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• There's Only One Reason Why Facebook Is IPO'ing: To Access The Public Equity ... - DealBreaker
  

  There's Only One Reason Why Facebook Is IPO'ing: To Access The Public Equity ... DealBreaker But SharesPost, and its peers like SecondMarket, are of course not really prediction markets though that might be their highest and best use for the next three months. They're quasi-public exchanges that allow employees and investors to get liquidity ... and more »

• Florida preview: Romney is going to win - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
  

  Florida preview: Romney is going to win Yahoo! News Blogs (blog) By David Rothschild By David Rothschild | The Signal – 13 hrs ago Mitt Romney holds a commanding lead in Florida's primary, with a 98.6 percent likelihood of victory, according to the political prediction markets. Newt Gingrich is 99.9 percent likely ... and more »

• Inside the Beltway - Washington Times
  

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  Inside the Beltway Washington Times Meanwhile, both Predictwise and Intrade — a pair of “prediction markets” that aggregate and forecast political, sports and financial results — say Mr. Rubio has the greatest likelihood of being selected as Mr. Romney's running mate, with a 24 percent ... and more »

• Romney Three Times More Likely Than Gingrich to Win Florida Primary - DigitalJournal.com (press release)
  

  Romney Three Times More Likely Than Gingrich to Win Florida Primary DigitalJournal.com (press release) Infosurv, the leading prediction markets research firm, reports that the findings of its prediction market conducted on January 29th also align with recent political poll rankings. This prediction market parallels Infosurv's earlier predictions that ... and more »

• Whatever next? - Research Magazine
  

  Whatever next? Research Magazine The principle can be put in to practice through prediction markets, where participants trade 'shares' in a product, proposal or election candidate (see box below). It's a technique that harnesses the predictive power of the market itself – rather than ...

• 79% Predict Romney Will Win South Carolina Primary - EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
  

  79% Predict Romney Will Win South Carolina Primary EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) Infosurv, the leading prediction markets research firm, reports that the findings of its prediction market study conducted on January 18 th also align with recent political poll rankings. This prediction market follows the earlier successful prediction ... and more »

• 79% Predict Romney Will Win South Carolina Primary - MarketWatch (press release)
  

  79% Predict Romney Will Win South Carolina Primary MarketWatch (press release) Infosurv, the leading prediction markets research firm, reports that the findings of its prediction market study conducted on January 18th also align with recent political poll rankings. This prediction market follows the earlier successful prediction ... and more »

• THATCamp Games - Purple Pawn
  

  THATCamp Games Purple Pawn Some of the proposed sessions, however, include games and prediction markets, games vs. crowdsourcing, theater-style LARPs, ARG design, and game data visualization. The conference is fully booked with 100 participants from various universities, ...

• Romney nosediving in South Carolina as Gingrich surges - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
  

  Romney nosediving in South Carolina as Gingrich surges Yahoo! News Blogs (blog) By David Rothschild By David Rothschild | The Signal – 16 hrs ago Just yesterday, the political prediction markets gave Mitt Romney an 85 percent chance of winning Saturday's primary in South Carolina. With this morning's news that Rick Perry is ... and more »

• Yahoo Predicts America's Political Winners - Technology Review
  

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  Yahoo Predicts America's Political Winners Technology Review By Christopher Mims Data scientists at Yahoo are using prediction markets—along with polls, sentiment analysis on Twitter, and trends in search queries—to create the mother of all political prediction engines. The project involves Web-based prediction ...