News from the Edge

All You Can Eat (AYCE) is often a phrase that makes me think of Chinese food buffets or buffalo wing specials on game days.  In other words, I think of food but the AYCE concept applies to many other areas as well.  One of these happens to be something my company offers, a subscription based news service.  For a single subscription price you can consume as much information as you want.   We process over 300K business news stories every day.  Who’s going to read 300K news stories?  No one would but you could, right? 

It's that time of year when the kids are heading back to school so its seemed like good time for a news primer.  When it comes to making decisions on behalf of your business, there are 3 key news factors to consider: speed, accuracy and reliability.

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Ah, yes the infamous summer internship. For the past three months, I spent my summer as a marketing intern at Acquire Media. Not only has Acquire Media been an amazing company to work for, but I have gained valuable skills that I know will help me to pursue a career in marketing. Here are my top 3 pieces of advice for others looking to pursue a summer internship.

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It’s that time of the year again… the summer Olympics. When this time of the year rolls around, it seems like everyone and their mother is a fan of Olympic swimming. I mean how can you not be?! I’m not going to lie, watching Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps smash world records definitely makes me question what I’m doing sitting on the couch with a pint of Ben and Jerry’s.

Artificial intelligence or “AI” is all over the news lately. We hear about various forms of automated machines and other types of futuristic inventions. Artificial intelligence refers to “the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages” (Russel & Norvig, 2003). So what exactly does that mean?

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At its core, the stock market is a combination of all people’s analysis and outlooks but also their fear and desires. Regardless of whether you are crunching numbers or using your instincts, news indirectly affects the stock market to a great degree.

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10 years ago, if you told me I had 140 characters or less to convey a message to the world, I’d say you’re crazy. I’d think you’re even crazier if you told me major companies like Macys and news outlets like CNN would utilize Twitter as one of the first places to break information. But, its 2016 and I’m not calling you crazy. Let’s face it twitter has completely revolutionized the world. Specifically, it has had a rippling effect on the communication of information all across the corporate world. Often times, Twitter is the first place where news breaks, making it a reliable source for discovering and processing information. How exactly has Twitter done this?

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There’s no denying that there is a relationship between events in the news and changes in the stock markets. Often it is these events reported in the news that drive market changes. You may be thinking to yourself, wouldn’t it be the other way around? In this week’s blog post, lets explore how specific events in the news have the ability to elicit change in the markets.

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Over the years, Twitter has become an increasingly popular platform to curate and communicate information. There are a variety of communities and audiences who benefit from the real-time stream of information provided through Twitter. Specifically, the trading community is one group that Twitter offers immense benefits to. Most of the time traders are using Twitter to stay informed with the latest events in the stock market. This could involve the monitoring of acquisitions, merges, company changes, and or the buying and selling of shares. Twitter has become an increasingly powerful and crucial tool for traders to monitor their investments.

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Ah, yes. It’s finally summer. It’s time to kick back, relax, and enjoy the sun! However, if you’re like most of us in the corporate world you may be thinking, there’s no time to relax. Maybe you feel guilty if you are not at your desk 9-5 each work day.  Perhaps you think the boss will get mad or work won’t get done if you are not there. Given that working is a must, how does one prioritize relaxing into their busy schedule?!  Or better yet, why should one prioritize relaxing into their schedule?