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Austan Goolsbee on Iraq and the Collective Wisdom of Bond Markets
Austan Goolsbee, writing in the New York Times, discusses Michael Greenstone’s paper (discussed here at Midas Oracle in September) that examines the market for Iraq’s bonds for an assessment of the long-term future of the Iraq government. Goolsbee’s quick conclusion: “But global financial markets have been monitoring the war for months, and with remarkable [...]
The BetFair spin doctor is out to insist that BetFair is clean.
Mark Davies (BetFair’s Managing Director)
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#1. Via our good friend Niall O’Connor, an interview (in French) of Mark Davies in the (French) Journal Du Net:
[Translation by CFM.]
#1. BetFair is ready to operate in France, if the French government allows that.
#2. Providing that competition is fair.
#3. As for sports corruption, BetFair gives the names of the bad [...]
How BetFair greases the wheels in France
The Business (+ page two + page three):
The difficulty of internationality is Betfair’s biggest frustration. While it accounts for around 90% of the online betting market, its revenues would surge if global gambling laws were loosened. It spends huge amounts on corporate diplomacy in countries like France, where all bookmaking is a state monopoly. Instead [...]
Result of the 2007 French presidential election
UPDATE:
- French Republican Nicolas Sarkozy: 53,06%
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If you have speculated on one of the candidates, you may want to know the result before the first quasi-official media reports (8:00 PM, Paris time). French laws prevent the French bloggers and media to report the first estimates before this time.
- The site to visit is the French-speaking, Swiss [...]
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