Chief Marketer Staff

• Telemarketing Scam Artist Draws Jail Time

  A long prison term was handed out on Wednesday to a figure in an extensive telemarketing timeshare scam. Sholem Joel Epstein was sentenced by Chief U.S.

• USPS Denies Arkansas Layoffs Tied to Politics

  The U.S.. Postal Service said a move to cut 500 jobs in Arkansas is not a politically motivated decision to hurt Republican Sen. Tim Hutchinson’s re-election

• Reader’s Digest Forms Alliance with GE Financial

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• IBM to Launch $800 Million Ad Campaign

  International Business Machines Corp. will kick off a nearly $800 million advertising campaign to promote its on-demand computing initiative, according

• SPSS Net Income Falls in Quarter

  SPSS Inc. reported net income of $3.2 million for the third quarter, down 9% from $3.6 million last year. The database marketing services company reported

• Shop at Home Shareholders OK Scripps Purchase

  Shareholders of Shop at Home Inc. have approved E.W. Scripps Co.’s offer to acquire 70% of the firm’s TV retailing network division for $49.5 million.

• FTC DO-NOT-CALL LIST EXPECTED SOON

  The Federal Trade Commission is expected to release its final rule on a national do-not-call list for telemarketing by December. FTC’s director of the

• JPMorgan Buys Fingerhut Catalogs

  JPMorgan Partners LLC, has bought the remaining Fingerhut Cos. assets from Federated Department Stores Inc., in a nine figure deal finalized Wednesday.

• Sallie Mae Taps Agency.com

  Sallie Mae, the furnisher of student loans and other financial products, has named Agency.com as its interactive agency of record. The budget was not

• DIRECT Listline

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