Chief Marketer Staff

• Boise to Acquire OfficeMax for $1.2 Billion

  Boise Cascade Corp., parent of Reliable catalog, plans to buy retailer OfficeMax in a $1.2 billion deal, Boise said. The acquisition would double the

• Yahoo to Buy Overture for $1.6 Billion

  Yahoo Inc., the Internet portal, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Overture Services in a stock and cash deal worth $1.6 billion, Overture

• Loose Cannon: Outbound Telemarketing Alchemy: Turning Gold to Silver

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• Yahoo Signs Pact to Buy Overture for $1.6 Billion

  Yahoo Inc., the Internet portal, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Overture Services in a stock and cash deal worth $1.6 billion, Overture

• LexisNexis to Acquire Applied Discovery

  LexisNexis U.S., a provider of legal, news and business information services, will acquire Applied Discovery, a Seattle-based provider of Web-based electronic

• Missouri AG Sues Long-Distance Firms Over DNC

  Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed lawsuits in federal court in St. Louis against MCI, AT&T and Southwestern Bell. The suits accuse the firms

• Customized MarketMail is About to Debut Aug. 10

  The U.S. Postal Service will on Aug. 10 launch Customized MarketMail (CMM) , a direct mail format that allows for irregular shapes. Last week, the USPS

• Variant on Nigerian Scam Features Saddam: Reports

  Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi president, is now being featured in a variation on a well-known alleged Nigerian e-mail scam, according to published

• Group 1 Expects to Post Revenue Gains

  Group 1 Software expects to report net income in the range of $1.5 million – $1.8 million for the quarter ended June 30. The postal and database marketing

• Missouri AG Sues Long-Distance Firms in Federal Court

  Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed lawsuits in federal court in St. Louis against MCI, AT&T and Southwestern Bell. The suits accuse the firms