Credit card use falls 13% in year
Credit card use fell last year as people turned to cash and debit cards to avoid borrowing, shopkeepers say.
View ArticleOptimal High Frequency Trading with limit and market orders....
We propose a framework for studying optimal market making policies in a limit order book (LOB). The bid-ask spread of the LOB is modelled by a Markov chain with finite values, multiple of the tick...
View ArticleMaximum entropy distribution of stock price fluctuations. (arXiv:1106.4957v1...
The principle of absence of arbitrage opportunities allows obtaining the distribution of stock price fluctuations by maximizing its information entropy. This leads to a physical description of the...
View ArticleChina's leader due at Number 10
China's Premier Wen Jiabao will meet David Cameron at Downing Street later as he continues his three-day visit to the UK.
View ArticleCapital, politics and bank weaknesses
Jon Danielsson, 27 June 2011A debate is raging on capital adequacy requirements for banks. The UK wants to be allowed to âtop upâ the agreed levels, i.e. to impose stricter capital standards than...
View ArticleIs the US welfare state growing or declining?
Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Robert Moffitt, John Karl Scholz, 27 June 2011What is happening to the US welfare state? According to this column, and contrary to the views of many, the US welfare state has not...
View ArticleVIDEO: Pakistan's fitness industry boom
Pakistan's fitness industry is perhaps one of the few sectors of the country's economy that has boomed in recent years.
View ArticleGlobal interest rates 'must rise'
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) warns that low interest rates are a threat to global financial stability.
View ArticleUK faces potential 'brain drain'
More than one in four workers in the UK would move abroad for a better job, a survey suggests.
View ArticleWhat is wrong with me? Just used 'sapply' in my #rstats code for the first time.
What is wrong with me? Just used 'sapply' in my #rstats code for the first time.
View ArticleRT @fjnogales: #rstats RT @links4R: Collection of useful R links...
RT @fjnogales: #rstats RT @links4R: Collection of useful R links http://t.co/MGGY0ku
View ArticlePhilip Morris in packaging fight
Philip Morris threatens to sue the Australian government over its plan to introduce plain, brandless packing for cigarettes.
View ArticleRT @noticiasSobreR: Sweave, investigación...
RT @noticiasSobreR: Sweave, investigación reproducible⦠y más: Me consta que algunos de mis lectores están al tanto de... http://tinyurl.com/6cwp27d #rstats
View ArticleFirst day of #Bioconductor course in Bressanone : W. Huber, M.Morgana,...
First day of #Bioconductor course in Bressanone : W. Huber, M.Morgana, R.Gentleman! Pure #rstats Heaven
View ArticleOcado sees small six-month profit
Ocado reports a £200,000 half-year profit, and announced a deal to sell products from French supermarket giant Carrefour.
View ArticleOil prices continue their falls
Oil prices extend their falls from the end of last week amid continuing concerns about the Greek debt crisis.
View ArticleVIDEO: Build relationships, not sales
Coutts chief executive Michael Morley says you are more likely to succeed if you focus on building relationships, not just making sales.
View ArticleFifa concern over Brazil delays
Fifa admit concern over Brazil's World Cup preparations falling behind schedule.
View ArticleIs America in denial about the extent of its $14tn financial problems?...
moneyscience: Is America in denial about the extent of its $14tn financial problems? http://bbc.in/jR6nLk
View ArticleReview of âAdaptâ by Tim Harford
The subtitle is “Why success always starts with failure”.read more...
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