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Will Twitter be acquired by the end of 2008?
Settled as No
No acquisition announced.
Background:
Background: In his signing off blog post for TechCrunch, Duncan Riley predicts that Twitter will be acquired by the end of 2008 (http://tinyurl.com/6ckouk). Riley highlights their lack of business model but thinks with their growth they must be attractive to a Yahoo or a Google. We will see.
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
Forecast history %
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Settled as No on Wed 31st Dec 2008 7:56am PST
- Activity: H$43,434 |
- Predictions: 53 |
Comments: 0
Suspend date: Wed 31st Dec 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Wed 31st Dec 2008 7:56am PST
Initial likelihoods: Yes: 25%
Action history:
nigeleccles
tomg
: No acquisition announced. 
Suspend date: Wed 31st Dec 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Wed 31st Dec 2008 7:56am PST details 
Get widget!Predictions (53)
tomislaw
predicted No (H$50 at 93%)
jakethesnake
predicted No (H$3,000 at 93%)
predicted No (H$1,000 at 92%)Comments (0)
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score: 10
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