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College football fans will get a chance to see the BCS National Championship in person by voting for the AT&T All-America Player of the Week wirelessly.

Talbots Kids is calling on young artists. The retailer is out with a contest that will put the winning masterpiece on T-shirts to be sold in company stores.

Any social-networking marketer will tell you that there’s almost nothing easier than getting Web visitors to talk, photograph or video their pets and share that material on the Internet.

Coors Light has added two new National Football League teams as sponsorship partners this season, as it expands relationships with two others.

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HP Home and Home Office have mailed two versions of its back-to-school catalogs, one featuring Intel processors and one offering AMD-based microchip technology. Both catalogs offer free shipping on orders in excess of $100. MHQ, a journal of military history, has sent out an oversized promotional package. The cover promotes a free gift

Craftmatic, maker of electronic adjustable beds, has agreed to pay $100,000 in consumer restitution and alter its sales tactics under a settlement with Florida’s state attorney general, it was announced last week.

TenUnited, a marketing agency with around $200 million a year in billings,
has sold a majority share to Halyard Capital, and will be merged early next year with the database agency Direct Impact, according to published reports.

One of two men accused of deceptive telemarketing and racketeering, has apparently decided to enter a plea agreement.