'Quant' Hedge Funds: Computer Says No
Hedge funds looking to spot and ride market trends are hoping for a fresh startIF SOMETHING has not worked for five years, most people would conclude that it was broken. Tell that to the geeks managing...
View ArticleCheck Out The Amazing Moment Diver Finds A Man Alive In 3-Day Old Sunk Ship
Certainly the divers charged with recovering the bodies of sailors lost in a 3-day old shipwreck never expected to find a man alive.The Jascon 4 tug had been guiding a Chevron oil tanker off the...
View ArticleThese Are The Worst Things To Buy In December
While December is a great time to find holiday deals on everything from cookware to plasma TVs, the savviest shoppers know that for certain goods, the real savings come after December 25th. The experts...
View ArticleThe Retail 'Half-Off' Mystery Explained In Two Simple Bullet Points
The two bullet points below from a just released update by Yum Brands explain all you need to know about the "magic" of half-off retail discounts.YUM BRANDS- IN CHINA, LIMITED-TIME "HALF PRICED" BUCKET...
View ArticleHow Introverts Can Stand Out At Work
Your average American workplace is not always kind to introverts. Trends like open floor offices and everyone-talking-at-once brainstorming sessions can be draining and might even convince you that a...
View ArticleRepublicans Had Better Get Comfortable With 'Happy Holidays'
Only 42% of Asian Americans are Christians. Only 24% of Asian American voters supported Mitt Romney in 2012.So maybe Republicans, who are currently seeking ways to expand their non-white voter base,...
View ArticleThese Two Simple Steps Can Help Financial Advisors Spot A Fraud
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.How Advisors Can Spot A Fraud (The Wall Street Journal)It is important for...
View ArticleThe Senate will hold a briefing on Amazo
The Senate will hold a briefing on Amazon drones next year.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleMORGAN STANLEY: Retailers That Opened Early On Thanksgiving Had Crappy Black...
Retailers opened more stores than ever on Thanksgiving Day this year in an effort to boost holiday sales and give customers more time to take advantage of Black Friday deals. But the earlier openings...
View ArticleBig Data Will Drive The Next Phase Of Innovation In Mobile Computing
The world is awash in data.CIBC, a Canadian bank, predicts that information-generation growth will increase 50 times over the next decade. IDC, a market research firm, similarly forecasts a 44-fold...
View ArticleSalesforce.com Apologizes For Hackathon Snafu By Giving Another $1 Million...
Last week, Salesforce.com set off an uproar in the developer community when it made a decision to award a massive $1 million hackathon prize to a team of developers accused of breaking the contest...
View ArticleAmazon's Private Drone Deliveries Offer Up A Whole New Universe Of Surveillance
Amazon's Jeff Bezos has usurped Elon Musk as "most interesting" dude in tech with his announcement of 30 minute drone deliveries, Kashmir Hill of Forbes points out.Bezos' announcement largely dominated...
View ArticleUkraine May Be Heading For A Currency Crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Massive protests against Viktor Yanukovich hammered Ukraine's financial markets on Monday, increasing the risk of a currency crisis as the president tries to hold on until an...
View ArticleMale Birth Control Is Possible By Stopping Sperm In Their Tracks
Keeping sperm from being ejaculated may provide the key to creating a birth control drug for men, according to a new mouse study.The research is far from translating to a pill that human males could...
View ArticleMORGAN STANLEY: 4 Fundamentals Build The Foundation For US Economic...
Morgan Stanley sees the U.S. economy accelerating nicely in 2014 and 2015."We expect 2013 real GDP to expand just 1.6%Y this year, shifting to a sustained pickup in growth to 2.6%Y in 2014 and 2.7%Y in...
View ArticleTrophy Hunters Kill A Sacred Albino Moose
A rare albino moose, considered a sacred "spirit animal" by Nova Scotia's indigenous Mi'kmaq people, was killed last week by visiting hunters unaware of its spiritual significance. After the hunters...
View Article'Cyber Monday' Sales Are Set To Hit An All-Time High
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. online sales are expected to hit $2 billion on "Cyber Monday," for the first time since the data firm comScore has been tracking such information.A 20 percent increase is...
View ArticleBRIAN BELSKI: 'We Enter 2014 Less Optimistic Than We Have In The Past Few Years'
"We enter 2014 less optimistic than we have been in the past few years," said BMO's Brian Belski in a note to clients today. "Our models suggest mid-single-digit gains in 2014 based on slightly lower...
View ArticleHackers Are Attacking Millions Of Computers And Demanding Ransom In Bitcoins
Before you mail holiday gifts to faraway friends and relatives, back up your most important computer files. There's a scary new computer virus called CryptoLocker that was spreading like crazy in the...
View ArticleHere's Wall Street's Big Idea For 2014
It's the most wonderful time of the year!It's the time of the year when all of the big Wall Street banks come out with detailed forecasts and predictions for what will happen in 2014. These calls can...
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