some of […]

Stock market resolutions for 2014 | Business & Technology | The …

Originally published December 23, 2013 at 12:56 PM | Page modified December 23, 2013 at 8:56 PM

NEW YORK — 2013 was a great year for the average investor, but few market strategists believe that 2014 will be anywhere near as good. The simple strategy of buying U.S. stocks, selling bonds and staying out of international markets isn’t going to […]

Financial Premises: Impact of Social Media on Capital Market – Part 1

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Social Media platforms offers unique features to communicate directly and immediately with any individual or corporate. With ease access of social media sites through mobile and laptops, Social platform like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, pinterest and many others are increasing used by large number of people to share information, news and their thoughts. People are freely expressing their opinions and […]

What Does QE Tapering Really Mean? What Will the Stock Market …

What Does QE Tapering Really Mean? What Will the Stock Market Do?

Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Dec 22, 2013 – 10:18 AM GMTBy: John_Mauldin

Now that we have begun tapering, we will soon see lots of analysis about whether QE has been effective. What will the stock market do? The US […]

New data compression method reduces big-data bottleneck …

In creating an entirely new way to compress data, a team of researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has drawn inspiration from physics and the arts. The result is a new data compression method that outperforms existing techniques, such as JPEG for images, and that could eventually be adopted for medical, scientific and video […]

Stock Market News for December 17, 2013 – Zacks Investment …

Benchmarks ended in the green on Monday, as investors attempted to predict the Federal Reserve’s next move ahead of its two day policy meeting. Investor sentiment also got a boost from indications of a strong recovery in the economy led by encouraging U.S. manufacturing data and upbeat data from Europe. Two major corporate deals also captured investors’ attention for the […]

Todd Harrison: The 2013 Stock Market Seems Like Old Times …

Editor’s Note: Todd posts his vibes in real time each day on our Buzz & Banter. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” -Attributed to Albert EinsteinI wrote Seems Like Old Times in May 2007. It was an effort to draw attention to elements nestled within our socio-economic sphere that spooked […]

1776 – How Big Data Is Changing The Educational Frontier

How Big Data Is Changing The Educational Frontier By Liz ElfmanYear by year, new technologies are changing the landscape for K-12 and higher education alike. To help clarify the landscape, 1776 and Pearson brought together a group of panelists to discuss […]