April Fool pension joke falls flat (Reuters)

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Malaysia website's April-Fool joke
backfires

Malaysia website's April-Fool joke
backfires 04/13/2005 09:04 AM
Straitstimes.asia1.com.sg - Wed Apr 13, 09:55 am GMT

April Fool rages at El Reg

April Fool rages at El Reg 04/01/2005 01:54 PM
FoTW This is a beauty

April Fool -- Make My Day

April Fool -- Make My Day 03/25/2005 06:57 AM
With all the mergers and acquisitions flying around recently, maybe there's something to the guesses that Google is planning something for April Fool's day this year. GMail launched last April 1st, but that doesn't necessarily mean Google has anything planned for this year (other than another cute logo). But Google could have an instant messenger ready to be pulled out of a hat (ie. Hello from Picasa), though that's probably not going to happen since IM doesn't really seem to fit with Google's mission statement of "organizing the world's information." Still, Yahoo's bloggin g & social networking service is about to launch at the end of March, so it might make sense for Google to take the wind out of those sails with a new product launch. A while back, wild speculation suggested a Google VoIP solution was in the works. With Skype getting some attention, the idea of a VoIP-portal is also getting pinned on Yahoo to complete some kind of SBC-Yahoo and AT&T triumvirate. However, the odds for collaborative software from Google that ties in with GMail might be a better bet for what's on the horizon. Though, Google has been a bit behind with all the hub-bub surrounding RSS (where's Google News via RSS?), so an RSS product could be another April Fool's trick. I could go on and on rattling off a wishlist, but maybe I shouldn't tempt Google's April Fool's day surprise into becoming a cease and desist message from the Googleplex.

Not An April Fool’s Joke

Not An April Fool’s Joke 04/01/2005 05:24 PM
Just foolishness. The XML Binary Characterization Working Group has issued their f inal report which recommends (surprise, surprise) that the W3C produce a “Binary XML” specification. Elliotte Rusty Harold nails it. I don’t care if anyone wants to go off and produce their own data interchange format, binary or not, open or not, standardized or not, mapped to XML or not; as long as they don’t call it XML. “Binary XML” is an oxymoron. And I should point out that the people at Sun who are building a binary data format with a mapping to XML are calling it something else entirely. These Binary-XML people are charging headlong onto the top of a very long, very steep, very slippery slope. [Update: Further joy. I see that this poorly-labelled table asserts that XML prevents both “processing efficiency” and “forward compatibility”. Glad to hear it.]

No April Fools Joke For Apple Reps

No April Fools Joke For Apple Reps 04/09/2004 04:09 PM
Apple authorized resellers are incensed and feel abandoned by Apple Canada's decision to remove three channel reps who handled resellers and distributors in western, central and eastern regions of the country. By Sarah Lyseck, ITBusiness.ca (via MyAppleMenu)

Bill Gates falls flat on his spam

Bill Gates falls flat on his spam 02/10/2004 02:48 AM
It has been almost 10 years since Bill Gates discovered the Internet (in late 1995) and decided that Microsoft's future lie in delivering the "Internet experience" to all of its users.

Other News: Pepsi Promo Falls Flat

Other News: Pepsi Promo Falls Flat 04/29/2004 09:17 AM
Only 5% of Pepsi iTunes bottlecaps were redeemed.

NASA's Collection of 'Stardust' Falls
Flat (Los Angeles Times)

NASA's Collection of 'Stardust' Falls
Flat (Los Angeles Times) 09/09/2004 05:42 AM
Los Angeles Times - DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah — NASA's Genesis space capsule, which scientists had hoped would return to Earth with clues about the origin of the solar system, crashed into the brown Utah salt flats Wednesday after its parachute failed to open.

Samsung readies large flat panel price
falls

Samsung readies large flat panel price
falls 07/16/2004 03:10 PM

Fool.com: Printing on a Pringle [Motley
Fool Take] May 25, 2004

Fool.com: Printing on a Pringle [Motley
Fool Take] May 25, 2004 06/08/2004 01:53 PM
Proctor and Gamble to print advertisements on individual Pringles chips

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Ministers 'Forget' Pension Contributions
(Reuters)

Ministers 'Forget' Pension Contributions
(Reuters) 04/23/2004 10:52 AM
Reuters - The Japanese government's high-profile campaign to urge reluctant citizens to pay their contributions to the overburdened state pension system was dealt another embarrassing blow on Friday when Trade Minister Shoichi Nakagawa admitted he hadn't paid his premiums for 21 years.

IBM Settles Part of Giant Pension
Lawsuit (Reuters)

IBM Settles Part of Giant Pension
Lawsuit (Reuters) 09/17/2004 06:30 AM
Reuters - International Business Machines Corp. has settled for an undisclosed sum part of a potentially multi-billion-dollar lawsuit over its pension plan, a Wednesday court filing shows.

Fool wanted -- bladder on stick provided
(Reuters)

Fool wanted -- bladder on stick provided
(Reuters) 08/05/2004 12:10 PM
Reuters - A court jester to fill a post vacant for 350 years since England executed its king.

Comedians Joke About the Campaign -
Friday Night (Reuters)

Comedians Joke About the Campaign -
Friday Night (Reuters) 05/24/2004 09:13 AM
Reuters - With the U.S. presidential election approaching, late night television comics are poking fun at the candidates.

Comedians Joke About the Campaign -
Monday Night (Reuters)

Comedians Joke About the Campaign -
Monday Night (Reuters) 05/25/2004 10:22 AM
Reuters - With the U.S. presidential election approaching, late night television comics are poking fun at the candidates.

Comedians Joke About the Campaign -
Wednesday Night (Reuters)

Comedians Joke About the Campaign -
Wednesday Night (Reuters) 05/20/2004 08:32 AM
Reuters - With the U.S. presidential election approaching, late night television comics are poking fun at the candidates.

Comedians Joke About the Campaign -
Tuesday Night (Reuters)

Comedians Joke About the Campaign -
Tuesday Night (Reuters) 05/26/2004 10:18 AM
Reuters - With the U.S. presidential election approaching, late-night television comics are poking fun at the candidates.

Comedians Joke About the Campaign --
Thursday Night (Reuters)

Comedians Joke About the Campaign --
Thursday Night (Reuters) 05/07/2004 09:16 AM
Reuters - With the U.S. presidential election approaching, late night television comics are poking fun at the candidates. Here are some of the lines broadcast on Thursday:

Comedians Joke About the Campaign -
Thursday Night (Reuters)

Comedians Joke About the Campaign -
Thursday Night (Reuters) 05/21/2004 11:35 AM
Reuters - With the U.S. presidential election approaching, late night television comics are poking fun at the candidates.

Comedians Joke About the Campaign --
Tuesday Night (Reuters)

Comedians Joke About the Campaign --
Tuesday Night (Reuters) 06/09/2004 07:25 AM
Reuters - With the U.S. presidential election approaching, late night television comics are poking fun at the candidates. Here are some of the lines broadcast on Tuesday:

Comedians Joke About the Campaign-Friday
Night (Reuters)

Comedians Joke About the Campaign-Friday
Night (Reuters) 06/01/2004 09:09 AM
Reuters - With the U.S. presidential election approaching, late-night television comics are poking fun at the candidates.

Comedians Joke About the Campaign --
Monday Night (Reuters)

Comedians Joke About the Campaign --
Monday Night (Reuters) 06/08/2004 09:05 AM
Reuters - With the U.S. presidential election approaching, late night television comics are poking fun at the candidates. Here are some of the lines broadcast on Monday:

Comedians Joke About the
Campaign-Thursday Night (Reuters)

Comedians Joke About the
Campaign-Thursday Night (Reuters) 05/28/2004 09:38 AM
Reuters - With the U.S. presidential election approaching, late-night television comics are poking fun at the candidates.

Imelda says film makes joke of her life
(Reuters)

Imelda says film makes joke of her life
(Reuters) 06/18/2004 06:43 AM
Reuters - Former first lady Imelda Marcos has complained that a documentary she is trying to have banned in the Philippines had made a joke of her life.

Prison officer wins bin Laden joke case
(Reuters)

Prison officer wins bin Laden joke case
(Reuters) 01/16/2004 10:56 AM
Reuters - A prison officer, sacked for cracking a joke about Osama bin Laden, has won a claim for unfair dismissal after a tribunal ruled the jail governor's decision was "reprehensible", newspapers say.

Prison Officer Wins Bin Laden Joke Case
(Reuters)

Prison Officer Wins Bin Laden Joke Case
(Reuters) 01/16/2004 10:56 AM
Reuters - A British prison officer, fired for cracking a joke about Osama bin Laden, has won a claim for unfair dismissal after a tribunal ruled the jail governor's decision was "reprehensible," British newspapers said on Friday.

Solectron Up, Red Hat Falls in Pre-Trade
(Reuters)

Solectron Up, Red Hat Falls in Pre-Trade
(Reuters) 06/18/2004 08:17 AM
Reuters - Shares of Solectron Corp. (SLR.N) rose before the bell on Friday, a day after the contract electronics manufacturer reported a small quarterly profit and forecast fourth-quarter earnings from continuing operations above Wall Street estimates.

Conference falls for gibberish prank
(Reuters)

Conference falls for gibberish prank
(Reuters) 04/14/2005 07:55 PM
Reuters - A bunch of computer-generated gibberish masquerading as an academic paper has been accepted at a scientific conference in a victory for pranksters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Legislator Falls Through Ice, Feared
Dead (Reuters)

Legislator Falls Through Ice, Feared
Dead (Reuters) 02/01/2005 09:23 PM
Reuters - A Russian parliamentary deputy has fallen through ice covering the sea outside the city of St. Petersburg and is feared drowned, his political party said on Monday.

Before Bell: Red Hat Falls, Yellow Rises
(Reuters)

Before Bell: Red Hat Falls, Yellow Rises
(Reuters) 06/15/2004 08:29 AM
Reuters - Shares of Red Hat Inc. (RHAT.O) fell before the bell on Tuesday, a day after the distributor of Linux software said its chief financial officer was stepping down days before the company's quarterly earnings announcement.

Gasoline Pump Price Falls Below $2 -
AAA (Reuters)

Gasoline Pump Price Falls Below $2 -
AAA (Reuters) 06/14/2004 09:55 AM
Reuters - The U.S. average retail gasoline price fell to $1.994 a gallon on Monday but remained almost 50 cents higher than this time last year, the AAA travel group said.

Reuters Wait Until Next Year to Buy That
Flat Panel TV

Reuters Wait Until Next Year to Buy That
Flat Panel TV 12/04/2003 08:26 AM
reuters

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Fan Falls from Stands Chasing Historic
Homer (Reuters)

Fan Falls from Stands Chasing Historic
Homer (Reuters) 04/15/2004 07:35 AM
Reuters - A fan seeking to catch Barry Bonds' historic 661st career home run fell about 20 feet from the right-field stands out of the stadium and was injured, a San Francisco Giants official said on Wednesday.

Thief returns laptop after chaser falls
(Reuters)

Thief returns laptop after chaser falls
(Reuters) 09/02/2004 08:32 AM
Reuters - A repentant thief has returned a laptop he stole from a computer shop after a salesman stumbled and broke his arm while chasing the bandit in the western town of Koblenz, police say.

Cingular Wireless Operating Income Falls
(Reuters)

Cingular Wireless Operating Income Falls
(Reuters) 04/20/2004 08:43 AM
Reuters - Cingular Wireless, the No. 2 U.S. mobile service provider, said on Tuesday its first-quarter operating income fell from a year ago as costs increased along with subscriber growth.

Sony Ericsson Shocks as Profit Falls
(Reuters)

Sony Ericsson Shocks as Profit Falls
(Reuters) 04/15/2005 04:48 AM
Reuters - Sony Ericsson, the world's No. 6 mobile phone maker, shocked the market on Friday as its first quarter earnings not only missed expectations by a wide margin but fell against the previous year.

Niagara Falls jumper brought down to
earth (Reuters)

Niagara Falls jumper brought down to
earth (Reuters) 12/29/2003 11:40 PM
Reuters - An American who survived a plunge over Niagara Falls and went on to sign a lucrative deal as a circus stuntman has been fined C$3,000 (1,300 pounds).

Apple Stock Falls on Delay of New iMac
(Reuters)

Apple Stock Falls on Delay of New iMac
(Reuters) 07/02/2004 08:27 AM
Reuters - Shares in Apple Computer Inc.(AAPL.O) fell about 6 percent in premarket trade on Friday, a day after the computer maker said it would delay the introduction of its next iMac computer, a stumble that comes at the crucial back-to-school sales season.

Scientific Conference Falls for
Gibberish Prank (Reuters)

Scientific Conference Falls for
Gibberish Prank (Reuters) 04/15/2005 09:51 AM
Reuters - A bunch of computer-generated gibberish masquerading as an academic paper has been accepted at a scientific conference in a victory for pranksters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Grok Description matches for April Fool pension joke falls flat (Reuters)
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April Fool pension joke falls flat (Reuters)

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