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  • Short Cuts

    World Color Press Inc., Greenwich, CT, has acquired Downey Printing Group, an Iowa-based printer of specialty directories. Terms were not disclosed. Quebecor

  • DIRECT Listline

    Manufacturing Executives This database identifies 850,254 executives.Cost: $60/MSelections: business address, title, function, telephone and fax numbers,

  • InfoUSA Building Internet Yellow Pages

    InfoUSA.com, Omaha, NE, has signed an agreement with Network Solutions Inc., which registers Internet domain names, to build and distribute an Internet

  • Loose Cannon: Getting Horizontal in a Vertical Industry

    (Welcome to Loose Cannon, a staff-written editorial focusing on issues of interest to the direct marketing community. To respond to this week’s editorial

  • Two More Privacy Bills Introduced In Congress

    Rep. Gerald D. Kleczka (D-WI) introduced legislation amending the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the sale or transfer of personal data, including

  • Digital River Acquires Two E-Commerce Providers

    Digital River, a Minneapolis-based provider of electronic software delivery systems, has acquired electronic commerce system providers, Maagnum Internet

  • OfficeMax Ups Affiliate Commissions, Inks New Deal

    Office supplies direct marketer/retailer OfficeMax, Inc., based in Cleveland, has upgraded its Internet affiliate program, giving its top affiliates a

  • DIRECT Listline

    Premium Sold Customers List Services Corp. has become manager of this 2.5 million-name active buyers list. There are also 100,000 monthly hotline names.Cost:

  • ValueVision Gets FTC Approval for NBC/GE Alliance

    ValueVision International Inc., Minneapolis, has received antitrust clearance from the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice. The approval

  • Short Cut

    Cooking Web site Cooking.com (http://www.cooking.com) has secured $16 million in second round financing from existing investors and a new group led by