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Deluxe Corp. posted net income of $36 million for the second quarter, compared to a loss of $2.4 million in the prior year.

PC Connection Inc. reported net income of $5.8 million for the second quarter, an 85% increase over net income of $3.1 million last year.

Today we meet Scott Robbins, president of Midwest Direct Marketing Inc. Robbins began his 25-year career working in list management at Chilcutt Direct Marketing.

Brookstone Inc. posted a net loss of $6.5 million for the second quarter, compared to a net loss of $11 million in the prior year.

ChoicePoint Inc. reported net income of $32.6 million for the second quarter, a decrease from $34.9 million last year.

Structural Graphics has named Ethan Goller president. Goller was most recently executive vice president of the company. Goller has been with the Essex, CT-based dimensional marketing firm since 1997.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation has chosen Merkle to provided fundraising services.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Catalogixx LLC a patent for its direct mail and catalog customization software system.

CM Plus recently chatted with Nancy Artz, president, Artz Consulting Services, Northbrook, IL, and chair of the 2007 Chicago Direct Marketing Days & Expo, to see how the Chicago DM Association draws marketers to their event.

We've all been there --sneaking covert glances at our watches and reading ahead on the agenda in the wild hope that the next session will be better than the one we're suffering through now. Sometimes, though I hate to admit it, it's just so awful that I've had to grab my stuff and bolt from…