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BankSimple — [VIDEO]

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

BankSimple Demo from BankSimple on Vimeo.

Posted in Business, Finance | Tagged bank, banking, banks, BankSimple, Finance | Leave a comment

Extracting billions from Americans — [VIDEO]

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Dylan Ratigan’s rant: In his own words:

Posted in Finance, Politics, The Global Economy | Tagged bank, banking, banking extraction, banking politicy, banking system, banks, bought Congress, democracy, Dylan Ratigan, economy, Ethics, Finance, Financial Markets, information, money creation, Politics, printing money, rant, rants, tax, tax evasion, tax extraction, taxes, trade, trade extraction, US Congress, US economy, US politics | Leave a comment

The 2009 takedown of Jim Cramer by John Stewart — [VIDEO]

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

2011′s NYT on Jim Cramer. For more, follow our ‘Jim Cramer‘ tag, or read, “Jim Cramer’s Market Manipulation 101“. – The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c CNBC Gives Financial Advice Daily Show Full EpisodesImportant Things … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Finance, Financial Markets | Tagged bank, banking system, banking systems, banks, bonds, derivatives, equities, Ethics, Finance, Financial Markets, investing, investments, Jim Cramer, John Stewart, lies, securities, stocks, truth, US banking system | Leave a comment

The Alderney Gambling Control Commission: you follow the rules but you still don’t get paid. Why bother with regulation at all?

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Caruso

Online gambling regulation by accountable governmental bodies is a good thing for one reason and one reason alone: it offers protection to the player. There are many reasons why it’s good for the industry in terms of profit and image, … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Betting, Ethics, Gambling, Regulations | Tagged actual law prohibiting such terms, Alderney, Alderney Commission, Alderney Gambling Control Commission, bank, Channel Islands, Ethics, European Union, Gambling, GBP, Guernsey, Guernsey government, laws, Leicester, Malta Lotteries And Gaming Authority, online casinos, online gambling, online gambling operations, PKR, PKR Limited, Player, Regulations, State Office of Alderney, United Kingdom, USD | 15 Comments

Details on how the Federal Reserve will TRY to crash real-money prediction exchanges InTrade-TradeSports and MatchBook

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Via Betting Market, the Federal Reserve: Louise L. Roseman, Director, Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems Internet gambling Before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives … Continue reading →

Posted in Regulations | Tagged attorney general, bank, Bank commenters, card systems, certain designated payment systems, certain payment systems, chairman, check collection systems, Committee on Financial Services, Congress, correspondent, correspondent bank, cross-border Internet, designated payment systems, Director, Division, Federal Reserve Board, Federal Reserve System, financial services, foreign bank, foreign Internet, Gutierrez, Internet gambling, Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, Louise L. Roseman, Paul, payment systems, Ranking Member, Reserve Bank Operations, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of the Treasury, stored-value systems, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, U.S. House of Representatives, United States, unlawful Internet, unlawful internet gambling, Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, US Federal Reserve, US Treasury, wire transfer systems, World Trade Organization | Leave a comment

TradeSports-InTrade — Check Deposits

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

TradeSports-InTrade: IMPORTANT: Check Deposits Thursday, Mar 27, 2008 As of Tuesday, March 26th 2008, the Exchange will no longer be pre-clearing check deposits. All check deposits received after this date will be subject to the full ten-business day clearance policy … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Money | Tagged bank, bank wire transfer, check deposits, InTrade, prediction markets, TradeSports | Leave a comment

David Pennock’s European bosses have a screw loose.

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Yahoo Relocating European HQ From UK To Switzerland. – I can’t believe that this is happening. Switzerland is the place to locate… a bank… —not an Internet startup/giant. This is crazy. Switzerland is a dull, bleak, and boring country. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship | Tagged bank, David Pennock, Internet firm executives, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Europe, Yahoo! UK & Ireland | Leave a comment

“Prostitution is inevitable, so we might as well legalize and regulate it.”

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

That’s what many libertarians think, right? But Nicholas Kristof has a piece in the New York Times that is well informed and balanced… and that could change the mind of some libertarians… – “Kristen” (outed in today’s NYT), photographed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Politics | Tagged bank, Client 9, Eliot Spitzer, Emperors Club VIP, governor, Justin Wolfers, New York, Nicholas Kristof, prediction markets, prostitution, resignation, Saint Tropez, sex, the New York Times | Leave a comment

Ratted by his bank, sex-addict New York governor Eliot Spitzer (alias “Client 9″) resigns.

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- New York Times What brought him down

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Expiry, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics | Tagged bank, Client 9, Eliot Spitzer, Eliot Spitzer (Client), Emperors Club VIP, governor, InTrade, New York, New York Times, prediction markets, resignation, sex | Leave a comment

Eric Zitzewitz, laughing all the way to the bank

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Dartmouth College professor Eric W. Zitzewitz Eric Zitzewitz, previously at Stanford University, and now a Dartmouth professor, is the top trader at the ABC7 San Francisco prediction exchange. [Via Adam Siegel's blog.] $1,309,424 Mike “onemike” Giberson at Inkling Markets does … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets | Tagged ABC7 San Francisco, Adam, Adam Siegel, bank, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth professor, Eric W. Zitzewitz, Eric Zitzewitz, Inkling, inkling markets, Mike "onemike" Giberson, prediction markets, Professor, Stanford University, top trader, Trader, USD | Leave a comment