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    August 22, 2013

    The New Executive Newsletter: More Details

    Written by John Packard

    The new Steel Market Update Executive Newsletter is our existing newsletter updated and with some new twists.  Besides the Executive Newsletter we have launched our SMU Monthly Newsletter and will be launching an upgrade (mostly to our website) which will comprise our Premium Newsletter and website access.

    We had a meeting with our website developers on Wednesday. The list of “bugs” needing to be worked out of the new website and our steel newsletter has shrunk to one page (albeit a full page) from many multiple pages. We have put our first “official” date for the launch of the new site. After two years I thought it appropriate to pick Friday the 13th of September… We all figured it was time to throw it up against the wall and see what sticks.  Friday the 13th is a good a day as any….

    John Packard

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