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Tobias Preis: Beating the Stock Market with Google’s Big Data
Google your way to riches: It can be done and Tobias Preis has proved it. Search query data on publically traded corporations, as available from Google Trends, bear a close correlation to transaction volumes of the corresponding stock. The number
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Perry Chen: Unleashing the Power of Collective Funding, Getting Bright Ideas to Fruition
In the spring of 1885, publisher Joseph Pulitzer launched a fundraising campaign in his newspaper New York World to raise the last $100,000 needed to build a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. The statue – a gift from the
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Grant Thornton Hong Kong: Managing Innovative Technologies – CloMoSo
What is CloMoSo? CloMoSo is the convergence of the trendiest and hottest technologies that are being adopted by IT-savvy businesses to enhance communication and collaboration, and to leverage IT services instead of IT assets to increase flexibility and decrease costs.
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Connecting a Country: Iraq Gears Up for a Telecoms Leap
In Iraq the budding telecom sector is to spearhead the country’s drive to full economic recovery. The Baghdad government has adopted a series of policies to encourage the sector’s growth through innovation and the early adoption of new technologies. The
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Facebook Zero: Connecting the World
As Facebook is looking for growth it increasingly turns to Africa, India and the Middle East. These are about the only places left with vast markets and a pent-up demand for the services of the social network. Elsewhere on earth
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Mohamed Al Jaber: The Arabs and Technology
Mohamed Al Jaber, born in Jeddah in 1959, is a UNESCO special envoy who likes constructive dialogue and so do we. He believes in building bridges between the Middle East and the wider world and we applaud him for this
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Bentley Motors Middle East: World’s Biggest Workshop in Dubai
Sales In March this year, Bentley Motors announced its financial results for the year ending 31 December 2012, reporting a significantly increased operating profit of Euros 100.5m compared to Euros 8m in 2011. Bentley boosted its total turnover by 29.9%
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Solar Industry in the MENA Region: Sunny Prospects
A trend towards generating electricity from solar power is on the horizon for the countries of the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa); The regional market for photovoltaics (PV) and solar thermal power plants is expected to reach 3.5
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Intersolar Europe 2013: Cost effective PV Solutions at Display
An increasing number of German companies are investing in renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaics (PV), to provide their own energy supply. The on-site consumption of solar power provides companies and industries with a lucrative alternative to conventionally generated electricity.
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SABIC’s Collaboration with MIT
The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has signed an initial agreement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States, a world leader in scientific research. The agreement paves the way for SABIC and MIT to work together to
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