President Barack Obama’s decision to refrain from sending in ground troops to Iraq helped benchmarks end in the positive zone on Friday. His comments partially eased concerns about oil supply disruption due to the ongoing Iraqi sectarian clash. Intel’s second-quarter revenue forecast hike also helped benchmarks shrug of early jitters caused by weak consumer sentiment data. Nonetheless, the Iraqi situation, […]
Good Reason for Stock Market Doom and GloomStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jun 10, 2014 – 05:24 AM GMTBy: Casey_Research
By Doug French, Contributing EditorPredicting the future, like getting old, ain’t for sissies. Questioning the bull market is even more treacherous.Howard Gold, writing for MarketWatch, makes fun of seers who made what he calls “the four worst predictions […]
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May 01, 2014 FACT SHEET: Big Data and Privacy […]
Stocks headed lower in early trading Friday, dragged down by disappointing results out of retail giant Amazon and Ford. Escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine also weighed on investors’ minds.KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell nine points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,870 as of 10 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 111 […]
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Doms, Under Secretary for Economic AffairsBig Data and Open Data are all the rage these days. However,
Commerce was into Big Data before Big Data was cool. As far back as 1790, we
began collecting data on patents in the U.S. and the Census Bureau conducted
the first Decennial Census […]
Moscow ExchangeAll eyes continue to be on Russia, Ukraine, and Crimea.
The world awaits Sunday’s referendum in Crimea where voters will be ask whether they want to join.Meanwhile, Russia’s MICEX index continues to tumble, fall 3.5% today. Year-to-date, it’s down 20.4%.Most experts seem to agree that the referendum is illegal as it is out of line with Ukraine’s constitution.”Moreover, we note […]
Black Monday: Panicked Russian markets crash 10 percent over UkraineBy Agence France-PresseMonday, March 3, 2014 8:41 ESTTopics: President Vladimir Putin ♦ ukraineMoscow (AFP) – Russian stock markets Monday crashed almost 10 percent and the ruble plunged to historic lows in value against the dollar and euro, as alarm grew over the potentially disastrous economic consequences of military intervention in Ukraine.Russia’s […]
Printer-friendly versionGuest blog post by Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., Acting Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting NOAA Administrator From the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), part of the Department of Commerce, works to keep citizens informed about the changing environment around them. Our vast network […]
As Sochi Starts, 1929 Stock Market Crash Warnings AccelerateStock-Markets / Financial CrashFeb 08, 2014 – 06:24 PM GMTBy: Doug_Wakefield
“Good evening. This is an extraordinary period for America’s economy. Over the past few weeks, many Americans have felt anxiety about their finances and their future. I understand their worry and their frustration. We’ve seen triple-digit […]
Richard Drew / APTrader Frank O’Connell works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday.The stock market is getting a little bumpy as the government shutdown wears on, but if Congress pushes a deadline on the federal debt limit in two weeks, you can buckle up for something much scarier — maybe even a replay of the […]
