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  • WA AG Sues MN Telemarketers Over Alleged Anti-Spam Violations

    Washington State Attorney General Christine Gregorie is suing the operators of a Minnesota-based debt consolidation company for violating the state’s four-year old anti-spam law.

  • DoubleClick Profitable in Second Quarter

    DoubleClick Inc. reported second quarter net income of $4.1 million, a turnaround from the $37.9 million seen in second quarter 2001. The company generated

  • Sprint to Axe 1,100, Merge Web Hosting Services

    Sprint Corp., the long-distance telephone company and Internet services provider, will cut 1,100 employees and eliminate another 100 unfilled positions,

  • Federated Completes Sale of Fingerhut Receivables

    Federated Department Stores, Cincinnati, has closed its previously announced sale of $1.2 billion in Fingerhut receivables to CompuCredit Corp. Terms

  • Revenue Up, Income Down at UPS

    UPS reported second quarter net income of $611 million, down from second quarter 2001’s $630 million. The Atlanta-based shipper’s revenue rose from $7.49

  • Loose Cannon: DM’s Slice of the Scandal Pie

    One of the reporters here at DIRECT claims that every scandal in the 20th Century

  • Correction

    DIRECT Newsline inaccurately reported that Kansas is the only state to seek a private operator for its do-not-call list. The Direct Marketing Association

  • DIRECT Listline

    Easy Guide to Computers & The Internet This newly available list consists of 21,088 buyers who have paid $16.95 for “The Quick & Easy Guide to Understanding

  • CMGI Acquires iLogistix for $46 Million

    CMGI, Inc., the e-mail marketing services provider, has acquired substantially Software Logistics Corp., a California corporation doing business as iLogistix,

  • China to Debut Hybrid Mail-E-Mail Service

    China Post, the country’s official postal service, will introduce a new service enabling people to write mail on their computers, send it to the post office over the Internet–in a similar manner as e-mail–then have it delivered anywhere in China by a human mail carrier, according to wire service reports.