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  Net Tax Relief Bill Gains in House

  LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO stop state and local governments from imposing new taxes on Internet transactions for at least three years and creating a special

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  Conspiracy Revealed: Intrigue-ing DM Campaign

  He cover for the Oldsmobile Intrigue/”X-Files” movie direct mail piece was a plain brown envelope, which makes sense, given the television show’s bent

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  Blue’s Clues Land on Campbell Soup and in Subway

  Those blue paw prints of Nickelodeon’s newest hit character, Blue, are turning up with two additional partners this summer and fall.Blue, the animated

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  Introducing the Web Call Center

  Then the call center at IDT Corp. gets swamped, the Hackensack, NJ telecom company turns to Communications Service Center, a Margate, FL service bureau

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  Pilot Light

  For many utilities, it doesn’t matter whether they consider themselves the dog, the hat or the race car: The monopoly game will soon be over.As they accept

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  Consumer DM Soars

  Strong results on Main Street are translating into market-beating returns on Wall Street for consumer direct marketing companies.Over the 12 months ended

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  Polk Appeals

  L. Polk & Co., Detroit, has appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court a decision that allows that state to withhold the sale of motor vehicle lists. On April

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  Abacus Report: Catalogs Were on a Roll in ’97

  Eleven out of 13 catalog categories experienced holiday season growth in 1997, with five segments having at least a 13% increase in dollar spending, according

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  Impulse: The Sequel

  Last month we wrote about 1-800-Flowers, Godiva Chocolatier and Eddie Bauer using technology from Narrative Communications Corp. to bring impulse buying

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  100G prize marks Gund centennial.

  EDISON, NJ – Any Teddy Bear can make you happy, but it takes a special one to make you rich.In celebration of 100 years of business, plush toymaker Gund