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- Forbes editor deciphers Steve Jobs’s Apple. — [VIDEO]
- Jason Ruspini rebuts Eric Zitzewitz on the regulation of political prediction markets. — [COMMENT]
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- Guy Kawasaki on Steve Jobs — [VIDEO]
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Tag Archives: media sources
InTrade’s sudden and puzzled interest in… alchemy…!!!
Dr Arata’s experiment on cold fusion to be replicated in peer-reviewed scientific journal on/before 31 Dec 2009 This contract will settle (expire) at 100 ($10.00) if Dr Yoshiaki Arata’s Cold Fusion experiment is replicated in a peer-reviewed scientifc journal on/before … Continue reading
“I’m very concerned with the international situation and what’s happening in Tibet.”
- International Olympic Committee head Jacques Rogge – Olympics @ Wikipedia – - – Contract Rules – This contract will settle (expire) at 100 ($10.00) if there is an official boycott of the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing announced before … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics
Tagged 2008 Olympic games, Beijing, China, European Union, event derivative markets, event derivatives, France, Germany, head, International Olympic Committee, InTrade, Jacques Rogge, media sources, Midas Oracle Predictions, Olympic, Olympics, Olympics 2008, prediction markets, Prime Minister, Tibet, United States, USD
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InTrade-TradeSports are fucking up contracts, once again.
Once again. I have been inundated with complaints from InTrade traders, since Christmas. Here’s the problem. InTrade traders tell me that the expiration dates for the Bloomberg and Gore announcement contracts have been extended —at InTrade’s whim. The contract statements, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Market Contract Statements, Market Expiry, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged 2008 US elections, 2008 US presidential elections, Al Gore, Bloomberg, Carl Wolfenden, Christmas, contracts, date, Dublin, Dublin's main street, exchange manager, independent candidate, InTrade, Manager
Intrade Exchange Operations, Market Expiry, mayor, media sources, Michael Bloomberg, New York, Politics, prediction markets, President, Trader, United States, US elections, US politics, USD, Wall Street Journal
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InTrade’s global warming prediction markets are more socially interesting than BetFair’s ones.
InTrade has just opened (and not publicized yet on their site feed) a set of global warming prediction markets —more exactly, event derivative markets on whether the world’s biggest national governments will soon agree to reduce CO2 emissions under the … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Market Contract Statements
Tagged c, China, climate change, E.U., global warming, Google, India, InTrade, Japan, John Delaney, KING, London School of Economics, London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Perfomance, media sources, Mike Linksvayer, prediction markets, Ralf Martin, Russia, UNFCC Secretariat, UNFCCC, United Nations, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United States, United States Congress, USD, Washington D.C.
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The event futures contract on both Bin Laden and Musharraf at InTrade-TradeSports
InTrade-TradeSports: This contract will settle (expire) at 100 ($10.00) if BOTH of the following events occur before 11:59:59pm ET on the date specified in the contract: 1. Osama Bin Laden is captured or neutralised 2. President Pervez Musharraf departs as … Continue reading
InTrade-TradeSports should have expired the Larry Craig event derivative today, on October 4, 2007, and not on September 5, 2007.
InTrade-TradeSports should have expired the Larry Craig event derivative today, on October 4, 2007, and not on September 5, 2007. That’s their main error. Last September, they expired this event derivative on the basis on Larry Craig stating his “intent … Continue reading
INTRADE-TRADESPORTS OPENS A FIVE-YEAR LONG, SOCIALLY VALUABLE PREDICTION MARKET.
The Google Lunar X Prize to be won on/before 31 December 2012 @ InTrade This contract will settle (expire) at 100 ($10.00) if the Google Lunar X Prize is won before 11:59:59pm ET on December 31st, 2012. The contract will … Continue reading
InTrade expired the Larry Craig prediction market too early.
Scroll down the whole story and judge by yourself, folks. — New York Times: “As he stated on Saturday, Senator Craig intends to resign on Sept. 30,†Mr. [Dan Whiting, a spokesman for Mr. Craig] said in a statement. “However, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Exchanges & Markets, Market Expiry, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics
Tagged artist, Associated Press, Bill Sali, BOISE, business media outlets, C.L. ''Butch'' Otter, CEO, Chris Masse, Craig Announces
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Plenty of new socially valuable prediction markets at InTrade.
InTrade seems to take its role as market leader for US political prediction markets very seriously. Since its official splitting with TradeSports, InTrade has opened many interesting prediction markets on legal, political and geo-political issues. — National Leader Departure Markets: … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Contract Statements
Tagged Bertie Ahern, energy resources, Iraq, Iraqi government, Ireland, Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, market leader, media sources, Nouri al-Maliki, official, oil resources, Pakistan, public announcements, Republic of Ireland, Robert Mugabe, United States, USD, Zimbabwe
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