Thus armed, day traders are adding a high-tech twist to the well-worn momentum game that exchange-floor traders have played for decades: Buy when markets are rising and sell when they turn south.
Many game designers are scientists or mathematicians who accepted the long hours and relatively low pay of entry-level jobs in game development in exchange for the opportunity to work full-time in the arena where they spent much of their degree.
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And while some virtual worlds have discouraged the exchange of game money for dollars, Linden Labs condones the practice.
Mr Thiessen has learned the hard way to bring some uncertainty back into his game, but foreign-exchange intervention will not have lasting effects without other supporting measures.
Entropia is an online game that has a real cash economy--players can exchange Project Entropia dollars for real U.S. dollars at a fixed 10:1 exchange rate, enabling virtual entrepreneurs to start businesses in the game.
Fijian International Nicky Little kicked Sale's only points of the game as both sides seemed content to exchange penalties.
His movie model means he keeps budgets tight, insisting everyone take a cut on their upfront pay in exchange for skin in the game and a share of profits.
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"I think the overall consolidation game within the U.S. exchange market will continue following the trend of 2007 and I would be surprised if any of the regional exchanges remain independent by the end of 2008, " said Sang Lee, managing partner of Aite Group in Boston.
Skrill also handles the foreign currency exchange which is another hassle for game companies.
Thomas spoke of an actual health care market where patients know the costs, pay for most things directly, and in exchange for this skin in the game have the information to make sensible choices.
Martin McGuinness might still be too far off the lead to stand a chance of succeeding Mary McAleese, but if Sean Gallagher doesn't secure victory this final bad tempered exchange could be remembered as a game changer.
Whatever his differences with Mr Daim and rumours of a rift began circulating a year ago Dr Mahathir has given no hint that he might question parts of Malaysia's macroeconomic game-plan, such as its fixed exchange rate or its effort to prime the fiscal pump.
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Long late to the game, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued an alert on the custody issue.
Murray then made the breakthrough in the following game as he again got the better of a long baseline exchange before serving out the set with ease.
After the game, though, the hard-driving coach said the exchange was something that happens all the time including with 2000 national championship teammates and close friends Mateen Cleaves and Morris Peterson without cameras rolling.
All in all, it was far from the worldwide goodwill that is supposed to accompany this competition, where players exchange team hats with opponents before the start of each game as a sign of sportsmanship.
The multi-player itself is comprised of several game modes, four gods to which you can give your allegiance in exchange for different starting characters, and a number of upgrades and unlocks to armor, special items, and so forth.
The referees were busy for much of the day, with the Clippers called for 26 fouls to the Thunder's 22 in a physical game that featured double technicals on Caron Butler and Kendrick Perkins for their verbal exchange and Ibaka's flagrant-1 foul on Griffin.
The Australian Open offered the smallest winners' prize check of the four majors in 2008, however, at today's exchange rates, the 2009 prize is currently the richest in the game (although the amount of the 2009 U.S. Open winner's check is yet to be announced).
Because Entropia has a real cash economy (players can exchange Project Entropia Dollars for real U.S. dolllars at a fixed 10:1 exchange rate), virtual entrepreneurs can start real moneymaking businesses in the game.
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The name originally stood for Magic: The Gathering Exchange, an online site designed to trade cards used in playing the card game popular with the younger set.
As Southampton captain for the Premier League game, Le Tissier was able to persuade his Wimbledon counterpart to let the Saints kick off in exchange for letting the Dons kick towards their own fans.
Meanwhile, Weir was keen to draw a line under the fall-out from Wednesday's controversial Old Firm game, which featured red cards for Bougherra, El Hadji Diouf and Steven Whittaker and an angry touchline exchange between Rangers assistant manager Ally McCoist and Celtic boss Neil Lennon.
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And if you exchange awkward-looking 3D graphics with a high-quality HD video engine, sex is great game content.
The end-game will turn on Iran's assessment of the benefits it can derive from the other Caspian states in exchange for putting its signature to a treaty.
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