Meet DJ Patil: Obama’s Big Data dude
DJ Patil is still settling into his White House office. It’s by far the most prestigious place he’s ever worked, but it looks more like a bootstrapping startup than a precinct of Washington power.
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U.S. jobless claims dropped to lowest level in almost 15 years over past month
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits over the past four weeks than at any time in almost 15 years, signaling underlying strength in the labor market even as hiring cooled last month.
Gauging the timing of a US rate hike
David Roche, global strategist at Independent Strategy, says the minutes from the previous FOMC meeting contain no message about when the Fed could lift interest rates.
5 Charts That Suggest Gold Stocks Are Headed Lower
Real estate scion Durst due back in Louisiana court on gun charges
By Jonathan Kaminsky NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Robert Durst, the real estate scion awaiting extradition to California to face a murder charge, was due back in a Louisiana court on Thursday to face a new indictment on firearms offenses stemming from his arrest last month in New Orleans. Prosecutors in California have been seeking Durst’s return to Los Angeles County, where he stands accused of the December 2000 slaying of
Thursday, April 9: Today in Gold and Silver
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Despite a dollar index that was rapidly heading south, the gold price traded flat into the London open on their Wednesday morning—and began to head south shortly after 12 o’clock noon BST. The selling pressure never let up from that point—and it got a final kick in the pants at the 2 p.m. EDT release of the Fed minutes—and for about an hour traded below the
Japan to pledge 20% greenhouse gas cut
Japan will promise to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent from 2013 levels ahead of a global summit on climate change this year, a report said Thursday, despite uncertainty over post-Fukushima energy policy. The government will likely announce the new target at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in June in Germany, the leading business daily Nikkei reported, citing unnamed government sources. In a separate report, Kyodo News
Bill Fleckenstein – A Massive Stock Market Crash Is Coming, Despite The Not So Invisible Hand Controlling Markets
With continued volatility in global markets, today one of the greats in the business sent King World News a powerful piece warning that a massive stock market crash is coming, despite the not so invisible hand controlling the markets. He also discussed what is happening in the metals and currency markets.
4 Of The Most Remarkable Charts Of 2015
With crude oil plunging nearly 6 percent and continued uncertainty in global markets, today King World News wanted to take a step back and look at 4 of the most remarkable charts of 2015.
Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. Provides SpinCo and Merger Update
[Marketwired] – Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. announced today that the previously announced agreement and plan of merger with Coeur Mining, Inc. is anticipated to become effective on April 17, 2015. The merger is subject …