2008 has finally run its course and journalists and bloggers have now turned their eyes to making predictions about what 2009 will bring. However before they do there is the small matter of totting up the scores on how they performed in their 2008 predictions. The winner of each category will win an inscribed quaich to mark their achievement. Additionally, there is a wooden spoon for the pundit who gets it wrong in the most spectacular fashion. Full details of the competition are here.

Note, we have decided to drop the entertainment category. On reviewing the New Year predictions in that category we found it to be a mix of astrology, comedy and psycho babble. Additionally, it was almost universally wrong proving it is easier to predict the winner of the election than the outcome of Britney’s next misadventure.

Here are the list of winners:

Politics - Financial Times

Business - Jon Markman of MSN Money

Technology - MG Siegler of Paris Lemon

Sports - Christopher Clary of IHT

Wooden Spoon - Mark Andersen of Strategy News Service

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