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$800 million of brand-new debt

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CNN Political Market has opened clandestinely.

3 scoops for the price of 1 #1. A Deep Throat was on the CNN website to get his daily news-junkie fix and, oh surprise, he/she spotted a link to the CNN Political Market… powered by the good folks of … Continue reading

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HOW THE HELL CAN YOU TRUST A PREDICTION EXCHANGE THAT CAN’T SPELL CORRECTLY???

6 DAYS LATER, SAME TYPO: [*] There are 3 “C”s actually. Those Irish bozos are not even able to spell it correctly. –> UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). Look at the logo, below. UPDATE: They have corrected … Continue reading

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The London School of Economics chose InTrade-TradeSports over BetFair-TradeFair for floating event derivatives on global warming.

The London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), located at the center of London (nearby the Waterloo Bridge), chose not to partner with BetFair-TradeFair, the world’s #1 prediction exchange (betting exchange), located west of London (near the Hammersmith … Continue reading

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InTrade’s global warming prediction markets are more socially interesting than BetFair’s ones.

InTrade has just opened (and not publicized yet on their site feed) a set of global warming prediction markets —more exactly, event derivative markets on whether the world’s biggest national governments will soon agree to reduce CO2 emissions under the … Continue reading

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