As long as there have been markets, people have been driven by greed to make irrational investment decisions. When enough people get in on the action, valuations — the prices of securities — go haywire, soaring to obscene heights and then crashing in a shower of crushed dreams.Chasing performance, taking on excessive risk and selling at inopportune times are all […]
SA Forum is an invited essay from experts on topical issues in science and technology.
Many of us now expect our online activities to be recorded and analyzed, but we assume the physical spaces we inhabit are different. The data broker industry doesn’t see it that way. To them, even the act of walking down the street is a legitimate data […]
Academic researchers and corporate managers often seek experts or collaborators in a particular field to enhance their knowledge or maximize the talents of their workforce. Harnessing that data, however, can be a challenge. Researchers at Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) have devised recommendation systems for expert and […]
Big Data, as the name implies, relates to very large sets of data collected through free or commercial services on the internet.
This massive amount of data arises from sensors, posts to social networking sites, digital […]
PrintSubscribeinvestingQ-and-A with Charles Schwab CEO Walt BettingerBy Mark Hamrick • Bankrate.comQuick question: Who is the CEO of Charles Schwab Corp.? If you guessed Charles Schwab, you’d be wrong. But you’d have plenty of company. Schwab started his company in 1971, but for the past five years the CEO has been Walt Bettinger.From Schwab’s San Francisco headquarters, Bettinger leads nearly 14,000 […]
JAN. 23, 2014Li Ka Shing Foundation gives $3 million to Stanford for ‘big data’ initiativeBY RUTHANN RICHTERRelated News » Li Ka-shing talks of Stanford’s ‘special place’ in his heart
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Markets were closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day. Also, no economic data was released. After a mixed finish last week that was dominated by corporate results, investors are bracing for another busy week with 69 S&P 500 companies scheduled to release their performances this week.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read […]
Print PDFThe Oxford University knows how to take Big Data forward and recently started with a new initiative, which is funded by the Li Ka Shing Foundation. The Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery connects Big Data and latest technologies to make new discoveries. The centre brings together two different themes; research in Big Data and the […]
Dismal earnings and forecasts from two bellwethers dragged the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lower on Friday. However, the blue-chip index escaped a finish in the red aided by strength from an important component, American Express. Economic data was mixed too and failed to prevent the S&P 500 and Nasdaq from posting weekly losses. The Dow registered its first weekly gain […]
There is a lot of advice out there about what actions a brand can take in social media to improve its sentiment score. Tweet more, build a community, run a contest—the list is endless. But what about your other marketing efforts? Can an offline advertising campaign improve your online, social sentiment?To find out we took a look at social mentions […]
