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We are pleased with the company's progress in unlocking value for our shareholders. We believe that the value of ZDNet will be enhanced by its independent status, and are looking toward completing this transactional process before mid-year.


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ERIC HOFFER Man is eminently a storyteller. His search for a purpose, a cause, an ideal, a mission and the like ...
ERIC HOFFER Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing...
ERIC HOFFER