Predictions: Mergers & Acquisitions

Betting Closes	Consensus	Prediction	Total Bets	Change
Jun 25 2010	53%	LinkedIn announces IPO intentions before July 2010?	9	0%
Jun 21 2010	27%	Microsoft announces intention to acquire RIM by June 30, 2010?	10	0.97%
Dec 21 2009	86%	Microsoft fails to buy or take a major share in Palm Inc. in 2009?	17	0%
Dec 21 2009	13%	Dell announces intention to acquire or merge with Palm or Acer in 2009?	30	0%
Dec 15 2009	14%	Facebook buys Yammer in 2009?	22	0%
Dec 07 2009	63%	AOL formally splits from Time-Warner by Dec. 11?	11	Judged at 100%
Dec 04 2009	11%	HP or Oracle announces intention to acquire Brocade by Dec. 7?	10	0%
Oct 15 2009	11%	Nokia announces intention to acquire Palm?	11	Judged at 0%
Sep 27 2009	4%	Cisco announces Skype acquisition?	29	Judged at 0%
Sep 24 2009	73%	CafeScribe acquired by October 2009	10	Judged at 100%
Sep 14 2009	48%	NetApp prevails in bidding war with EMC over Data Domain?	5	Judged at 0%
Aug 23 2009	15%	Bebo spun off or sold?	9	Being judged
Jun 30 2009	6%	Cisco announces Sun Microsystems acquisition?	29	Judged at 0%
Jun 30 2009	6%	Ebay sells Skype by June 2009?	42	Judged at 0%
Jun 30 2009	5%	Yahoo to announce AOL acquisition by July 2009?	97	Judged at 0%
Jun 30 2009	8%	Yahoo takes a stake in Hulu?	19	Judged at 0%
Jun 30 2009	6%	Time Warner announces plans to sell off Time Inc.?	14	Judged at 0%
Jun 29 2009	5%	Yahoo announces planned sale of its stake in Alibaba by June 30?	10	Judged at 0%
May 31 2009	7%	IBM announces Sun Microsystems acquisition?	54	Judged at 0%
Apr 01 2009	5%	Google announces Skype acquisition by April 1, 2009?	17	Judged at 0%
Mar 29 2009	2%	Sirius XM announces acquisition by end of March 2009?	29	Judged at 0%
Mar 20 2009	12%	Roche does not acquire Genentech by March 20?	9	Judged at 0%
Feb 25 2009	98%	LiveNation and Ticketmaster announce merger by Feb. 28?	19	Judged at 100%
Feb 23 2009	1%	EBay sells StumbleUpon by end of February, 2009?	29	Judged at 0%
Dec 31 2008	8%	Google invests $1 billion in Facebook	85	Judged at 0%