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  • Global Cash Access Identifies High-Value Casino Patrons

    Global Cash Access, Las Vegas, will launch ResLink, a caller identification service that segments gamblers by worth when they contact casino locations.

  • Loose Cannon: Rosie’s Secret

    It must be something in the air: Recently gender bending has cropped up in a variety of situations. It started at the National Center for Database Marketing

  • Fingerhut Catalog Plans on Hold–for Now

    Ted Deikel and Tom Petters — the new owners of certain Fingerhut Cos. assets — do not have time to put out a catalog this fall, Petters’ spokesperson,

  • Computer DMer Insight Enterprises Has Strong Quarter

    Insight Enterprises Inc., Tempe, AZ, reported $737.1 million in net sales during second quarter, up 46% from the $504.8 million it generated in second

  • Lilly Settles State e-Mail Lawsuits

    Eli Lilly and Co. has settled state charges that it released the e-mail addresses of hundreds of patients who take Prozac. The Inadianapolis, IN-based

  • PCH Sued for Alleged Product Malfunction

    Publishers Clearing House has been hit with a personal-injury suit by a consumer. A Wynnwood, PA woman named Gloria Dougherty claims that a gravy bowl

  • ClickAction Reports Revenue Falloff

    ClickAction, an e-mail services provider, reported second-quarter revenue of $2.4 million, compared with $5.1 million during the same quarter last year.

  • Fingerhut Deal Finalized

    The deal is done. Ted Deikel became the boss of Fingerhut Cos. again on Wednesday as he and partner Tom Petters finalized a deal to buy the Minnetonka, MN-based catalog company from Federated Department Stores Inc. This is the third time Deikel has owned Fingerhut.

  • House Adopts Postal Appropriations Bill

    The House of Representatives has passed the $34.2 billion Treasury, Postal and General Government bill (HR-5120) that allocates just a shade over $60 million for the U.S. Postal Service.

  • Barnes & Noble.com Posts Second-Quarter Sales Boost

    Barnes & Noble.com boosted its second quarter revenue to $85.8 million, a 2.6% increase over the same period last year. The online book-and-music seller