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Big Data: An Opportunity for Data Scientists & Data Analysts

Tom Spencer

Data analytics is a subfield of data science that involves examining large data sets to identify trends, develop charts, and create visual presentations to help business leaders and government officials make better decisions. According to the U.S. This is much faster than the average growth rate for all occupations of around 5%.

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Expect the "Practically Virtually Impossible"

MishTalk

The government now guarantees 60 percent of the DTAs, some 30 billion euros over the next fifteen years. I suspect we will not have to wait until 2029 for the "practically virtually impossible" to happen. Multimillion dollar losses banks have generated billions in tax credits in just two years.

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What Has the Eurozone Learned from the Financial Crisis?

Harvard Business

After an initial fiscal policy stimulus, Eurozone governments – especially those in struggling Southern European countries (Spain, Greece, or Portugal) – switched dramatically towards austerity in the years 2010-2014. Governments were reducing spending in order to bring their debt levels under control.

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Competing in the Huge Digital Economies of China and India

Harvard Business

For example, a recently proposed Indian government policy on e-commerce and a similar order from the country’s central bank seeks to prohibit data on Indian e-commerce consumers from being stored outside India. Both China and India have governments deeply engaged in orchestrating the digital economy and in citizens’ data.

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How Health Care Providers Can Ensure Patients’ End-of-Life Wishes Are Known

Harvard Business

Perhaps it is time we give serious consideration to the development of a national electronic registry, either funded by government entities like the U.S. Federal government support for this endeavor can assure administrative consistency. Indeed, the Medicare Hospital Insurance (Part A) trust fund is projected to be depleted by 2029.