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The April Fool's Day 2004 Edition
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Top Story: • Xerox, Adobe, Creo, HP, Kodak, and Others Announce Non-Acquisition Plans

• Creo Buys Pfaltzgraf by Accident

• Annual Report with Your Order? SEC and Corporate Governance to Stimulate Print Demand

• WACKs Seek Age Limit for Print Consumption, Must be 45 Years Old

• Postal Service to Share Rate Increase Revenue with Printers

• Leading Printers Send Sales Reps to China, Countering Chinese Print Buyers Expo

• Triumvirate Forms Worlds Largest Graphic Arts Company

• PrintTV Update: A Cash Cow in the Making

• Legislation establishes cabinet-level Digital Imaging Czar and sets penalties for bad files

• "No Child Left Behind" yields substantial literacy gains

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