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Google’s Bo Cowgill takes a swipe at the prediction market software vendors.

- Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google – (PDF file – PDF file) – by Bo Cowgill, Justin Wolfers, and Eric Zitwewitz – 2008-01-06 – Bo Cowgill: [...] Trade-by-trade data can reveal characteristics of specific working … Continue reading

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Big firms experimenting with internal prediction markets as IAM

— Consensus Point: – General Electric – Best Buy – Motorola – Qualcomm – Siemens – Nokia NewsFutures: – Arcelor – Mittal – Corning – Dentsu – IHG – Lilly – MasterFoods – Pfizer – Siemens – Thomson – Yahoo! … Continue reading

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Siemens new chief executive said he will continue the company’s efficiency program, Fit4 2010, and pledged to resolve the compliance issues quickly.

Wall Street Journal $$$: In a statement, Siemens said the new CEO will focus on “leadership culture and organizational structure, high-growth markets, innovation, business portfolio and compliance.“ Siemens uses internal prediction markets —it is listed on both the Consensus Point … Continue reading

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Siemens’ 3D face scanner

by Michaela Rehle/Reuters MSNBC: Jeska Stolle tests the three-dimensional (3D) face scanner used to register individual details of passengers at the SAC Siemens airport centre in Fuerth near Nuremberg on March 30, 2007. It represents the latest technology available from … Continue reading

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