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  SkyMall Lays Off 15%

  On-flight cataloger SkyMall Inc., Phoenix, has trimmed its work force by 15%, or about 50 employees, with some of the cuts taken from its technology sectors.

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  TALES FROM THE NET: Weaving Onto the Web

  E-commerce has found its way into the backwaters of the world, and threatened to disrupt some traditional ways of life and lines of authority. At the

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  FCC Gets Tough: Enforcement Bureau cracks down on travel scams and slamming

  The Federal Communications Commission, working through its Enforcement Bureau, has stepped up efforts to protect consumers.Travel Agency FinedThe bureau

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  Music to Marketers’ Ears

  I just got back from a concert at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. It’s really an event that you have to see to appreciate,” Jeff Slater recounts. “There

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  Photographic E-memories

  Ememories.com, Santa Monica, CA, doesn’t just want to develop your pictures. It wants to be your family album and your photo archive as well.To build

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  California Split: Committee kills financial opt-in bills in favor of an opt out

  Financial direct marketers have won two and lost one in the California legislature. But even the loss can be seen as a victory in that it will result

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  Utah Opts Out: Bills make driver and accident data off limits

  Last month, Utah became the first state to prohibit the sale of its motor vehicle lists since the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the 5-year-old federal Drivers

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  On the Road With Mary and Ann

  Mary was close to losing her temper.She had trouble just getting her airline boarding pass, since she’d forgotten to bring her driver’s license and didn’t

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  Working to Build Better Regression Models

  In my last column (“It’s Not Too Late to Catch Up,” DIRECT, May 1), I noted I was surprised that less than 30% of the companies surveyed in a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers

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  On Universal Service

  For the past five years, those who have a stake in preserving the mail delivery system have been laboring on legislation to ensure that the U.S. postal