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M & F Worldwide Corp. will acquire John H. Harland Co., a printer of direct marketing and financial materials, for $1.7 billion.

The Orvis Co. has named Ray McCready president. He moves up from vice president of merchandising and retail, a post he has held for the past five years.

Coldwater Creek has appointed Daniel Griesemer president and chief operating officer.

Shoppers tired of the same old, same old at big box retailers might want to take a look at Etsy.com, an electronic marketplace for small artists and craftspersons.

After working for more than 25 years in local banks, Paula Fondakowski decided to cash it all in for a different kind of green. Last October, she founded GuscleBerry.com, an online garden and home d

In his keynotes and recordings, world-class motivational speaker and sales trainer Zig Ziglar often talks about the importance of having meaningful, specific goals. And he'll drive home his point with the rhetorical question, "What would you rather be in life, a meaningful specific or a wandering generality?"

Microsoft Corp. has unveiled a small-business Internet protocol phone system, code-named Response Point. The new system supports both VoIP and traditional phone lines, and includes a voice-activated user interface. For more information, visit http://www.microsoft.com/responsepoint.

Former self-proclaimed spam king Sanford Wallace is back in the news, this time for being sued by MySpace.

Consumers purchased $1 billion in wine shipments through direct channels last year, according to a new study.

Wine Spectator is hoping a trio of new e-newsletters will help the magazine magazine broaden its reach online and drive new subscribers.