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Three Things You Must Do IF You’re Considering A Career In Data Analytics

Have you ever been curious about how a few numbers and a couple of stastistical skills, can lead to great results and explosive revenue for a company? Does the whole process of targeted analytics and hard-core predictive analytics seem extremely fascinating to you? You don’t necessarily have to belong to an IT background to make a  career in the field of data science . All you need to do is gain an in-depth understanding of how this field works, including all the various types of nitty-gritties, like the various data analytics software tools, as well as understand a few basic concepts of maths and statistics. So if you are one of those data enthusiasts or you are just looking for a career change, here’s a list of three things, which you must look into before deciding to take the plunge. Understanding where your strengths and weaknesses lie, especially when it comes to narrowing down on a career, it becomes very important for you to self asses yourself. Research all the qualities and

The Move towards a Cashless Economy

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With the historic announcement on the 8 th of November, in India by the honorable Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, a new era was ushered n to the Indian Economy. With the nullifying of the currency of highest denominations, the PM did away with about 86% of currency which so far had been in circulation. While the first few months, since the demonetization  news broke out, were of extreme difficulty and unease. This was the case until the government came up with a new and innovative solution to end, almost all of the problems of monetary nature. The prime minister urged us all to go digital, by taking to various applications and electronic wallets, thus paving way for a more digitized, cashless economy. While the move towards a more efficient, hassle free economy was encouraged, at the same time the government began offering various attractive incentives, for one and all in the lieu of setting up a proper foundation for a cashless economy. With the announcement of two scheme

How Did The Modern Investment Bank Of Today, Come To Be?

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For numerous finance aspirants and enthusiasts, throughout the ages, these global investment banks, have become symbols, which inspire awe, curiosity and intrigue. They have been on the global scene since a long time, comfortably co-existing beside, the major rise and fall of the global trade and capital, over the years. Let’s being with the historical perspective, when the father of economics, Adam Smith, famously stated that capitalism, is symbolic of an invisible hand guiding the market and directing it in the allocation of goods and services. There was a time when the key players in the field of finance, were the countries of Britain and the Netherlands. Then came the era of two distinct banking models, emerging at the height of their popularity. The merchant banks, which went to become symbolic as an inspiration for all the financial firms, which many leading families would soon establish, in what was to become the present day market. While the older version of thes

What Is Artificial Intelligence All About?

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Artificial Intelligence could very well be included in the list of most discussed things, of the year 2016. But apart from the movie and some futuristic T.V shows; do we really know anything about the technicalities of this term? Regardless of you belonging to the field of I.T or not, you must have come across this term numerous times, especially in the newspapers in the context of all kinds of digital advancements. While few of us do know that this term is connected to the field of Data Science , there are slim chances of us knowing how. Let’s go ahead ans dispel the ideas of the Terminator movie coming true, from all of your minds. We’d be discussing the field of AI, as it is popularly known as well as, its various applications. So now what does AI really mean? Put in simple words, Artificial Intelligence is basically, the ability of any computer device, to display intelligence.  This intelligence can be anything from trying to imitate human intelligence or finding solut