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Monthly Archives: February 2010
SportingExchange Financial Statement for Year Ended 30 April 2009
“The profit on ordinary activities for the year was £24.8m (2008 £50.5m). ….During the year the company disposed of its investments in BDD Holding A/S and Invest World A/S, two companies in Denmark, which closed during the year. The company … Continue reading
Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Business, Exchanges & Markets
Tagged BetFair, The Sporting Exchange
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Expressing betting prices as percentages
Smarkets: Can I choose my style of odds? We show percentage odds by default, but you can select the odds display of your choice from the top of every page. We offer American, fractional, decimal and percentage odds. Because we … Continue reading
Posted in Betting
Tagged American odds, Betting, decimal odds, fractional odds, percentage odds, probabilities, Smarkets
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What’s wrong with soccer betting
I have been browsing thru the excellent Smarkets prediction markets on soccer (a.k.a. association football). You have 3 possibilities for betting: – the home team wins; – the home team loses; – there is a draw. The soccer rules (which … Continue reading
Smarkets better than BetFair and InTrade
Smarkets now allows you to set your own odds in the format of your choice — percentages, fractions, decimals, or American odds. External Link: Smarkets
Rejection of the patent claims involving a method of hedging risks in commodities trading
Wikipedia: The applicants (Bernard L. Bilski and Rand Warsaw) filed a patent application (on 10 April 1997) for a method of hedging risks in commodities trading. Such patent claims are often termed business method claims. [...] Bilski’s method claim was … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Hedging & Insurance, Regulations
Tagged Bernard Bilski, Bernard L. Bilski, business method, business method claims, business methods, commodities, Hedging, hedging risks, intellectual property, method of hedging risks in commodities trading, patent, patent application, patent applications, patents, Rand Warsaw, risks, software patents
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Paul-Romney 2012
“U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, a stalwart foe of government spending, won a blowout victory Saturday in the annual Conservative Political Action Conference presidential straw poll.”
Posted in Politics
Tagged GOP, Mitt Romney, Politics, Republican Party, republicans, Ron Paul, United States Of America, US politics, USA
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BetFair forum Q&A – Tuesday, February 16, 2010
BetFair forum Q&A – Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Please, someone, send me the content at chrisfmasse *AT* gmail ^^dot^^ com. Thanks. UPDATE: Thanks to one of our readers, we got it. Click to read the whole thing.
Economist Paul Krugman speaking at MIT about the 2007–2010 financial crisis – [VIDEO]
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Posted in Economics, Finance, Financial Markets, History, The Global Economy
Tagged economic crisis, economy, financial crisis, Paul Krugman, US economy
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