World Color Press Inc., Greenwich, CT, will acquire privately held UP/Graphics Inc., Providence, RI. The transaction is expected to be completed in the

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In announcing the winner of the Direct Marketing Association's second annual net.marketing Excellence Award for a consumer site, Laura Freedman, president

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