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Big Data Firm Tableau Raises $254m with IPO
Big data visualization and analytics provider Tableau Software has raised $254.2m in an IPO, which priced its shares at $31 each and has valued the company at $2 billion. Seattle-based Tableau offers a range of business intelligence, data visualization and … Continue reading
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Help U.S. Trade Professionals Comply with Import and Export Regulations
Thomson Reuters has released additional international trade publications on Thomson Reuters Checkpoint, the industry-leading online service that provides research, news, analysis, and productivity tools to tax, audit, accounting, legal, trade, and finance professionals. Checkpoint includes a vast library of import- … Continue reading
Experian Software Helps Gather Mobile Phone Usage Data
Experian announced Tuesday that a division of its marketing services department, QAS, has launched phone number verification software that can differentiate smartphones from landlines. The credit rating agency said the technology will allow companies to gather better information on mobile … Continue reading
European Bankers Expect “Credit Gap” to Shrink for Consumers and Small Businesses, According to FICO-Efma Survey
FICO (NYSE:FICO), and Efma announced recently the results of the seventh European Credit Risk Survey, which measures retail bankers’ outlook for the availability of credit along with their investment priorities for the year ahead. In the February survey, completed by … Continue reading
Credit Assessment: The “Computer Says No” Myth
There’s a common fallacy that computers – because they have no souls – turn down loan requests automatically, whereas bankers – some of whom may have souls – are more likely to look at all the facts and say “yes.” … Continue reading
D&B Malaysia Launches Hoovers Marketing Portal
Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) Malaysia has unveiled Hoovers, a global marketing portal designed to meet the challenges of international and regional marketing needs of local companies. Malaysian firms will now be able to tap into D&B’s proprietary online database of … Continue reading
Baidu to Acquire Sogou
According to Marbridge Consulting, Chinese internet company Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU) has entered into an agreement to fully acquire internet firm Sohu’s (Nasdaq: SOHU) online search subsidiary Sogou. Under the terms of the agreement, Baidu will acquire Sogou for USD 2-2.5 … Continue reading
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The Bloomberg Scandal: Omniscience and Omerta
Bloomberg reporters have used private client data from terminal users at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan for news stories. After Goldman complained about an unnamed reporter pointing out that a partner at the bank had not logged in and inquired if he had left the … Continue reading
Global Sources Revenue Down, Profit up
Earlier this week, NASDAQ-listed Global Sources released first quarter results for the period ended 31st March 2012. Revenues were US$31.3 million, down 20% compared with US$38.9 million recorded in the same quarter last year. However, net income attributable to the … Continue reading