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Oops.
To take the cynical view (since Brown had very little company in the three-day deadline relaxation), I’m guessing they were (1) very close to 28K on December 31, (2) have had “28K” up on the wall for a year as their 2014 target and epochal number (don’t ask), and (3) relaxed the deadline to meet that target (don’t ask).</p>