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Monthly Archives: April 2010
“My bill will bring 100 percent transparency to our financial markets, prevent future bailouts and, most importantly, protect Main Street.”
“Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, the Democratic chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is expected to introduce derivatives legislation on Friday that is far stricter for banks than Wall Street had anticipated.“
Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, Regulations
Tagged banking system, banks, Blanche Lincoln, CFTC, collateralized debt obligations, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, credit default swaps, derivatives, futures, laws, Regulations, US banking system, US Congress, US government, Wall Street
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Why Hollywood Doesn’t Want You Betting on Hollywood
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/04/why-hollywood-doesnt-want-you-betting-on-hollywood.html
Posted in Business, Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Hedging & Insurance, Regulations
Tagged Business, Cantor Exchange, Cantor Fitzgerald, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, derivatives, event derivatives, Finance, Financial Markets, futures, Futures Industry Association, Hollywood, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, laws, Media Derivatives, Media Derivatives Exchange, Motion Picture Association Of America, movie business, movies, MPAA, Regulations
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HubDub is dead, but we loved it.
HubDub is no more, but triple kudos to Nigel Eccles and his team for this great adventure. HubDub was the best play-money prediction exchange ever.
BetFair’s political prediction markets on the BBC – [VIDEO]
47:20 into For viewers presently in the U.K. only —alas. The Beeb won’t show you the video if you are from the States or the F country.
U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln said she would introduce a bill requiring centralized exchange for trading of all derivative contracts.
“The Democratic chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee said on Tuesday that she would propose legislation requiring nearly all users of derivative contracts to trade on centralized exchanges and possibly ordering banks to segregate their business in derivatives into separate … Continue reading
Aljazeera TV promotes the lie that prediction markets are “eerily accurate”, sucking up to InTrade’s PR and Hanson’s spinning. – [VIDEO]
Crappy journalism. Here for the debunking. More.
“It is clear that the MPAA is not familiar with the futures markets or the regulatory framework within which they operate.”
The Futures Industry Association: No one can argue that the movie-making business is without risk or that there is no need for effective risk management tools. The potential introduction of innovative instruments for managing that risk should be applauded rather … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Hedging & Insurance, Regulations
Tagged Business, Cantor Exchange, Cantor Fitzgerald, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, derivatives, event derivatives, Finance, Financial Markets, futures, Futures Industry Association, Hollywood, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, laws, Max Keiser, Motion Picture Association Of America, movie business, movies, MPAA, Regulations
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Allegations about Cantor Fitzgerald, the Hollywood Stock Exchange and the Cantor Exchange
Please, note that these allegations are made by left-wing people. Midas Oracle has not checked and does not endorse these allegations. – News Dissector: HOLLYWOOD: THE NEXT TARGET FOR SUBPRIME SPECULATION Mother Jones has the story: • The Wall Street … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, History, Regulations
Tagged Business, Cantor Exchange, Cantor Fitzgerald, CFTC, Finance, Financial Markets, Hollywood, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, Max Keiser, movie business, movies
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