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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Judgment on July 4, 2008:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Judgment on July 4, 2008:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Judgment on July 4, 2008:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Judgment on July 4, 2008:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Judgment on July 4, 2008:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Judgment on July 4, 2008:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Judgment on July 4, 2008:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Judgment on July 4, 2008:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Judgment on July 4, 2008:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Judgment on July 4, 2008:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Judgment on July 4, 2008:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Judgment on July 4, 2008:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Judgment on July 4, 2008:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;Well, it was a really close call.  Oil crude futures surged to just over $145/bbl on July 3rd, 2008.  The community correctly predicted that oil would not be at $150/bbl by July 4.  Judged at S$0.  --The Industry Standard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;O&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot; class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;riginal prediction:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oil prices have been on a roller-coaster ride this year, sensitive to all kinds of events,  ranging from a weak US dollar to a single &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080606/pl_usnw/oil_price_spikes_to138_a_barrel_shows_a_market_out_of_control__says_consumer_watchdog&quot;&gt;comment made by a politician&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;amp;sid=aNIdpNzYue9g&quot;&gt;prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/thestandard.com/files/u98/gasGuage.gif&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;float: left&quot; alt=&quot;Gas guage on empty&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/07oil.html?hp&quot;&gt;As of Friday&lt;/a&gt;, June 6, 2008, oil catapulted to $138 a barrel sending shivers through Wall Street as the Dow shed nearly 400 points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Obviously, the bad news has spooked markets and consumer confidence while raising inflation fears.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be clear, this is a prediction that the price of a barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange will &lt;b&gt;close&lt;/b&gt; at or above $150&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; between June 9, 2008, and July 4, 2008.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judgment will occur on July 5, 2008, or earlier depending on events tied to this prediction. &lt;/p&gt;
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