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Tag Archives: Compaq
Why Tim Cook left Compaq in 1998 for Apple, even though it made little sense on paper (at the time, Apple was almost broke): He trusted his intuition just after five minutes into his interview with Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who can be very convincing when he hires. – [VIDEO]
Apple COO and acting leader Tim Cook has addressed the Auburn University students at their 2011 commencement. Tim Cook believes in precognition ( ). “Intuition has the potential to direct or redirect you in a way that is best for … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Individual Intelligence - Anti Consensus, Jobs - Careers - Hiring, Precognition, Psychology
Tagged Apple, Apple CEO, Apple COO, Business, Business Administration, careers, Compaq, computers, Information Technology, intuition, jobs, management, Precognition, Steve Jobs, Tim Cook
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Merger Markets on Microsoft-Yahoo
HP began to explore prediction markets in 1996, but did not even consider applying them to the 2002 HP-Compaq merger. Similarly, Yahoo and Microsoft are two of the companies mentioned most often as being involved in prediction markets (along with … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, All Guest Authors's Posts, Analysis (Market Proposals)
Tagged Compaq, conditional prediction markets, decision markets, decision-aid markets, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Google, merger, Microsoft, prediction markets, value applications, web ads, Yahoo!
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XM-Sirius merger
So at Justin’s and my suggestion, Intrade has just listed a contract on whether the XM-Sirius merger will close. (We’ve been waiting for a nice, juicy, controversial merger like this ever since Hp-Compaq.) Interestingly, the MM has it at 60 … Continue reading
Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Business, Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets
Tagged Compaq, XM
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