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BetFair loses CEO, buys back shares… and increases premium charges on big traders. — [LINK]

Guardian: Share buybacks are a popular tactic for mature businesses and are typically employed when companies cannot think of efficient ways of deploying spare cash. However, Betfair was sold to investors in October as a company that had strong growth … Continue reading

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InTrade are removing all trading and expiry fees.

InTrade will also make their API more freely available, make historical market data more freely available, and introduce a monthly membership fee.

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Patri Friedman tries to enlist traders angry at InTrade’s “awful” fee structure.

Thread on the InTrade forum.

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