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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. Required Skills. A data analyst would need to be comfortable using tools like SAS and languages like R and SQL.

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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. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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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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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. For example, prescription drug monitoring programs , which are electronic state-managed databases, track prescriptions for controlled substances on a real-time basis.