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Will Twitter be acquired by the end of 2008?
Settled as No
No acquisition announced.
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.
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Activity: H$43,434
Settled as No on Wed 31st Dec 2008 7:56am PST
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
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tomislaw
predicted No (H$50 at 93%)
jakethesnake
predicted No (H$3,000 at 93%)
predicted No (H$1,000 at 92%)
predicted No (H$100 at 89%)
drzinternet
manoogs
predicted No (H$100 at 86%)
predicted No (H$5 at 85%)
alm2010
predicted Yes (H$500 at 13%)
growthy
gtown
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CNET News.com 1 week ago
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score: 10
Guardian Unlimited 1 week ago
One of Santa's elves is on Twitter, the 'micro-blogging' service that is in the news following a plane crash in Denver The North American Aerospace Defense Command tracks Santa every year from http://www.noradsanta.org/ --
score: 10
SiliconValley.com 1 week ago
not much holiday cheer to predict. But here are nine things I predict will happen in 2009: 1 Twitter will be sold. And that's good. There is no business model here, so it's time to move along. And I say this as an absolute Twitter fanatic. It
score: 10
Guardian Unlimited 2 weeks ago
One of Santa's elves is on Twitter, the 'micro-blogging' service that is in the news following a plane crash in Denver The North American Aerospace Defense Command tracks Santa every year from http://www.noradsanta.org/ --
score: 10
MarketWatch 2 weeks ago
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