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Will the United States invade Iran in 2009?

[ Most Likely ] No (85% chance)
- The States has spent 5 trillions to undertake Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae; - The States has spent 85 billions to safe AIG; - Most likely that the States will spend another 700 billions to bailout th...
will close on 2009-12-31 EST
  45 News 15 Comments Report Osiris Osiris (*)

Will the New York Times print a newspaper every publishing day in 2009?

[ Most Likely ] No, the Times won't skip a day (79% chance)
The New York Times is said to be in financial trouble and with many people relying exclusively on the internet and the Times' website for news it may not be able to afford to publish a printed newspape...
will close on 2009-12-31 EST
  76 News 2 Comments Report cougar222 cougar222 (*)

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM)

[ Most Likely ] 3 days (50%), 2 weeks (69%▲), 1 month (57%▲)
NYSE:IBM - Bully or Bearish?

Will Web 2.0 Survive the Financial Crisis?

[ Predicted ] Continues as a hype (57% chance)
Web 2.0 lets everyone share their ideas, opinions, favorite tunes, and relationship statuses with each other. Even over-employed workers will still produce some user-generated content. But it seems to ...
[ Closed ] on 2009-02-01 EST, Unanswered
  76 News 3 Comments Report nyvesgha nyvesgha (244)
The Canadian government temporarily dodged a crisis when Governor General Michaelle Jean accepted Prime Minister Stephen Harper's request to suspend parliament. The House will be back in business late ...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-10 EST
  4 News 2 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)

Will Web 2.0 Crash Before the Next Lunar Eclipse

[ Predicted ] Web bust, but no connection. (96% chance)
The Internet is based on speculative value; entrepreneurs create business models based on venture capital. If a company isn't "scooped up" by a larger company such as Yahoo! or Google, they won't surv...
[ Closed ] on 2009-06-26 EDT, Unanswered
  2 News 1 Comments Report genevaheaton genevaheaton (*)
Srini Saripalli is a technologist, marketer & Success Coach. Referred by many as "Success Engineer", Srini specializes in Marketing & Sales Success. He shares his sales & Marketing strategies on http:/...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-03 EST, Unanswered
  2 News 1 Comments Report srini12 srini12 (*)

Florida: will Obama or McCain lead in the battleground state?

[ End Result ] Barack Obama (Democratic)
Florida was the key player in 2000, whose votes went - narrowly and controversially - to George W. Bush, making him the effective winner. Florida has trended toward the Republican Party since 2000....
[ Scored ] on 2008-11-05 EST
  32 News 1 Comments Report voteSense voteSense (*)

Apple will start selling unlocked phones in 2008

[ Predicted ] No (78% chance)
I just read this article and it made a very interesting prediction, "Apple will start selling unlocked phones" http://bits.blogs.... The reasoning behind it is quite interesting. Quoted from the a...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST, Unanswered
  72 News 3 Comments Report Homer Homer (*)

Will Microsoft Open-Source Any of Its Software by 2009?

[ Predicted ] None of the above (64% chance)
The Open Source Census, a project aiming to tally usage data on open source software in business and use that tally as a way to promote more corporate use of open source software, just signed up a surp...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST, Unanswered
  86 News 5 Comments Report Arthur Arthur (*)

GM Sells Cars Fueled by 100% Ethanol by 2010?

[ Most Likely ] No (75% chance)
According to the Nikkei Business Daily, Japan's Suzuki Motor Company will begin selling cars that run completely on 100% ethanol in the US and Brazil by 2010. The company will begin the transition by f...
will close on 2010-01-01 EST
  41 News 4 Comments Report fireeater fireeater (*)

Second Life Goes IPO in 2008?

[ Predicted ] No, remains private (62% chance)
Linden Lab was founded in 1999 by Philip Rosedale to create a revolutionary new form of shared experience known as Second Life. The Second Life Grid provides the platform where the Second Life world re...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-31 EST, Unanswered
  233 News 6 Comments Report Raycer Raycer (*)

Who will buy Austrian Airlines?

[ Predicted ] Lufthansa (44% chance)
The sale of a controlling stake in Austrian Airlines by the Austrian government enters its more serious stage as prospective buyers filed business plans to make it on to a shortlist due to be drawn up ...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-31 EST, Unanswered
  8 News 0 Comments Report KKasapis KKasapis (*)
Back to Nov 2006, the CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, already saw a future where mobile phones are free to consumers who accept watching targeted forms of advertising. Schmidt said that as mobile phones b...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-31 EST, Unanswered
  135 News 10 Comments Report Woooper Woooper (*)
Blizzard just announced they have reached 10mil subscribers for their World of Warcraft game. They are currently the leader in this virtual world/game business. Will they create yet another MMORPG ga...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST, Unanswered
  55 News 3 Comments Report goog goog (*)