Q&As

Amazon.com’s net income fell from $30 million in third-quarter 2005 to $19 million during the quarter just ended. The Seattle-based online retailer attributed the drop partly to increased investment in technology

ChoicePoint Inc., the data firm that rose to prominence after it sold consumer information to scam artists, reported a third quarter loss of $72.2 million on revenue of $246.7 million.

The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) had made several changes to its Mail Preference Service (MPS).

Chivas Regal has launched a nationwide search for two brand ambassadors that get a combined $200,000 stipend to act as international representatives to travel the world and document their experiences, all in the name of the well-known scotch whisky.

Sony Pictures Television International has named Kim Hatamiya to the new post of executive VP-marketing, effective immediately.

Mr. Youth has been named agency of record for the Panama City Beach Conventions & Visitors Bureau’s Spring Break 2007 initiatives.

4Kids Entertainment and Yu-Gi-Oh card design company Konami are on the hunt for a new monster and they are calling on Yu-Gi-Oh fans to fulfill the mission.

APAC Customer Services Inc. has hired Customer Operations Performance Center Inc. to audit its internally developed teleservices center processes and approaches nationwide.

Taco Bell is dangling free tacos tonight for consumers, with rewards tied to home runs in Game 3 of the 2006 World Series.

Adult Swim is launching a contest tied to its late night series Robot Chicken dangling the chance for a viewer to be written in to an upcoming episode of the series and win a PlayStation 3 gaming system.