With quant traders largely relying on the same sources of data to craft their tactics, Deutsche market researchers turned to news analytics to suggest a different angle to mutual fund managers at the bank.

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After this we all soon left the room, with the news reports speculating now on the terror angle and we all having our separate concerns for friends, family, co-workers and personal safety.

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Some people have devoted their lives to developing robots, such as Colin Angle and Helen Greiner, who founded iRobot (nasdaq: IRBT - news - people ) with their academic adviser, Rodney Brooks.

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