News

• EU to Propose Easing Drug Marketing Laws

  Legislative proposals that would allow drug companies to advertise certain medicines direct to consumers as well as speed up approval of new drugs is expected to be unveiled by the European Commission on Wednesday, according to Reuters.

• DIRECT Listline

  DecisionMaker IT Marketplace Database This list of 350,000 e-mail addresses for computer industry executives features individuals receptive to catalog,

• Investigation Opened into Foster & Gallagher Shutdown

  An Illinois congressman has called for an investigation into the labor practices of Foster & Gallagher after the company abruptly ceased operations two weeks ago and laid off thousands of employees.

• DIRECT Listline

  InformaBase Master File MLA List Management Division has been appointed to manage InformaBase’s international master file for the Asia Pacific, Middle

• Dot-Biz Now a Domain Name

  Businesses will soon be able to use the suffix .”biz” to their Internet identities, published reports said. Adding “.biz” to “.com,” “.net” and “.org”

• InfoUSA to Keep its Nasdaq Listing

  InfoUSA, Omaha, NE, will keep its listing on the Nasdaq National Market. As of May 1, the Securities and Exchange Commission agreed to replace Nasdaq’s

• Postal Service $422 Million in the Red for Y-T-D

  The United States Postal Office had a loss of nearly $422 million so far this year, though it expected to earn $345 million. During the same period, the

• J. Crew’s Net Loss Nearly Doubles in Quarter

  J. Crew Group, Inc., New York, reported a net loss of $9.3 million during the quarter, nearly twice first quarter 20001s net loss of $5.2 million.

• Catalog Sales Jump at Sharper Image

  Sharper Image Corp. reported a 46% increase in catalog sales during its first four months

• Short Cut

  Cox Interactive Media, Atlanta, has promoted Chris Kelly to director of product development. Kelly had previosly been general manager of Cox Interactive