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- 2 weeks ago
Standardizing The Data Of Different Scales - Which Method To Use?
When you're doing data analysis, you might find yourself with a number of different variables to work with. For example, perhaps you have invited participants to your lab and run t...
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- 2 weeks ago
5 Podcasts to Broaden Your Knowledge
Attending a conference requires more than just expertise in your field – it also requires soft skills like social skills and communication. You'll want to have something to talk ab...
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Martin Shkreli Says He Will Not Take the Stand in His Defense
The decision means that the former hedge fund manager’s decision to sharply raise the price of a drug and his social media antics will be kept out of the trial....
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Capital accumulation, private property, and inequality in China, 1978-2015
Capital accumulation, private property, and inequality in China, 1978-2015 Thomas Piketty, Li Yang, Gabriel Zucman VoxEU, 20 July 2017 Between 1978 and 2015, China moved bein...
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Michael Kors to Buy Jimmy Choo in $1.2 Billion Deal
The agreement comes as upscale American brands grapple with plummeting sales and tepid profits, particularly in the so-called middle market....
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- 21 hours ago
Economic Scene: To Punish Putin, Economic Sanctions Are Unlikely to Do the Trick
Using economic penalties to achieve diplomatic goals has a poor track record when the target is powerful and autocratic, and workarounds exist....
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- 1 day ago
Economy Needs Workers, but Drug Tests Take a Toll
Employers say they are having trouble filling jobs because too many applicants can’t pass screening, a factor depressing the labor participation rate....
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- 1 day ago
10 Tuesday AM Reads
My two -for-Tuesday morning train reads: • This one mistake can cost millennials millions (Washington Post) but see Here’s the Brutal Truth About Why Everybody Else Resents Millenn...
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- 1 day ago
Morning Agenda: HNA of China Sheds Some Light on Itself
The Chinese conglomerate unveiled some details of its ownership structure. But what it disclosed raised almost as many questions as it answered....
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- 23 hours ago
Q&A with Tim Buckley, Vanguard Group’s incoming CEO
Earlier this month, we learned that William McNabb, Vanguard Group’s current Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, will step down as CEO, effective January 1, 2018. McNabb will sta...
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- 17 hours ago
HUD Ignored Procedures in Selling Distressed Mortgages, Report Says
A federal oversight agency says that the Department of Housing and Urban Development sold the mortgages without first giving the public a due notice....
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- 16 hours ago
No, Paul Singer Isn’t Interested In Showing Mercy To Formerly Intransigent Opponent
Akzo Nobel had its chance to do this the easy way. Now, it will do it the Elliott way....
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- 21 hours ago
This Week, The FOMC Is Gonna Be All WTF
This is not playing out like J-Yellz had hoped, you guys....
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- 1 day ago
Save the Date! Evidence Based Investment Conference NYC Nov. 2
Exciting news! Our first Evidence-Based Investing Conference in New York City was a resounding success. We are doing it again, hosting the 2nd annual EBI conference on November...
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- 19 hours ago
MiB: Jesse Eisinger Explains Why No One Went to Jail after Great Recession
This week, we sit down with journalist Jesse Eisinger, author of The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives. He was previously at the Wall Stree...
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- 17 hours ago
SoftBank Said to Consider an Investment in Uber
The Japanese technology and media giant, which owns stakes in several of Uber’s competitors, is also considering putting money into the American ride-hailing service....
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- 20 hours ago
Everybody Else Is Reading This
Uber Tried To Make Biglaw A Gig Economy. Biglaw Told Them To Cram It Above The Law Appeals Court Backs Wildlife Activist In Free Speech Case How Appealing Google Glass Gains Headwa...
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- 15 hours ago
Blue Apron Shocks Market By Going Almost A Whole Month Before Executive Shakeup
For a stock that traded like a lead Zeppelin, this showed restraint....
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- 1 day ago
DealBook: Scaramucci on Trump: ‘He’s My Client’
The new White House communications director is just as brash as his boss — and, it seems, just as willing to kiss and make up with a former foe....
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- 1 day ago
Economic Trends: Maybe We’ve Been Thinking About the Productivity Slump All Wrong
What if the weak productivity growth of the last several years is not the cause of low growth, but rather the result of it?...
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- 16 hours ago
In Sign of Progress for Greece, Investors Eagerly Snap Up New Bonds
Greek and European officials hailed Tuesday’s bond sale as a milestone for a troubled country that nearly exited the euro twice since the financial crisis erupted....
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- 13 hours ago
How Many Deaths Are Newsworthy. . .?
This is a fascinating topic, revealing some bias on that part of the media that is best described as “If it bleeds it leads.” How different types of natural disaster rank on the co...
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- 17 hours ago
Public Health: ‘Skinny’ Obamacare Repeal Would Clash With Republicans’ Health Care Promises
The new option being considered by Senate leaders could plausibly be described as Obamacare repeal. But it would disrupt markets and raise premiums....
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- 15 hours ago
The SEC Just Crashed The ICO Party
Say goodbye to the go-go days of Initial Coin Offerings....
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- 15 hours ago
Starboard Value Hedge Fund Wants to Force ComScore to Hold an Annual Meeting
It is the latest instance of an activist shareholder seeking to flex its muscle and change a company’s corporate strategy....
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