Wednesday, April 29, 2015

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Blog Post: NumericalAlgorithmsGroup: Professor Mike Powell F.R.S

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 02:56 AM PDT

We are pained to pass on the sad news of the death on 19th April of Prof Mike Powell F.R.S, a brilliant numerical analyst specialising in numerical optimisation and approximation theory.   Mike touched many lives with his work. NAG and NAG's community benefitted greatly because he gave freely his code to NAG from the beginning of the NAG. The more mature may remember the routine...

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Blog Post: TheAlephBlog: We Don't Need To Be Able To Short Private Companies

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 01:49 AM PDT

Photo Credit: Matthias Ripp || Some bad ideas should be locked away…read more...

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Tesla is on the verge of changing the dynamics of global energy

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 01:12 AM PDT

Tesla is on the verge of changing the dynamics of global energy http://t.co/5HIBiI6OYA — moneyscience (@moneyscience) April 29, 2015

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Published / Preprint: Improving corporate performance by enhancing team dynamics at the board level

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:35 PM PDT



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Published / Preprint: Corporate governance and the quality of voluntary disclosure: Evidence from medium-sized listed firms

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:35 PM PDT



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Published / Preprint: The influence of investor protection on the performance of financial analysts: Time series analyses in four different legal systems

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:35 PM PDT



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Published / Preprint: Generalization of the Aoki-Yoshikawa sectoral productivity model based on extreme physical information principle. (arXiv:1504.07604v1 [q-fin.GN])

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 05:37 PM PDT

This paper presents a continuous variable generalization of the Aoki-Yoshikawa sectoral productivity model. Information theoretical methods from the Frieden-Soffer extreme physical information statistical estimation methodology were used to construct exact solutions. Both approaches coincide in first order approximation. The approach proposed here can be successfully applied in other fields of...

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The Untold Story of Silk Road | WIRED

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 01:03 PM PDT

The Story of Silk Road. Very interesting. http://t.co/fQGiBgl8bw — moneyscience (@moneyscience) April 28, 2015

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Blog Post: iMFdirect: Close But Not There Yet: Getting to Full Employment in the United States

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:46 AM PDT

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Vendor News: Infosys Foundation USA Partners with Code.org to Bring Computer Science Education to Millions of Students Across the U.S

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:07 AM PDT

Infosys Foundation USA, a non-profit organization focused on bridging the digital divide in America, has announced a partnership with Code.org to expand access to computer science education for millions of students across the United States.

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Rough volatility: New research helps traders hone their edge | Financial Industry & Algorithmic Trading News | Automated Trader

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 07:32 AM PDT

Jim Gatheral on rough volatility research & how the historical data of the volatility surface can provide insights http://t.co/JwhYTlooky — moneyscience…

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10,000 Hours with Reid Hoffman: What I Learned

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 07:14 AM PDT

10,000 Hours with Reid Hoffman: What I Learned http://t.co/gVS4oj81Eq — moneyscience (@moneyscience) April 28, 2015

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