Mall REITs face declining foot traffic
MarketWatch
Alternative data intelligence firm Thasos Group reports negative year-over-year foot traffic trends at mall anchor stores, including Macy’s, Nordstrom, Dillard’s and Sears. Read More Download Research Report »
Citadel hires top Uber technologist
eFinancialCareers
Surge pricing architect Laszlo Korsos leaves troubled Uber and heads to Citadel as Managing Director and Chief Data Officer. In the tug of war for talent, Wall Street wins this one. Read More
WorldQuant’s tripartite view of alternative data
WorldQuant
Quantitative asset manager WorldQuant recaps the current alternative data landscape and takes a peek into the future of quantitative investing. Read More
The demise of the dark web?
CNET
US and European authorities have shut down the two largest sites on the dark web: AlphaBay and Hansa. Read More
Refresh rate key to Planet’s success
SpaceNews
Planet wins a second contract to provide satellite imagery to the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), beating out contenders UrtheCast, Orbital Insight and Sky Hawk Drone Services. Read More
A petri-dish best served cloned
Bloomberg View
Matt Levine dishes on the new trend for biologists on Wall Street and suggests we simply clone Warren Buffett instead. Read More
Alt data and AI “no longer fiction”
Headoftrading
Opimas CEO analyzes the growing role of AI and alternative data, explaining why we will likely see a consolidation in the hedge fund industry as traditional players fail to adapt. Read More
iRobot bets big on the smart home
Reuters
Over the past couple of years, Roombas haven’t just been collecting dirt and chauffeuring cats around; they’ve become spatial data collection machines. Read More