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Hollywood Stock Exchange Set To Launch In April 100

You can buy and sell actor or movie "stock" for virtual cash on the website Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX). Starting in April the company plans on letting you turn those movie performance predictions into real dollars. HSX filed with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission for approval as an active trading site in November 2008 and has just entered the final phase of regulatory review. Richard Jaycobs, president of HSX's parent company, said, "The number of people who visit movie theaters each year and form opinions about a film's success is in the tens of millions. We believe that's the reason the public response to this product has been very positive."
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Submission + - EeePC "just a race to the bottom" says Son (news.com) 4

Alex Dekker writes: ""If [Asus' Eee PC] starts to do well, we are all in trouble" says Sony's Mike Abary in this interview with CNet. Presumably by "all", he means all the hardware manufacturers who sell over-priced full-fat laptops. And he's not going to be too pleased when he sees the Linux-powered sub-£100 [$200] Elonex One. Looks like what's bad for Sony is good for the consumer."

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