The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

It’s not unusual for major players in food and beverage to buy, sell, and merge with others in the industry. It happens all the time. But rarely have we seen such significant shifts in such a short ...

CEO Jeff Hirsch said Starz sees a place for itself in the current M&A landscape by picking off linear networks that aren’t valuable to giant owners but could be repositioned to add value to the newly ...

The Big 12 Conference has announced the TV networks and tip-off times for the Cincinnati Bearcats' upcoming season. Unlike last season, all of the Bearcats' conference games will be broadcast on ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

“Today marks a transformative milestone for Heineken,” CEO Dolf van den Brink said as the brewing giant announced a $3.2bn deal for a clutch of beer, soft drinks and retail assets in Central America.

Rainmakers in Asia Pacific had a bumpy third quarter as some potentially huge deals failed to materialize. Among them, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. abandoned its $46 billion bid to buy the Japanese ...

Introduction: In unsupervised learning, data clustering is essential. However, many current algorithms have issues like early convergence, inadequate local search capabilities, and trouble processing ...

WINDSOR N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – A local grocery store that has served the community for nearly 30 years is undergoing a transition that has some shoppers The Big M supermarket in Windsor was initially ...

As summer winds down and cooler days set in, many are already turning their attention to winter getaways. Big Sky Resort in Big Sky, Montana, which is renowned for its world-class skiing and ...