However, disappointing Eurozone activity data this morning seems to have quickly filled some of that void.
If so, this would be very much in line with the disappointing tone of recent activity data.
China will release key December domestic activity data and fourth quarter GDP next Friday, January 18.
Chinese activity data improved across the board in September, pointing to stabilizing growth in the second quarter of 2012.
Activity data in the UK construction industry fell quicker than expected last month, driven mostly by the weakness in house-building (PMI construction: 48.7 from 49.3 in November).
Ahead of the release of the averaged January-February activity data on 9-10 March, we maintain our view of a continued slowdown in demand and activity at the start of the year before bottoming in H1.
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Most recently, critics, including some federal regulators and U.S. Congress members, objected to a revamped Google privacy policy that pulls user-activity data from the company's multiple products together to create a single user profile.
"The latest euro-zone inflation and PMI business activity data do nothing to alter our view that the euro zone is set for another very tough year in 2012, " said Ben May, European economist at Capital Economics.
March is considered a key month to assess manufacturing activity as data in January and February is skewed by the Lunar New Year Holiday when many factories are shut.
In addition to simple notification, the activity streams data could also include payloads of information that could be used by the device or the cloud-based service to perform activity.
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Taking a closer look at this activity, via data from MarketIntelliSearch, reveals that roughly 90.4 million SIRI shares were bought yesterday, compared to about 77 million shares sold.
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Tokyo, May 14, 2012 - Fujitsu today announced development of a special device that can be attached to a dog's collar to monitor their level of activity and other data.
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Despite the activity around Big Data, there is still a significant shortage of skilled professionals who can truly be called Data Scientists who can evaluate business needs and impact, write the algorithms and program platforms such as Hadoop.
In the current CFTC report data, activity in the PGMs stood out the most.
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Non-commercial activity in the legacy data also saw a net-long gain for platinum and palladium.
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The service then tracks activity and presents the data in charts and analytics like those shown below.
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This business has less correlation with the PC business and more closely follows the expansion of data center activity.
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In the current CFTC report data, activity in the PGMs was mixed.
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Once you have people sharing knowledge and collaborating, this activity generates its own data, and from a higher level you can start observing patterns.
Their activity will leave a data trail, which your competitors will use to retarget your consumers with competing messages before a purchase event can occur.
Jawbone, best known for its wireless Bluetooth headsets, brought out its UP health band in 2011, a fashion-able bracelet that monitors sleep and daytime activity, with its data uploadable to a smartphone app.
High Resolution Management is the idea that the management processes and the design and execution of many different processes should change based on the far more detailed picture of business activity provided by big data.
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According to internet and network analysis firm Renesys, the cable lit up with activity last week with data flowing through it between Telefonica and the nation's state telecom company, Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A. (ETECSA).
The new activity profiles feature allows cyclists to customize data fields and device settings based on their cycling activity, such as training, racing, or road and mountain biking.
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Using 100 volunteers armed with Series 60 phones (like the Nokia 6682, pictured), the Nokia-funded project tracked such data as incoming and outgoing calls, Bluetooth activity, and approximate location (via celltower ID data).
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As more streams of machine data become available, more activity can and will be tracked, and more potential value can be reaped from such data.
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The Wandant, which is worn around a dog's neck, collects data about physical activity and uploads it to a web site.
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The latest data on economic activity and inflation, alongside the recent central bank statement, are in line with keeping rates unchanged.
Apple's results also weighed on Asian markets, which ended mostly lower despite preliminary data showing manufacturing activity in China accelerated in January.
Stock markets fell sharply on Monday following survey data suggesting manufacturing activity in Germany in April fell to an almost three-year low.
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