Archive for April, 2009
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Brazil’s Bond Yields Fall as Investors Bet on Further Rate Cuts (Bloomberg)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
April 30 (Bloomberg) — Brazil’s local-currency bond yields fell for a fourth day as investors bet policy makers will keep cutting interest rates to shore up growth in Latin America’s largest economy.
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Options Recap: Bears Bet Against AutoNation (TheStreet.com)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Bearish investors bet against AutoNation while bulls eyed Boyd and Wyndham, according to OptionMonster.
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Shares Rally in a Rejection of Pessimism (New York Times)
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
It may still be months before the economy turns around, but investors on Wednesday were acting as if a recovery was just around the bend, and bet heavily that the worst economic declines were over.
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BET skews older with new channel (News On 6 Tulsa)
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Viacom’s BET Networks will launch a new channel targeting the middle-aged African-American demographic.
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Sky Go Non-Runner No Bet In Guineas (Sporting Life via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Sky Bet go non-runner no bet from Tuesday on both the 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas.
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Bet On Muni Bonds (Forbes)
Monday, April 27th, 2009
Fears that they’ll default are overblown. Bet on them to outperform Treasuries in the near term too.
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Minister Lord West Denies Bet Against Govt (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Monday, April 27th, 2009
The Sunday Times reported yesterday that an unnamed minister had told friends that he bet against an outright Labour victory at odds of 66-1 in mid-2007.
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Labour minister denies placing ‘substantial’ bet on Brown election defeat (Daily Mail)
Monday, April 27th, 2009
Labour minister denies placing ‘substantial’ bet on Brown election defeat
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Minister’s bet that Gordon Brown is a loser (Times Online)
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
A GOVERNMENT minister has placed a large bet with bookmakers at 66-1 on Labour not winning the next general election.
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Horse players can bet on Churchill races with Youbet.com (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Horse players will be able to bet on Churchill Downs’ races through the Youbet.com account-wagering platform, Churchill Downs Inc. spokesman Kevin Flanery reported. Churchill’s meet starts this afternoon.
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BET targets older viewers with new channel (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
BET Networks on Thursday took the wraps off a new basic-cable channel designed to attract an older, more affluent segment of the black television audience.
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US star donates winnings from bet to fight malaria (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Friday, April 24th, 2009
Actor Ashton Kutcher has pledged to donate 100,000 dollars he won in a bet with television network CNN to help fight the spread of malaria, the UN Children’s Fund said Friday.
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Do New Jerseyans want sports betting? You bet! (Covers.com)
Monday, April 20th, 2009
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -Do New Jerseyans want to be able to wager on professional sports events at Atlantic City casinos or horse racing tracks? You bet! A new poll shows state residents favor legalizing sports betting in the nation’s second-larg…
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The Best Bet (New York Magazine)
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Plastic shoes, sometimes called jellies, started a comeback last year.
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Gomez will ride Pioneerof the Nile in the Derby (Sports Illustrated)
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jockey Garrett Gomez is placing his Kentucky Derby bet on Pioneerof the Nile.
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Japanese Failed to Bet on the Pony Car (New York Times)
Friday, April 17th, 2009
Automakers based in Japan have enjoyed success with pure sports cars, but never managed to compete with a V-8 powered, rear-drive street racer.
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150 seats for Cong? You bet, say punters (The Economic Times)
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
150 seats for Cong? You bet, say punters150 seats for Cong? You bet, say punters
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Newsweek: Coast Guard may be best bet against piracy (MSNBC)
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
A retired Navy commander explains why the Coast Guard would be the United States’ best bet in combating piracy off the coast of Somalia.
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Princess Eugenie downs beer with ketchup for Easter bet in Thai bar (New Kerala)
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
London, Apr 14 : Princess Eugenie, daughter of Prince Andrew and Fergie, was seen dancing on tables after she downed beer with ketchup for an Easter bet with pals during a wild night in Thailand.
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Gobert: Don’t bet on a big crude oil rally (National Post)
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Consensus opinion appears to have concluded that the next bull market has begun. The next big problem is the timing and the magnitude of rallies as we look forward. Don’t bet on a major crude oil rally.
