SURPRISE SETTLEMENT EVENLY SPLITS MICROSOFT; ONE FIRM TO MAKE SOFTWARE, OTHER TO MAKE PATCHES

Decision Keeps Redmond from Monopolizing Massive Microsoft Patch Industry Redmond, Wash. (SatireWire.com) – In a surprise settlement today with nine U.S. states, Microsoft agreed to be split into two independent… Read more

COMPANIES RETOOLING FOR GINGER-BASED ECONOMY

Intel Wants to Form Gintel Alliance; Greenspan Warns of “Ginger Bubble” MANCHESTER, N.H. (SatireWire.com) – Although only a handful of people know the secret identity of “Ginger” – a product… Read more

TECH FIRMS FILE FOR INTELLECTUAL BANKRUPTCY

Lucent, PSINet Among Those Eligible for New Chapter 51 Protection Ashburn, Va. (SatireWire.com) – A week after stating it may have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy but nonetheless wants… Read more

AP, Reuters in Pitched Spelling Battle

London (SatireWire.com) – The war for Afghanistan intensified today as rival factions from Reuters and the Associated Press launched vicious attacks against one another over whether the United States is… Read more

Californians Start Email Campaign for Energy Conservation

Sacramento, Cal. (SatireWire.com) – Californians, faced with an energy crisis fueled by high-tech power consumption, have launched an email campaign urging fellow computer users to stay off their computers. Days… Read more

Morgan Stanley Misses Estimates Dearly

New York, N.Y. (SatireWire.com) – In an earnings statement that surprised analysts, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter announced this week it missed its third quarter estimates, and wishes like hell they… Read more

Taco Bell Chihuahua Fired; New Chalupa "Tastes Funny"

New York, N.Y. (SatireWire.com) – One week after falling sales caused Taco Bell to ditch its famous Chihuahua, the company unveiled a reformulated chalupa, described as a “crispy, flaky shell… Read more

AOL PROFITS FROM GUMBOLESS SPACE

Dulles, Va. (SatireWire.com) – In his new autobiography, AOL Chairman Steve Case reveals that he never would have become interested in the Internet if space were filled with gumbo. “When… Read more

ENRON CHAIRMAN QUITS TO JOIN NIGERIAN FIRM

“The Nigerian (or 419) Letter is one of the oldest and most widespread scams that has ever been perpetrated on the planet.” – U.S. Better Business Bureau “Enron … (was)… Read more

NEW HMO STRATEGY: PAY HEALTH CLAIMS

Analysts Skeptical; Doubt Insurers Equipped to Handle Job MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. (SatireWire.com) – Moving into what insurance executives concede is “uncharted territory,” five of the nation’s leading HMOs announced yesterday they… Read more
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