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New York’s Guggenheim Museum turns 50.

Written by Chris F. Masse on November 1, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Posted in Art | Also tagged Art, Guggenheim Museum, museums, New York City, paintings

Crackdown on Internet gambling and betting

Written by Chris F. Masse on June 10, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Federal authorities in New York have frozen or seized bank accounts worth $34 million belonging to 27,000 online poker players.

Posted in Regulations | Also tagged Betting, Gambling, Internet betting, Internet gambling, Internet gambling and betting, laws, New York State, poker, Poker players, Regulations, United States Of America, USA

NewsFutures and the media are hostile to Princess Caroline.

Written by Chris F. Masse on January 1, 2009 — 2 Comments

“Caroline Kennedy draws criticism after latest tour.“
More from the Beeb.

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics | Also tagged Caroline Kennedy, HubDub, InTrade, NewsFutures, prediction markets, US politics, US Senate

What InTrade CEO John Delaney told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)

Written by Chris F. Masse on July 16, 2008 — 3 Comments

John Delaney (CEO of InTrade) – (InTrade PDF file – CFTC PDF file):
July 4th 2008
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Three Lafayette Centre
1155 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20581
U.S.A.
Attention: Office of the Secretariat
RE: “Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts”
To Whom it May Concern:
It is an honour for me as Chief Executive Officer of Intrade [...]

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Industry), Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets, Regulations | Also tagged 202.418.5521, 4th of July, ABC, Acting Chairman, American Enterprise Institute, Andy Serwer, Arthur Levitt Jr., Bank of England, Bank of Japan, Bloomberg, Brookings Joint Centre, Bush, Cato Institute, CEO, CFTC, Charles Noussair, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Chief Executive Officer, CNN, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Congress, David Leonhardt, David Paton, David Pennock, de facto leader, Economics Reporter, economist, energy, Eric Zitzewitz, Erik Snowberg, European Central Bank, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, event derivatives, evet derivatives, federal government, Federal Reserve System, Florida, Fortune, Frankfurt, general public use, George Mason University, governor, HDDVD, Important Mission, InTrade, InTrade CEO, Ireland, Ivy League College, Jason Ruspini, John Delaney, Justin Wolfers, KING, Koleman Strumpf, Lafayette Centre, laws, Leighton Vaughan-Williams, London, managing editor, Marco Ottaviani, Mark J. Perry, Mark Perry, media businesses, Michigan, naturaldisaster, North Korea, Paul Tetlock, prediction exchanges, Prediction Market Limited, prediction markets, President, price discovery information, Professor, professor of economics, Ray Disc, real-money prediction markets, Regulations, Reuters, Richmond, Robert Mugabe, Robin Hanson, Saddam Hussein, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stephen Dubner, the Financial Times, The Los Angles Times, the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, TIME MAGAZINE, Toshiba, traded bets, U.S. Department of Energy, United States, United States Navy, University of Michigan-Flint, University of Westminster Business School, US government, USD, Wall Street Journal, Walt Lukken, What InTrade, White House, Yoshiaki Arata

InTrade Spotting — Monday Morning Edition

Written by Chris F. Masse on July 14, 2008 — Leave a Comment

- Wall Street Journal
- New York Magazine
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Posted in Analysis (Data), Exchanges & Markets, Politics | Also tagged InTrade, New York Magazine, prediction markets, Wall Street Journal

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

Written by Chris F. Masse on July 2, 2008 — Leave a Comment

O’Reilly’s Money:Tech 2009 – (one session about prediction markets) – New York City, New York, U.S.A. – 2009-02-04~06
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Last year, Robin Hanson was invited as a speaker… but declined. Instead, our Master Of All Universes went to another conference, scheduled at the same time —stuff about how to get to converse with extra-terrestrials.
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Posted in Events & Meetings | Also tagged conferences, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Google, Money:Tech 2009, New York City, O'Reilly, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, speaker, United States

COMMENTS TO THE CFTC: What to expect from Tom W. Bell and Jason Ruspini

Written by Chris F. Masse on June 25, 2008 — 9 Comments

For those who are just surfacing from an Afghan cave: Tom W. Bell is a law professor at Chapman University (in California) and Jason Ruspini is a Wall Street professional (in New York).
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It seems that both will, independently of each other, write to the CFTC about the legalization of the “event markets” (here are the [...]

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Industry), Regulations | Also tagged American Enterprise Institute, California, CFTC, Chapman University, event contracts, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event markets, for-profit prediction exchanges, Iraq, Jason Ruspini, law professor, laws, not-for-profit prediction exchanges, Paul Wolfowitz, Porter, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, Regulations, Tom W. Bell, United States Of America, US Supreme Court, Vernon Smith, Wall Street, young economist

The best researchers on prediction markets

Written by Chris F. Masse on June 4, 2008 — Leave a Comment

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.)
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Michael Abramowicz – Michael B. Abramowicz – (Law School, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
Bernd H. Ankenbrand – Bernd Ankenbrand – (Lecturer, Witten/Herdecke [...]

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Conference on Prediction Markets

Written by Guest Author on May 13, 2008 — Leave a Comment

I’m in the process of researching Prediction Markets as the main theme of a national conference for the Institute for International Research, the world’s largest conference producing firm. http://www.iirusa.com
I am a producer at IIR and am interested in creating an advisory board made up of a handful of the most knowledgeable and experienced professionals in [...]

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Events & Meetings | Also tagged 646-895-7329, Conference Producer , Marketing & Business Strategy Division, conferences, Dawn Olsen, event derivative markets, event derivatives, financial services, Institute for International Research, prediction markets, producer

New Product Innovation: Enterprise Prediction Markets Can Help.

Written by Chris F. Masse on April 13, 2008 — Leave a Comment

Via the New York-based Yahoo! Research scientist who was video-interviewed by the New York Post, the other day; Teck-Hua Ho & Kay-Yut Chen:
New Product Blockbusters: The Magic and Science of Prediction Markets
Teck-Hua Ho & Kay-Yut Chen
50/1 (Fall 2007): 144-158
New product innovation is a strategic business activity that involves significant financial resources and managerial attention. [...]

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Meta), Cases, Consulting, Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce | Also tagged corporate prediction markets, enterprise prediction markets, Hua Ho, innovation, internal prediction markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Kay-Yut Chen, new product innovation, new products, New York Post, prediction markets, private prediction markets, products, Shure i4c Headset, Teck, Teck-Hua Ho, YAHOO! RESEARCH SCIENTIST

Tag Archives: New York

New York’s Guggenheim Museum turns 50.

Crackdown on Internet gambling and betting

NewsFutures and the media are hostile to Princess Caroline.

What InTrade CEO John Delaney told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)

InTrade Spotting — Monday Morning Edition

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

COMMENTS TO THE CFTC: What to expect from Tom W. Bell and Jason Ruspini

Conference on Prediction Markets

New Product Innovation: Enterprise Prediction Markets Can Help.

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