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Brazil are an enormous favorite to win the 2014 World Cup on home turf, according to Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com.
Silver’s model gives Brazil a 45% chance of winning. No other team has greater than a 13% chance, according to his numbers.
Everyone from sportsbooks to Goldman Sachs has declared Brazil the favorite over the last few weeks. Silver agrees.… Read more
Lionel Messi of Argentina is the betting favorite for top goalscorer at the World Cup in Brazil according to odds at Bovada.lv.
Messi is followed by his Barcelona teammate Neymar (Brazil) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) who plays professionally for Barcelona’s top rival, Real Madrid, in Spain’s La Liga.
Here are the odds for the top 20 players:
Lionel Messi (Argentina) — 7/1
Neymar (Brazil) —10/1
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) —12/1
Sergio Aguero (Argentina) —14/1
Luis Suarez (Uruguay) —18/1
Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina) —20/1
Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) —22/1
Fred (Brazil) —25/1
Karim Benzema (France) —25/1
Robin Van Persie (Netherlands) —25/1
Thomas Muller (Germany) —25/1
Diego Costa (Spain) —28/1
Edinson Cavani (Uruguay) —33/1
Hulk (Brazil) —33/1
Mario Balotelli (Italy) —33/1
Miroslav Klose (Germany) —33/1
Fernando Torres (Spain) —40/1
Jo (Brazil) —40/1
Olivier Giroud (France) —40/1
Wayne Rooney (England) —40/1
To be the top goalscorer at the World Cup, a player must not only be great, but it helps if he plays for a team that is expected to go deep into the tournament.… Read more
You’re all ready for the big presentation, you’ve prepared and launch into your pitch, but the person you’re speaking to is checking their iPhone for email, flipping through a notebook, or texting away. Or, what if he or she keeps interrupting or disagreeing before you’re able to make your complete point?
You feel incredibly frustrated, you believe the person disrespects you and what you have to day, but unfortunately, it happens all the time.… Read more
… a 6 step recovery process.
More than anyone I really have f—–d up at work. But I always managed to tell my Boss and survive.
But, no matter how big or small you are, no one wants to admit when they’ve screwed up, especially at work.
The first thought that explodes into my mind along with embarrassment, even for me, is to either hide the mistake and hope no one notices or find someone else to blame.… Read more
I’m not a coffee drinker, gave up coffee in 1991, but i have seen a exponential increase in both coffee appreciation and business built around coffee. If you are a drinker or a coffee businessman, here’s early warning of pricing rises.
Coffee prices have seen a parabolic run-up in recent weeks as unprecedented hot and dry weather in Brazil has sucked the life out of what was expected to have been a record crop.… Read more