Jim Simons, the legendary "Quant King" who founded Renaissance Technologies, died Friday at the age of 86, after forever changing Wall Street with his genius for math and finding patterns in data.

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Quantitative strategies that rely on mathematical models and algorithms to make investment decisions have gained immense popularity in the West. That trend is also picking up in our markets as is ...

The California State University system has proposed requiring applicants to take an additional course in quantitative reasoning in high school to qualify for admission to its campuses -- a ...

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