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Tuesday, December 13, 2005 12:00 AM

Betting on bird flu

A growing market allows investors to make money off of disease and natural disasters. And so far, their predictions have been dead-on.
By A.J. Daulerio

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  • Monday, December 12, 2005 10:44 PM

    The elephant in the article

    The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) tried to start one of these markets to be predictive of terrorist events. The public got wind, Senators grandstanded, and the project was killed. Looks like it wasn't such a bad idea after all.

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