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Will BMW Buy Volvo From Ford by 12/31/08

Settled as No

No one, including BMW has bought Volvo as of 12/31/08.

In fact this comment was made in early December:

"Dec 1, 2008 ... Ford said it would take several months to come to a decision on Volvo"
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/ford-considers-sale-of-volvo-unit/

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Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Yes
6%
No
94%
Activity: H$27,429
Settled as No on Fri 2nd Jan 6:52am PST

Suspend date: Tue 30th Dec 2008 8pm PST Settlement date: Fri 2nd Jan 6:52am PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 30th Dec 2008 8pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%

Action history:

Created Tue 1st Apr 2008 12pm PDT by rootehound
Suspended Tue 30th Dec 2008 8pm PST : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Fri 2nd Jan 12:22am PST by andrewpmk: No - can't find any such news on Google News, Wikipedia
Settlement requested Fri 2nd Jan 6:19am PST by nikolausi: volvo is not bought by bmw at all, thx
Settled as 'No' Fri 2nd Jan 6:52am PST by bayoubear[Admin]: No one, including BMW has bought Volvo as of 12/31/08.

In fact this comment was made in early December:

"Dec 1, 2008 ... Ford said it would take several months to come to a decision on Volvo"
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/ford-considers-sale-of-volvo-unit/

Suspend date: Tue 30th Dec 2008 8pm PST Settlement date: Fri 2nd Jan 6:52am PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 30th Dec 2008 8pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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kxlly predicted No (H$162 at 93%)
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