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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
Google Prediction: Google shows banner or video ads in its search page in 2008
[ Predicted ]
No, only shows text ads
(78% chance)
The latest paid-click data for search engines shows that Americans are clicking on paid search ads less than we did last year--not an encouraging trend for the state of online advertising. For Google ...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST,
1 Ziibos Answered
On Oct 24, 2007, Microsoft just bought 1.6 percent share of Facebook for $240 mil USD. That's equal to a value of $15 billion for this young site. After this news came out, there will probably be lo...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST,
Unanswered
Predict whether the Toronto Blue Jays will have a new General Manager or a vacant General Manager's position by the Winter Meetings in early December, 2008. Their present General Manager is J.P. Ricc...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-03 EST
For those of you who still remember Steve Jobs's prediction of sellling 10 mil iPhones by the end of 2008, we just got an analyst who disagreed:
http://blog.wired....
Just to be fair, we also got ...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST,
Unanswered
Intrade to be acquired by one of hte big US regulated exchanges in 2008
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-31 EST,
Unanswered
There can be no doubt that Vista is a trainwreck. But opinions vary a great deal about whether or not is has damaged the brand "Windows" and the market share of Windows in the OS market.
Some people...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-31 EST,
Unanswered
This topic is a continuation of the previous prediction:
http://www.ziitren...
On Oct 8 and Oct 28, the Federal Open Market Committee decided to slash its target from 2% all the way to 1%. So havi...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-16 EST,
Unanswered
This topic is a continuation of the previous prediction:
http://www.ziitren...
On Sep 16, the Federal Open Market Committee decided to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 2%. Economic act...
[ Scored ] on 2008-10-30 EDT
Canon EOS 6D (or a 5D replacement) announced in Sept 2008.
[ End Result ]
Yes, 6D coming in Sept 2008
This prediction is inspired by a news entry from dpreview.com:
"Canon has just added a mysterious teaser to its US website. The page shows a silhouette of a camera with the words 'Destined Evolution.'...
[ Scored ] on 2008-09-17 EDT
To help executives and managers to make tough decision on marketing and product forecast, many big companies are using internal prediction markets. Best Buy, Corning, Google and a bunch of other compa...
[ Closed ] on 2008-08-31 EDT,
Unanswered
Which Canadian team will sign the most number of unrestricted free agents?
[ End Result ]
Vancouver Canucks
The free agent market in the NHL officially opens on July 1, 2008. Starting on this day, un-restricted free agents (UFAs) can begin signing with various teams, most likely the highest bidders.
Whil...
[ Scored ] on 2008-09-05 EDT
Will police find the killer and/or the spider monkey from the Gr. Van Zoo?
[ End Result ]
None caught, monkey not found
An act of cruelty occurred this past week at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. The zoo was broken into, and the cage where the spider monkeys were kept were broken into. A 15-year-old male spider monkey, Jock...
[ Scored ] on 2008-07-08 EDT
Every time there is a market bubble it is on a different topic, whether it was on manufacturing, technology or real-estate. what will be your prediction on the next bubble?
[ Closed ] on 2008-06-21 EDT,
Unanswered
This prediction is inspired by the following article:
"A Market Crash is Coming"
http://www.fool.co...
If you look at the historical date of the US stock market, you might notice the current marke...
[ Closed ] on 2008-07-01 EDT,
Unanswered