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End Poverty 2015?

[ Most Likely ] More extreme poverty by 2015 (52% chance)
About 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nations. This is one person every three and a half seconds. Yet there is plenty of food in the world for ev...
will close on 2010-01-01 EST
  268 News 14 Comments Report cm2007 cm2007 (*)
Yes, there are some countries with savers. But there are far more with people barely getting by. And that would be a majority of the world's population. How much money can the world's 2 cent a day work...
will close on 2009-12-31 EST
  3 News 2 Comments Report meanstreaks meanstreaks (*)

2016 Summer Olympics Venue

[ Predicted ] Chicago (36% chance)
The cauldron for the 2008 Olympics is still burning in Beijing, but cities are already fighting to be the host of 2016 Olympics. The host city of the 2016 Olympic Games will be announced at the 121s...
[ Closed ] on 2009-10-02 EDT, Unanswered
  149 News 7 Comments Report olympian olympian (*)

How long before YouTube is exposed for censoring Political content?

[ Predicted ] Never, They do not censor (63% chance)
YouTube bought by Google for $1.65 Billion ( http://news.bbc.co... ) has shown it's ability to censor feedback, data and online views from the Anonymous VS. Scientology debate ( http://www.youtube... ...
[ Closed ] on 2009-06-08 EDT, Unanswered
  190 News 10 Comments Report Paradigm77 Paradigm77 (*)

Approve Adult Industry Bailout?

[ Predicted ] No (87% chance)
The latest joke around the adult entertainment industry is that sales have slid enough to justify asking the federal government for a bailout. Companies say people were already spending less on naug...
[ Closed ] on 2009-04-01 EDT, Unanswered
  1 News 4 Comments Report ematheld ematheld (37)

Best Buy vs. Apple in Music Download

[ Predicted ] No, at least not in 2008 (83% chance)
Best Buy is buying Napster, the second-place music subscription service, which has been losing money and subscribers. The deal is almost a rounding error for a company of Best Buy's size. The stated pr...
[ Closed ] on 2009-04-01 EDT, Unanswered
  131 News 2 Comments Report oWell oWell (*)

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 auditor general has just reported today that the Canadian government is over-charging people when they apply for their Canadian passports. According to the law, the government can only charge i...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-31 EST
  57 News 5 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)

What would be the outcome of Taiwan's former president Chen's hunger strike?

[ Predicted ] He will remain in custody (50% chance)
Chen Shui-bian, the former president of Taiwan, is currently under custody. He is in custody because of allegations for embezzlement and money laundering. Reports indicated that millions of dollars wer...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-20 EST, Unanswered
  50 News 2 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)

Will you buy a Blu-ray player in 2008?

[ Predicted ] No, will not get one (80% chance)
It had been a while since Blu-ray players were released, and when we go to Bestbuy, the shelves are full of Blu-ray movies just like in the old days when DVD movies was getting popular. Do you think y...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST, Unanswered
  45 News 4 Comments Report Homer Homer (*)

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 (*)

The New Cabinet: Treasury Secretary of US

[ Predicted ] Another (25% chance)
The importance of the Treasury secretary's role was on display in full force this year, as Henry M. Paulson Jr. dealt with the financial meltdown precipitated by the mortgage crisis and worked with Con...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-01 EST, Unanswered
  164 News 1 Comments Report orgaro orgaro (2)
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[ Closed ] on 2008-12-03 EST, Unanswered
  2 News 1 Comments Report srini12 srini12 (*)

Buy Out Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) in 2008?

[ Predicted ] Status quo (73% chance)
The money CIBC raised in January has quickly been claimed by the $6.5-billion in writedowns taken in the past year related to the U. S. credit crisis. More writedowns are coming this quarter. How much ...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-01 EST, 1 Ziibos Answered
  240 News 2 Comments Report kimbandyn kimbandyn (328)
Sony CEO Stringer just declared stalemate in Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD war. Is it an attempt to stop the war and negotiate some kind of cooperation between the two camps? These companies are trying to make ...
[ Closed ] on 2009-04-01 EDT, Unanswered
  47 News 10 Comments Report MasterMind MasterMind (*)