Chief Marketer Staff
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Sotheby’s to Auction Through Amazon.com
Prominent auction house Sotheby’s Holdings Inc. has teamed up with online bookseller Amazon.com, Inc. to launch a joint online auction site, sothebys.amazon.com.
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DIRECT Listline
Skyvision This 65,118-name file identifies last-24-month buyers. Skyvision is a catalog featuring satellite TV systems, programming, parts and accessories.Cost:
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Germany Clamps Down On Net Access Charges
Germany’s telecommunications regulator has ruled that former phone monopoly Deutsche Telekom AG must offer competing Internet providers telephone connections
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Five Companies To Develop Large-Scale E-Commerce System
Several Internet, computing and financial services companies have launched the Global Commerce Alliance, a coalition of large companies to develop globally
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USA Video Interactive Opens California Subsidiary
USA Video Interactive, Mystic CT, has established a West Coast subsidiary, Merging Rivers Media (http://www.mergingrivers.com) to create an Internet-TV
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Public Still Wary About E-Commerce, Says Survey
A full 58% of Americans do not consider it safe to conduct financial transactions online and 67% do not feel confident doing business with a company that
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NBC Invests $25 Million More In XOOM.com and NBCi
NBC will invest an additional $25 million net equity in XOOM.com shares. The national network will also accelerate its $30 million cash investment in
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Pending Lawsuits and Legislation Force Bankers To Examine Consumer Financial Privacy
The Financial Services Roundtable, a banking industry group, has called for a “summit meeting” to address the issue of the privacy of financial records
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Harte-Hanks Buys LYNQS
Harte-Hanks Inc., San Antonio, TX, has acquired LYNQS Newmedia, Kansas City, MO, an Internet developer for the financial services, pharmaceutical, and
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SpeciaLists Manages the Next Step
The SpeciaLists Ltd., Weehawken, NJ, has become list manager of the Next Step file, which contains 668,000 names of 12-month buyers. These individuals