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Reports of a Steve Jobs cameo at Disney Co.’s (DIS) shareholders meeting today have proven greatly exaggerated. Earlier this afternoon Marketwatch issued a news bulletin claiming Jobs, who missed Apple’s (AAPL) shareholder meeting a few weeks back, had turned up at Disney’s. A noteworthy event, had been true, but it was not. The bulletin was quickly retracted. What prompted it is unclear. Perhaps shareholder discussion of Jobs’s re-election to Disney’s board.
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12:58 AM: Breakfast: Two schools of fish from Tokyo Bay. Calories: 782,000. How I was feeling when I ate this: confused, irradiated, hating my size. 11:37 AM: Exercise: “Taxi Stomp” (alternating legs, for 30 blocks). Calories burned: 148,900,183.
1983. The Beatles announce their first tour in thirteen years, but likewise announce that Michael Jackson will be going on tour with them as a one gigantic mega-concert event.
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let me know if you spot mickey mouse there, and how much impact it’ll be on disney stock
Posted by Sam Harrison at March 10th, 2009 at 12:16 pmMaybe he’s not quite as sick as reports claimed he was.
And, Sam, I’ll keep an eye out for Mickey Mouse for you.
Posted by Mark Omega at March 10th, 2009 at 1:18 pm