E-mail change of address service ActiveNames, New York, has closed its business. The company, founded in 1998, was considered a serious contender among

Trans Union Corp.'s bid to overturn a Federal Trade Commission order to stop selling target marketing lists has been rejected by a federal appeals court in Washington. ...

Rodale Computer Owners A database of more than 2 million computer enthusiasts who bought books and subscribed to Rodale publications. They have purchased

InfoUSA, the Omaha, NE-based data products and services provider, had net income of $1.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2001, compared with a loss of $11.6 million one year ago. ...

InfoUSA sees the largest opportunity for growth in the coming year among its smaller customers, specifically those spending less than $1 million on databases and database marketing products, company CEO Vinod Gupta said in an earnings conference call today. ...

Brainbench DoubleClick now manages this e-mail list of more than 2 million who registered at the Web site. Brainbench provides online certification tests

Borders.com will ask its customers to opt in before turning their data over to a site co-branded with Amazon.com. ...

While final figures for the year have not been released, Experian, the consumer-data operations of London-based Great Universal Stores (GUS), contributed

Borders.com will ask its customers to opt in before turning their data over to a site co-branded with Amazon.com. ...

Harte-Hanks Inc., La Jolla, CA, has combined its Information Resources Group End-User Technology database into its Harte-Hanks CI Technology Database.