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Big Data

Hedge funds use satellite images to beat Wall Street

Berkeley Haas research finds there may be a dark side to the rise of “alternative data” in capital markets While Assoc. Prof. Panos Patatoukas was discussing Walmart in his Financial Information Analysis course last year, a student brought up the story of ho…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Little Italy

Condo of the Week: $4.3 million for an epic flat in a former Little Italy office space

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Star Wars

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bubmagJune 21, 2019

Chinese Economy

2-wheeler sector to grow 6-8% in FY20: TVS Motor

Two-wheeler and three-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company Ltd. is expecting the domestic two-wheeler industry to grow by about 6% and 8% during the current year against 5% reported last year, despite the prevailing uncertainty in the industry. In a note t…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Food Industry

Pizza Hut resuscitates ’80s logo in grab for sweet, sweet nostalgia dollars

Keeping things fresh in the food industry is no easy task, even for a relatively new establishment. For Pizza Hut, which has been slinging affordable, cheese-heavy pies for over 60 years now, theres a delicate balance to strike between changing things up enou…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Bronze sculpture of a cracked-open boulder looks like enormous forbidden snack

Tom and Jerry’s cartoon cat, Tom, has seen his share of bad luck in his many attempts to capture Jerry the mouse. But, besides the original animators, no one has captured what the contortions his body went through in those moments quite like this! By sculptin…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Gundam

Neon Genesis Evangelion Is Now Streaming On Netflix

Today is the day my friends. Netflix is officially releasing the anime titan, Neon Genesis Evangelion, to its subscribers to binge at their discretion. The story of Shinji Ikari and NERV is not one for the weak of hearts, as the 26 episode series dives not on…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Drones

Amazon Considers Adding ‘Surveillance as a Service’ to Delivery Drones Because Maybe Every Product Should Monitor Us

Its become abundantly clear that Amazon is interested in incorporating surveillance into many of its products and servicesthrough the internet, in our homes, and from the sky. Last month at Amazons annual shareholder meeting, investors pressured the company…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Christianity

Self-Proclaimed ‘Sinful Messiah’ Sexually Abused Dozens While Leading Polygamist Doomsday Cult

For three decades, a man who was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn led an apocalyptic polygamist cult in Connecticut with hundreds of followers who helped him build an ill-fated multimillion-dollar real estate empire. A convert to Christianity, bearded Bro…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Yellow Vests

Vaccine Drama On Display In California’s Capitol

Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Harriet Blair RowanSACRAMENTO, Calif. They hoisted signs warning of corporate greed, raised their fists in solidarity against government tyranny and blasted fight songs over portable speakers. As Queen’s “We Will Rock You” blared …

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Hedge funds use satellite images to beat Wall Street

Condo of the Week: $4.3 million for an epic flat in a former Little Italy office space

Watch a gray seal sing ‘Star Wars’ theme

2-wheeler sector to grow 6-8% in FY20: TVS Motor

Pizza Hut resuscitates ’80s logo in grab for sweet, sweet nostalgia dollars

Bronze sculpture of a cracked-open boulder looks like enormous forbidden snack

Neon Genesis Evangelion Is Now Streaming On Netflix

Amazon Considers Adding ‘Surveillance as a Service’ to Delivery Drones Because Maybe Every Product Should Monitor Us

Self-Proclaimed ‘Sinful Messiah’ Sexually Abused Dozens While Leading Polygamist Doomsday Cult

Vaccine Drama On Display In California’s Capitol

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