Q&As

InfoUSA, which acquired Opinion Research Corp. for $134.3 million in August, will reorganized the company’s operations into two groups.

SonoSite, Inc., a distributor of hand-carried ultrasound technology based in Seattle, has retained MarketBridge, to bolster SonoSite’s physician office channel sales.

Publishers Clearing House has restarted its Prize Patrol sweepstakes that surprises an unsuspecting winner at his or her home.

Microsoft has stopped a British man from selling lists of e-mail addresses, which it alleges were used for spamming, according to reports.

Sharper Image Corp. has requested an extension until March 1 to come into compliance with listing requirements for the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.

This week

Reactrix Systems is bringing its distinctive interactive displays to malls nationally through a series of deals the media company struck last week.

Yellow Pages Web site YP.com will pay more than $2 million in restitution to 33 states to settle charges that it deceptively marketed online advertising packages, California attorney general Bill Lockyer announced last week.

I remember once reading, “A brand name is more than a word. It is the beginning of a conversation.” This certainly is true when it comes to hand-to-hand game-day sampling.

News item: Time magazine has selected