Word: dubliners
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...real money on the race. The major exchanges--the Iowa Electronic Markets and Intrade--have, on average, given Bush about a 60% chance of winning since September. While some say the markets are too small to be clairvoyant (only $8 million has been traded in the Bush contract at Dublin-based Intrade, the largest market), they have impressive records. Since 1988, the Iowa exchange's average error in presidential races has been less than 1.5 percentage points--compared with more than 2 points among major polls, says Forrest Nelson, a founder of the exchange...
Frank is one of thousands of politically-charged bettors who flock to tradesports.com, a Dublin-based online trading exchange for economic, sporting and political events, to try their luck at predicting this year’s election...
...delightful mix of traditional Irish folk music and surging punk rock, the Los Angeles-based Flogging Molly presents some of the best music the Warped Tour lot has to offer. Fronted by Dublin native Dave King, this sextet sports a fiddle, accordion and mandolin. These guys know how to rumble with the best of them, but some of their finest moments come during their sweeping, heartfelt ballads. Their third album, Within a Mile of Home, was released just last month and continues the magnetic style they first displayed on their debut, Swagger. 18+. Tickets $17.75. 7 p.m. Avalon Night Club...
Thieves sometimes try using artworks as collateral for other underworld deals. The masterminds of the 1986 robbery of Russborough House near Dublin, who snatched 18 canvases, tried in vain to trade them for Irish Republican Army members held in British jails. Others demand a ransom from the museum that owns the pictures. Ten years ago, thieves in Frankfurt, Germany, made off with two major canvases by J.M.W. Turner that were on loan from the Tate Gallery in London. The paintings, worth more than $80 million, were recovered in 2002 after the Tate paid more than $5 million to people having...
...Guinness has a secret weapon, though, which gives the company a strong incentive to stay at home: Ireland's 10% corporate tax rate, compared to 34.5% and roughly 38.3% for Guinness's rivals in the Netherlands and Germany. That would make it difficult for Diageo to justify selling its Dublin operations. If Guinness were an acquisition target, "you would never get the price to compensate for that," says Graeme Eadie, an Edinburgh-based beverage analyst at Deutsche Bank. And even if it no longer builds houses, Guinness is still known as a generous employer, providing complete health care for families...