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To: MENSO who wrote (1893)	5/5/1999 2:47:00 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Respond to of 3795

Ahh. Well, BW verifies the credit card number before publishing a release. There isn't anything else they verify regarding content, as far as I can tell from their actions, disclaimer about.businesswire.com and public statements. #reply-9168923 ______________________________ “…a fundamental difference between a reputable news wire service, which business wire claims to be, and a paid advertiser or stock promoter who only cares to verify the credit card number before publishing a press release, as you exposed them - uh, i mean - repeatedly portrayed them to do...”