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Business Wire Falls for April Fools Prank, Sues FBNers

An SI Board Since April 1999

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3645	Well no one I know really expects this zebra to change it's stripes. <g&	s martin	-	12/9/1999
3644	>>>BTW, by failing to mention that this lawsuit came about because of	TopCat	-	12/9/1999
3643	"They can't possibly research them all, and I don't see why they s	s martin	-	12/9/1999
3642	You're very welcome. Wish I could have done more.	The Philosopher	-	12/9/1999
3641	<i>Is it possible that they never really understood? Can they be that dum	The Philosopher	-	12/9/1999
3640	Looks like false or misleading statements in there to me. Under his new policy	The Philosopher	-	12/9/1999
3639	Congratulations, Lady and Gentlemen. (You too, Bill!) Perseverence has paid in	David Lawrence	-	12/8/1999
3638	<i>$100K is not a big deal to BW, and I doubt Lokey lost any sleep over t	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	12/8/1999
3637	Sure the Three lost sleep, but Lokey lost face. And credibility. Not to belittl	marcos	-	12/8/1999
3636	<i>So, here we have a situation where we the defendants were totally and	Peter V	-	12/8/1999
3635	It's interesting that BW's press release still mentions the bogus clai	Ken D	-	12/8/1999
3634	They will win as well. These crims never respond to interrogatories, they are l	Sir Auric Goldfinger	-	12/8/1999
3633	roflmao!! okay.. good idea :) jim	Jim B	-	12/8/1999
3632	<i>I cannot comprehend why, in this day and age, BW has left such a wide	Janice Shell	-	12/8/1999
3631	<i>I'm sorry, but I don't think this was a victory for the Webnod	Mark Marcellus	-	12/8/1999
3630	A particularly warm thanks to Christopher Hodgkin and Peter V, who offered thei	Bill Ulrich	-	12/8/1999
3629	Yes, Mr. Lokey indeed has an <i>interesting</i> interpretation of t	Bill Ulrich	-	12/8/1999
3628	Something else that's funny: if you read the whole settlement agreement (a	Janice Shell	-	12/7/1999
3627	Hey, don't forget the HITT Five.	Janice Shell	-	12/7/1999
3626	Disingenuous ? <b>	Graystone	-	12/7/1999
3625	<i>...if you could do it over again, would you guys have still done it?&l	Janice Shell	-	12/7/1999
3624	This is an outrageous and pompous lie.... <i>Business Wire's Mr. Lok	Michelino	-	12/7/1999
3623	Note that once again Bizwire "forgot" to mention that Webnode was an	Janice Shell	-	12/7/1999
3622	Good for you, Jeff....Janice....and Bill. Glad it worked out. --Pat	Patrick Slevin	-	12/7/1999
3621	Pete, Well said. People need to view everything in context. For example, in th	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	12/7/1999

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