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Tag Archives: South Africa
JusTrade = the Walmart of Finance
- JusTrade is in the news (Business Day). – JusTrade is a prediction exchange located in South Africa —as all our faithful Midas Oracle readers already know. – Best wishes to Rory Mackay, its (injured ) manager. – [Rory Mackay … Continue reading
LET’S REVISIT HISTORY: In May 2007, Harvard professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff laughed in Paul Wolfowitz’s face.
BACKGROUND INFO: Kenneth Rogoff is a visiting scholar at the Brookings Institution and professor of economics at Harvard University. – May 2007′s Blog Post: INSIDER TRADING: World Bank employees speculating on the Paul Wolfowitz event derivatives at InTrade-TradeSports?? – - … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, History, Humor, Politics
Tagged Alberto Gonzalez, American Enterprise Institute, Asia, Bank President, Brookings Institution, Bush, Bush administration, deputy, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Finance, finance minister, Harvard, Harvard University, Heritage Foundation, important international development agency, insider trading, internet browsers, InTrade, Iraq, Kenneth Rogoff, New Zealander Graeme, Paul Wolfowitz, prediction markets, President, President of the World, professor of economics, professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff, Republican Party, Shaha Riza, South Africa, TradeSports, Trevor Manuel, United States, United States Of America, US Attorney General, White House, World Bank, World Bank Internal Investigations Unit, World Bank Staff, Zealander Graeme Wheeler
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What was the music played at the 2007 World Cup of Rugby?
If you watched TV during the 2007 Rugby World Cup (hosted by France and won by South Africa), you surely noticed a symphonic music played at the beginning and at the end of each game. Composer: Jean-Michel Jarre (French); He … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged Composer, France, Industrial Revolution Part 2, Jean Michel Jarre, rugby, South Africa, World Cup
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2007 WORLD CUP OF RUGBY: BetFair, Betdaq, TradeSports and NewsFutures all predict that South Africa will pulverize England into fine particles.
BetFair: 2007 World Cup of Rugby South Africa (“the Springboks”) will win: It should be said that the prediction markets got it wrong betting on New Zealand and then on France, in previous rounds. — The other prediction exchanges (betting … Continue reading
$18,441,883 of bets matched by BetFair for the winner of the 2007 World Cup of Rugby
Wow. That’s a lot. BetFair: 2007 World Cup of Rugby South Africa will win (against England, who did beat France, who did beat New Zealand), BetFair says. On this South Africa chart, spot the volume, lately. Seems like the English … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged France, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, USD, World Cup
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FRANCE’S TEAM EJECTS NEW ZEALAND’S ALL BLACKS OUT OF THE 2007 WORLD CUP OF RUGBY.
The picture above (from the archives) represents the New Zealand’s team performing their “haka” before an international match. Here are the static BetFair charts, just after the France vs. New Zealand game. (TradeSports has little liquidity on Rugby Union events.) … Continue reading