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26 Sep 2009 11:25

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Biz: Have bad news to share? Bury it deep in your press release

  • -8.3% drop in stock value within three days of bad news that’s been played up in a press release (on average)
  • -4% drop in stock value within three days of bad news that’s been buried deep in a press release source
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26 Sep 2009 11:16

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Music: Brilliant! UK tunesmith Dan Bull takes Lily Allen to task

  • Lilly Allen recently threatened to give up music on an anti-piracy blog she created. Then she took the blog down. As Allen made her name on file-sharing, that statement sounded hypocritical to some. Now Dan Bull, a UK musician with a similar style to that of Allen, has a video for a song which criticizes the star for just that. source
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26 Sep 2009 11:10

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Music: Sufjan Stevens says something that strikes fear in our hearts

  • I’m at a point where I no longer have a deep desire to share my music with anyone, having spent many years imparting my songs to the public. … I now feel something personal is irrevocably lost in this process.
  • Sufjan Stevens • In an interview he did with Shannon Stephens, a former bandmate of his who’s releasing her first album in a decade on his label, Asthmatic Kitty. He was doing the interview, but he said something more poignant than anything she said. We could be misunderstanding, but it sounds like Stevens has little interest in keeping up the Fifty States Project based on this statement. Gah! • source
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26 Sep 2009 10:52

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Offbeat: An Italian guy actually outdid the “1,000 animals in one home” story

  • 1,700 critters in one car, including 1,000 terrapins source
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26 Sep 2009 10:46

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U.S.: The Zazi terror attack may have targeted the now-passed 9/11

  • Attorney General Eric Holder says the threat is likely “disrupted.” Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi reportedly planned to use the 9/11 holiday to plot another attack in New York, the U.S. attorney’s office says. Zazi, who was recently nailed buying large amounts of beauty store supplies on camera, likely faces life in prison for the planned attack. source
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