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Lessons in Communication from the B1G

The Big Ten Conference (B1G) recently cancelled fall sports. What the announcement of the cancellation lacked was any sort of transparent communication about the reasoning behind the decision. Predictably, this led to confusion, outrage and backlash.

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After rare revenue decline, Apple (initially) slips again with media and analysts

The last time Apple had bad financial news to report, the Cincinnati Bengals had just picked Carson Palmer as the No. 1 player in the NFL Draft, Johnny Depp was only a few short weeks away from making his debut as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, and Twitter didn’t even exist.

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