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IN LATE JUNE, the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors approved an overall 2.9% increase in postage rates to take effect Jan. 10, 1999-the smallest

A TELEMARKETING SERVICE came in handy last month when Florida officials needed to tell residents to evacuate an area because of another one of the fires

WOULDN’T IT BE nice if charities that help disaster victims could get donations right after TV viewers had their hearts tugged by footage of the devastation

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ENHANCED SERVICES CO. INC., El Segundo, CA, will buy eCommerce Corp. for a combination of cash and stock. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Stamford,

SHARPEN THOSE PENCILS-DM education programs are gearing up for the fall semester.* New York University’s Center for Direct Marketing will offer 10 courses

Is it me or have we all started to go off the deep end a bit on the privacy issue?Of late, it seems nary a day goes by that someone from within or outside

DIRECT RESPONSE does better in business media than in consumer media. For business, it’s Horatio Alger; for consumers, film noir.Small business publication

VIKING OFFICE PRODUCTS K.K., Tokyo, will begin catalog sales of office products to small and medium-sized businesses in Japan early next year. The company

FILM FANATICS may be looking forward to picking popcorn and gumdrops out of their hiking boots next month, but the directors of the 25th Telluride Film