analytics

It's underpinned, also, by the work of Jamestown Analytics and their ability to find the likes of Kyziridis, an uncapped Greek who was playing in Slovakia, and Braga, who was operating in the second tier of Norwegian football.

The expertise of Bloom's Jamestown Analytics firm has already reaped reward as summer signings Claudio Braga and Kyziridis again shone.

This was the word from Hall of Fame pitcher Pedro Martinez at the time: “Dodgers analytics dept really misused probably the best rotation in all of baseball. …They need to figure out a way to let starters be who they really are and let them pitch how they are used to.”

The premium of Brent futures over Dubai swaps, measured by the Brent/Dubai EFS, has narrowed over the last few days, said Tom Reed, a vice president at commodities analytics firm Argus Media.

It was early in using telematics, or real-time driving information, and other analytics to price policies.