Q&As

Today we meet Ed Bello, an ailment list specialist with Lighthouse List Co., Pompano Beach, FL. Bello provides list brokerage services for firms in the healthcare industry, such as Med-Care Pharmacy.

Consumerinfo.com, doing business as Experian Consumer Direct, will pay $300,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads for its “free credit report” offer failed to disclose adequately that those who signed up would be automatically enrolled in a $79.95 credit- monitoring program.

Henry Schein Inc. posted net income of $63 million for the fourth quarter, an increase over net income of $48.6 million in the prior-year period.

Medco Health Solutions Inc. posted net income of $228.8 million for the fourth quarter rose to $228.8 million, a 29.4% increase over $176.8 million in the prior-year period.

YP Corp. reported net profit of $485,000 for the first quarter, compared to a net loss of $327,000 for the prior-year period.

Lightbridge Inc., an online payment processing company, has sold its Telecom Decisioning Services business to Vesta Corp. for $2.5 million.

Delia’s has named Stephen Feldman as chief financial officer.

Coming on the heels of Gap, Inc. CEO Paul Pressler resigning in January due to several poor financial quarters, the retailer insists there will be no wavering of support for Product RED, its celebrity-backed brand that funnels a percentage of product sales to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (January PROMO).

AT&T is promoting its sponsorship of the hit show American Idol this season with a host of text messaging-based offers, including a sweepstakes for a chance to win $1 million.

Every direct marketer aims for one-to-one marketing. But searching for one-of-a-kind used and out-of-print books may be more one-to-one than any other Internet business.