Chief Marketer Staff

• InfoUSA Reports Income and Sales Declines

  Business information compiler infoUSA Inc., based in Omaha, NE, reported Net income of $5.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, a large decline from

• Banta Posts Lower 2Q Earnings As Expected

  Banta Corp., Menasha, WI, earned a net income of $11.8 million, or 43 cents diluted earning per share, for the second quarter of 1999, before the effects

• FTC Settles With Truth-In-Lending DR AD Flap With Fleet

  Fleet Finance Inc, Atlanta, and its successor companies, Home Equity U.S. A., have jointly agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $1.3 million to

• Acxiom, PerformanceData to Link List Databases

  An agreement between Acxiom Corp., Little Rock, AR, and PerformanceData, a division of Trans Union LLC, to link databases will save time the development

• Quebecor 2Q Earnings: $226 Million

  Quebecor Inc., Montreal, earned a net income of $226 million for the second quarter ended June 30. The net income was made up of net income for operations

• Staples And OfficeMax Target Back-To-School Kids Online

  Staples and OfficeMax, two national stationary chains, are targeting the back-to-school market online.Staples has launched an online Back-to-School Center,

• DIRECT Listline

  U.S. Cavalry International Catalog Estee List Services Inc., has assumed management of the 93,386-name U.S. Cavalry International Catalog Buyers file.Cost:

• infoUSA Buys Donnelley, Appoints New Board Member

  infoUSA, Omaha, NE, completed buying Donnelley Marketing, a division of First Data Corp., for $200 million in cash. First Data’s president and chief operating

• Short Cuts

  21st Century Marketing Inc., Farmingdale, NY, has appointed Loren Leigh Finkelstein to the position of graphic designer and marketing assistant. She will

• Customer Development Now ChoicePoint Direct

  Customer Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based ChoicePoint Inc., has changed its name to ChoicePoint Direct. The new name reflects a