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- Interview with Adam Lashinsky — [VIDEO]
- Why some people are more innovative — [VIDEO]
- Forbes editor deciphers Steve Jobs’s Apple. — [VIDEO]
- Jason Ruspini rebuts Eric Zitzewitz on the regulation of political prediction markets. — [COMMENT]
- Eric Zitzewitz petitions the CFTC in favor of real-money prediction markets about politics. — [TEXT]
- Global warming is a big scam. — [LINK]
- A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors — [VIDEO]
- The Tragedy of the Commons — [VIDEO]
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- Inside Apple — [VIDEO]
- Mitt Romney’s taxes — [LINKS]
- A critique of Apple’s multimedia iBooks. — [LINK]
- Does Apple lack “generosity”? — [LINKS]
- Apple Education Push — [LINKS]
- Water Crystals — [DOCUMENT]
- Apple’s e-book software will allow publishers to make textbooks more interactive. — [LINKS + VIDEO]
- Alain Soral is France’s most dangerous intellectual… (dangerous for the French plutocrats, that is). — [VIDEO]
- Computers thru time — [CHART]
- NASA has finally understood the theorical basis of LENR (low-energy nuclear reactions). — [VIDEO]
Tag Archives: NBC
Cocky Justin Wolfers wants to be invited by the TV networks on Election Day.
Resident Publications: [...] More than 2 million shares have already been traded in presidential primary contracts on Intrade this year. John Delaney, the company’s CEO, is convinced 2008 will be the market’s biggest year yet. “Our ’08 volumes are already … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Politics
Tagged ABC, CBS, CEO, economics professor, Iowa, John Delaney, Joyce Berg, Justin Wolfers, NBC, Pennsylvania, prediction markets, The University of Iowa, the University of Pennsylvania, United States
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Should AEI-Brookings have allowed Midas Oracle to re-publish the text of the economists’ petition on prediction markets?
New York Times: Content Makers Are Accused of Exaggerating Copyright An association of computer and communication companies, including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, on Wednesday accused several professional sports leagues, book publishers and other media companies of misleading and threatening consumers … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Business, Ethics
Tagged An, Bob Hahn, Chris Hibbert, Chris Masse, Computer and Communications Industry Association, DreamWorks, Federal Trade Commission, Google, Harcourt, Jason Ruspini, Koleman Strumpf, Major, Major League Baseball, Media, Microsoft, National Football League, NBC, New York Times, Penguin Group, prediction markets, professional sports leagues, Steve Levitt, Tom W. Bell, United States, Universal Studios, Yahoo!
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US Legislation – Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act 2007
NBC News – Meet The Press with Tim Russert – Sunday, June 24, 2007 – Rep. Luis Guiterrez vs. Pat Buchanan on immigration reform Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act 2007 to be passed by House and Senate on/before 31 Dec 2007
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged Luis Guiterrez, NBC, Pat Buchanan, Senate, Tim Russert, United States
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The Hollywood Stock Exchange, Max Keiser, and their Wikipedia entries.
— Hollywood Stock Exchange entry at Wikipedia: The Hollywood Stock Exchange, or HSX, is a web-based, multiplayer game in which players use simulated money to buy and sell “shares” of actors, directors, upcoming films, and film-related options. [...] HSX is … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Exchanges & Markets, History
Tagged Alex Brown & Sons, Cambridge Technology Partners, CEO, Chris Masse, co-chairman, Editor, Eric Zitzewitz, Esther Dyson, Holllywood Stock Exchange, Hollywood Stock Exchange, individual editor, journalist, Justin Wolfers, Kinooga, Louisiana, Major, Max Keiser, Michael Burns, Midas Oracle, NBC, New York Times, Oppenheimer & Co. His, Paul Tetlock, prediction markets, Prime Minister, Robert Metcalfe, Robin Hanson, Securities and Exchange Commission, Shearson Lehman, Software, the New York Times, uninvolved administrator, United States, virtual central bank, Virtual Specialist, virtual specialist technology, Wall Street, West Hollywood California
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Will Michael Bloomberg be the 44th President of the United States?
Tim Russert of NBC Nightly News said this Wednesday evening (June 19, 2007) that Michael Bloomberg is giving up his Republican Party membership and is preparing an Independent run for the White House in 2008. This seems in total contradiction … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Market Calls), Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics
Tagged 44th President, Associated Press, candidate for president, executive, Google, mayor, Michael Bloomberg, NBC, NBC Nightly News, New York, New York City, New York City Board of Elections, Office of Mayor Bloomberg, Paul Sakuma, Republican Party, the New York Sun, The Wall Street Journal, Tim Russert, United States, US political elections, US President, US presidential elections, Wall Street Journal, White House
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How HSX co-founder Max Keiser views the financial markets –> rigged
Al Jazeera’s Max Keiser: Rigged Markets – Free markets are meant to be fair, but are they really? The smallest investor in the stock market is meant to face the same odds as the richest, and that is what makes … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Politics, Resources - References
Tagged ABC, BBC, CBS, co-founder, HSX, HSX co-founder, Max Keiser, Monaco, NBC, prediction markets, riskier products, YouTube
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The mainstream media try to silence Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. It’s a giant conspiracy.
— The two-sentence excerpt run by NBC News (Brian Williams – Thursday, May 17, 2007): They attack us because we’ve been over there. We’ve been bombing Iraq for 10 years. And then Alan Greenspan’s spouse cut Ron Paul abruptly to … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics
Tagged Alan Greenspan, Brian Williams, Central Intelligence Agency, China, CNN, Donald Luskin, Gulf of Mexico, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, mainstream media, Mid-East terrorist, Middle East, NBC, Pat Buchanan, Reagan, Republican presidential candidate, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani
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Financial Times + InTrade || XXXXXXXXX + Large Media Company
#1. FT Predict was basically a British newspaper going play money with InTrade in the US (and with another play money operator in Germany). #2. I got it from the Horse’s mouth that a prediction market firm is dealing with … Continue reading
Quick update on French president prediction markets
Case#1. If things stay as they are today, the next French president is Republican Nicolas SARKOZY. Case #2. If Centrist Francois BAYROU manages to gain one or two points in the polls, so as to be above the Socialist Segolene … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics
Tagged D day, Francois Bayrou, NBC, Nicolas Sarkozy, President
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TradeSports-InTrade: United Nations > John Bolton as US Ambassador to United Nations
I’m curious to see who’s going to be on the “yes” side of this brand-new contract. From what I heard yesterday on NBC Nightly News, this neo-con is toasted. But maybe I don’t know the full story. Addendum (November 15): … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged Ambassador, John Bolton, NBC, NBC Nightly News, Sacha Peter, United Nations, USD
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