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Jean-Michel Jarre’s 2011 concert at Monaco was the most innovative gig on Earth (lasers, synchronized fireworks, colored lightning on white smokes, etc.). — [VIDEO]

During the 2-hour show, I was 20 meters behind Prince Albert and Charlene. Jean-Michel Jarre wrote a song for her, as you’ll see in the videos. And don’t miss the laser harp. Albert weds Charlene in Monaco marriage par euronews-en … Continue reading

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“Since 2005, the Commission’s staff has received a substantial number of requests for guidance on the propriety of offering and trading financial agreements that may primarily function as information aggregation vehicles.”

“Since 2005″… Interesting… – 2003: Robin Hanson’s PAM ends up on newspaper frontpages… – [That's when I got started in prediction markets.] 2004: James Surowiecki launches “The Wisdom Of Crowds”… 2004: InTrade-TradeSports popularize “Bush Re-Election” prediction markets… 2005: Wannabe prediction … Continue reading

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HISTORY: Prediction Markets Timeline

For an updated version of this document, see the “paged” Prediction Markets Timeline. – CHRONOLOGY & HISTORY: Prediction Markets Timeline – Feel free to post a comment or contact me, and I’ll correct or add a factoid. Thanks. – #1. … Continue reading

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