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Peter Schiff: “I Am The 1%, Let’s Talk.”

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Cantor Fitzgerald, ten years after 9/11 — [VIDEO]

Cantor Fitzgerald, ten years after 9/11.

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IMPRESSIVE: KickStarter is now used to start up big projects. — [VIDEO]

- Let’s build a floating pool for everyone in the rivers of New York City.

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New York cultural periodical the Village Voice has named @discographies, an anonymous Twitter account that publishes 140-character reviews of the life work of musicians and bands, as its music critic of the year.

Sign of times. @Discographies.

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Nate Silver rates New York City’s neighborhoods… and Jason Ruspini objects.

Nate Silver rates New York City’s neighborhoods. Jason Ruspini: The piece is problematic insofar as it underweights proximity to areas where people work, which results in high ratings for distant neighborhoods and low ratings for central ones, on top of … Continue reading

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New York’s Guggenheim Museum turns 50.

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Is Smarkets a UK-based, real-money, CDA-powered prediction exchange that is going to export its betting services to the Americans?

That was my first hypothesis, based on the fact that Smarkets was part of a group of UK startups that went to NYC to promote themselves to the American market. However, it should be said with force that no other … Continue reading

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NewsFutures Enterprise Prediction Market Workshop, NYC, 10/27

For aspiring practitioners and those intrigued by the applications of collective intelligence in the workplace, the typical prediction markets conference can be frustrating for lack of focus on practical knowledge and hands-on experience with the tools. That’s why NewsFutures is … Continue reading

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Robin Hanson, please, jot down “February 4, 2009″ in your Google Calendar.

O’Reilly’s Money:Tech 2009 – (one session about prediction markets) – New York City, New York, U.S.A. – 2009-02-04~06 – Last year, Robin Hanson was invited as a speaker… but declined. Instead, our Master Of All Universes went to another conference, … Continue reading

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The best researchers on prediction markets

CFM: Scholars Check that CFM page for updates. And contact me so I can make additions to the list. (I’ll then re-publish that updated list on Midas Oracle.) – Michael Abramowicz – Michael B. Abramowicz – (Law School, George Washington … Continue reading

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