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As I type this, the lights have just flickered out in my jack-o'-lantern, which means it's time to pore over the holiday catalogs. Between Labor Day and

Looking for something valuable to sell? Try looking within at what you know. The Official Get Rich Guide to Information Marketing (Entrepreneur Press),

A patient waiting in a cold, crowded doctor's office might not feel particularly chatty. But she's likely to feel a lot more friendly seated at her computer

While most business-to-consumer marketers are figuring out how best to augment holiday sales with e-mail, Bare Necessities is leading with it.

If you love or chances are you've visited one of the endless Web sites devoted to the shows. Perhaps you've even blogged about what might happen next

The Federal Trade Commission has, for the time being, decided not to drop names from the National Do Not Call Registry after the initial five-year registration

Flip on the TV late at night and take a look at the infomercials vying for your attention across the cable spectrum. Many of the spots look like they're

We have a pat answer for anyone who wishes us Happy New Year on Dec. 31: What is happy about it? Yes, we're paraphrasing Damon Runyon. But Runyon makes

Consumers are entitled by law to a free annual credit report. But there's another way of learning where they stand: Sign up for DirecTV.

They say money can't buy love. Apparently it can't buy perfect advertising either. Earlier this year Bank of America bought U.S. Trust for a tidy $3.3