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First things first, the mobile. The missed call sans voicemail message is my primary pet peeve. Simply dialing a number does not guarantee reciprocation nor does it earn anyone points in the staying-in-touch department. I am surely left wondering if I should call back, perhaps not call back, or whether he meant to call me at all. Worse yet, has he resorted to calling another crush since I’m too busy cursing caller...
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...This Robot: Responds to human emotion 69% Purrs when you pet it 6% Answers questions in five languages 5% Is designed to be a companion to small children...
Meanwhile, with its stock sinking, Pet Quarters couldn't raise the funds it needed to keep operating, and shut down. CEO Steve Dempsey and an executive who had invested with him wound up filing for personal bankruptcy. "There was nothing wrong with our business," says Dempsey. "We fell prey to the perfect crime." Weiner counters that "most of these companies" that blame short sellers when their stock falls are financially "barely skating...
Around that time, Thomas Badian was living the high life. Registered in his name was a two-seat 1998 Aston Martin. "He told me he liked to put the top down and take a long drive," recalls Pet Quarters' Dempsey. "I asked him if he'd like to drive out to Humboldt [Pa.] to take a look at our distribution center. For a guy who had just loaned us money, he seemed strangely detached. He never did make the drive." He had other plans for Pet Quarters. Just not the ones Dempsey had imagined...