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The truth about data science salaries in hedge funds

By Sarah Butcher | eFinancial Careers | November 21, 2019

In theory, data science jobs in hedge funds are some of the best paid in the industry. Urban myth has it that newly qualified PhDs can get $500k+ jobs at top funds …

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NFL-AWS partnership hopes to reduce head injuries with machine learning

By Ron Miller | TechCrunch | December 5, 2019

Today at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell joined AWS CEO Andy Jassy onstage to announce a new partnership to use machine learning to help reduce head injuries in professional …

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How to Get to a Zero Carbon Future

By Maureen Kline | Inc. | December 3, 2019

A sobering new climate calculator makes it clear that in order to keep the earth from overheating this century, there aren’t any quick and easy solutions. Instead, humanity will need everything in our …

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Otta Picks Up £850,000 Seed To Match You To Relevant Jobs

By Steve O’Hear | TechCrunch | December 4, 2019

Otta, one of the latest startups aiming to fix what it sees as a broken job search and recruitment market, has picked up £850,000 in seed funding. Backing the young London company is …

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Tracking Progress on 100% Clean Energy Targets

By Julia Pyper | GreenTech Media | November 12, 2019

A transition toward 100 percent clean electricity is underway in the United States, led by cities and states across the country.

“An enormous amount of authority still rests with the states for …

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The diversity opportunity for new CEOs

New McKinsey research has uncovered a fascinating correlation between gender diversity and corporate performance.

In this episode of the Inside the Strategy Room podcast, McKinsey partners Paula Ramos and Tom Meakin speak with communications director Sean Brown about the case …

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Bayer, Dewpoint take aim at heart disease, women’s health in deal worth up to $100M

By Amirah Al Idrus | Fierce Biotech | November 14, 2019

Dewpoint Therapeutics, the biotech working to drug biomolecular condensates, has struck its first big deal. It’s teaming up with Bayer on new treatments for a pair of neglected fields: heart disease …

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McKinsey Retail Store

McKinsey is in the retail game!? Well, yes and no. The McKinsey retail store opened this past September at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, MN. Chances are, however, that even if you’ve walked past the store, you may not …

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Angular Ventures is a $41 million early-stage fund for deep tech startups entering the U.S.

By Paul Sawers | VentureBeat | November 12, 2019

A new early-stage venture capital (VC) firm that focuses on European and Israeli “deep tech” enterprise startups eyeing U.S. expansion, has officially closed its inaugural fund.

London-headquartered Angular Ventures, which has additional hubs …

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MBA Employment Report

The 2019-2020 MBA Employment Report is now available. Learn about top industries, functions and hiring companies for full-time and internship candidates.

> Click here to access the 2019-2020 MBA Employment Report.

HIGHLIGHTS:
$140,000  Median Base Salary

Top Industries:
30.7%  Consulting | …

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