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Tuesday, January 28, 2003 |
The silver throated Kristi Martel reports:
I just got word from Derek Sivers over at CDBaby, that the music companies owe us some money if we go over and claim it. I just thought you might be interested. Think of what new cd you could buy with your $20... Heck, you could even pre-order The Mule with it! Isn't Derek just the coolest? Go and visit http://CDbaby.com after you claim your $20. I just claimed mine...
the major record labels are forced to give $44 million back to consumers, but since most people don't know about it yet, it's going mostly unclaimed.
Background: http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,57111,00.html
File your claim: http://www.musiccdsettlement.com
7:17:02 PM 
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Hybrid Cars Not Just a Curiosity. Vehicles that combine electric motors with regular engines appear to be catching on with both automakers and consumers. By Danny Hakim. [New York Times: Science]
Stephen Girsky, an auto analyst at Morgan Stanley, predicts that hybrids could grow to 10 to 15 percent of American vehicle sales, which approached 17 million last year. Government incentives, gas prices and how much manufacturing costs can be reduced will be important factors, he said.
John Casesa, an analyst at Merrill Lynch, said that because the Japanese "view this as a core technology over the next decade," domestic automakers have to respond. "Inevitably, we're moving toward a future with higher fuel economy standards, risk to energy supplies and higher environmental consciousness," he said. "So there's a market pull here."
12:08:08 PM
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Flip Mo's Quick Fix. Philip Morris snuffs its old name and rolls out a new one. [The Motley Fool]
The Fool is pithy today: Philip Morris is now officially Altria Group, though the company will continue to trade under its old ticker.
Altria Group. Hmm, doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, does it? And it seems vaguely reminiscent of that huge, ugly, rat-like swamp creature, the nutria. (We'll let you draw your own conclusions about the irony of Philip Morris rebranding itself as something that evokes rat-like images.)
10:18:12 AM
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Jeneane has a bunch of stuff on Mark Twain's War Prayer. Suitable reading for any State of the Union day. Certainly this one.
Twain: "I don't think the prayer will be published in my time. None but the dead are permitted to tell the truth."
10:07:33 AM
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Swappingtons is a great way to get rid of any books, CDs or DVDs that you don't want anymore, and get other items in return for them.
Sounds like a good idea. Only trouble is that when I get rid of all these books I'll get more books in return!
(Use "allied" as your referrer so Jeneane Sessum - whose blog linked me to this - gets the points.)
10:03:52 AM
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Swappingtons is a great way to get rid of any books, CDs or DVDs that you don't want anymore, and get other items in return for them.
Sounds like a good idea. Only trouble is that when I get rid of all these books I'll get more books in return!
10:01:48 AM
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