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Ex-HSX Max Keiser disses real-money prediction markets (again). — [VIDEO]

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Cantor Fitzgerald, ten years after 9/11 — [VIDEO]

Cantor Fitzgerald, ten years after 9/11.

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Cantor Gaming’s betting tablet shall stay in Las Vegas. — [REVIEW]

David Pennock: Cantor’s mechanism is pretty clearly an intelligent automated market maker that mixes prior knowledge and market forces [...].

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Cantor Gaming

Cantor Gaming @ NYT.

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Cantor Fitzgerald has laid off the entire staff of the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX).

Cantor Fitzgerald has laid off the entire staff of the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX). Via Max Keiser

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Cantor Fitzgerald becomes a bookmaker in Las Vegas.

In-running betting. Via Mike Giberson

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Liberal politicians (sucking up to the Hollywood lobby) have managed to destroy one promising financial innovation applied to the movie business.

Cantor Fitzgerald abandoning box-office futures despite regulatory approval. CNBC: The End of the Box Office Futures Business The Wrap

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CFTC: 3-2 in favor of approval of movie contracts —SO FAR.

What was said at the CFTC hearing on movie futures. Hollywood Reporter. Business Week. More. CFTC.

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Hollywood clashed with Wall Street on Wednesday at a government hearing about the potential sale of futures contracts linked to box office receipts of major motion pictures.

“financial engineering synthetic derivatives” More.

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The CFTC plans to hold a public hearing next week to examine the growing controversy surrounding a plan by two firms to offer futures contracts tied to box-office receipts.

The CFTC plans to hold a public hearing next week to examine the growing controversy surrounding a plan by two firms to offer futures contracts tied to box-office receipts.

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