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• Teleperformance USA Acquires Comm.Comm

  Teleperformance USA has acquired the assets of Communications & Commerce (Comm.Comm). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Teleperformance, which

• Alloy Buys YouthStream Media Networks for $7 Million

  Alloy Inc. has acquired assets of Youthstream Media Networks Inc. for $7 million.

• Short Cuts

  Aptimus Inc., has added two members of its management team. Chris Redlitz joins as senior vice president of sales and business development. Tom Soevyn

• Dawn Zier to Run Reader’s Digest’s Circulation Operations

  Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., has named Dawn Zier vice president and circulation director for Reader’s Digest, its flagship publication. Zier had

• Jon Miller Appointed Chief of AOL

  AOL Time Warner Inc. has hired Jon Miller to lead the company’s America Online division, reports said. Miller will replace Robert Pittman as chief of

• Standard & Poor’s to Monitor Interpublic Group’s Credit Ratings

  Standard & Poor’s has placed The Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc., on its CreditWatch list. The announcement came the day after Interpublic said it would

• Minnesota AG Investigating Fingerhut Credit Program

  The Minnesota attorney general is investigating whether Fingerhut Cos. Inc. improperly imposed late fees on customers after changing installment payments to a revolving credit plan, reports said.

• Standard & Poor’s Lowers Deluxe’s Long-Term Credit Rating

  Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its long-term corporate credit rating for Deluxe Corp. to single-‘A’ from single-‘A’-plus. Deluxe maintained

• Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

  Terry’s Village The gifts cataloger Terry’s Village kicks off the Christmas season in the dog days of summer with its Holiday Preview 2002 issue.Featuring

• Short Cuts

  Costa Mesa, CA-based Experian has formed a new division dedicated to providing fraud prevention and detection systems for financial services companies.