Dist. 23 candidates have diverse backgrounds May 10, 2008
He thinks small communities could improve their economies by investing in marketing databases to help local enterprises. West, 65, lives in Sheridan. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Free texting service lets fans interact, enhances teams' marketing databases Feb 17, 2008
By George Henry ASSOCIATED PRESS. 12:28 p.m. February 16, 2008. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Equifax to offer credit report 'freezes' Sep 22, 2007
You also can get off direct marketing databases at www. dmaconsumers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
EPA promises data center efficiency metrics for 2008 Sep 21, 2007
"There aren't any metrics yet," John Kane, data center planner for , which helps companies manage marketing databases ... "There aren't any metrics yet," John Kane, data center planner for , which helps companies manage marketing databases. (Search390.com)
'Surveillance society' warning on data sharing; Public 'unaware' of threat to rights... Aug 7, 2007
Privacy specialists say the importance of tight monitoring of data-sharing has become ever more acute due to the rise of company marketing databases such as those of the loyalty programmes Tesco Clubcard and Nectar. The subject has attracted the attention of the Commons home affairs select committee, which in June examined how loyalty card information is shared with the police. (The Drudge Report)
InfoUSA's Gupta: Lincoln Bedroom 'Like a Prison' Jun 13, 2007
As NewsMax reported earlier, InfoUSA repeatedly rented marketing databases to unscrupulous persons who used the information to defraud the unsuspecting elderly, investigators found. Said Gupta: "We have 4 million customers and we didnt realize the lists were being misused. NewsMax 2007. All rights reserved. Editor's note: Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics: Inside Cover Stories | | | | | | | | | All Rights Reserved ? 2007 NewsMax.Com 103. (Newsmax)
Gupta: Clinton Is Worth the Money Jun 7, 2007
"He has talked about us to a lot of gatherings. As NewsMax reported earlier, InfoUSA repeatedly rented marketing databases to unscrupulous persons who used the information to defraud the unsuspecting elderly, investigators found. Story Continues Below The company is also under fire in a shareholder lawsuit that alleges Gupta is appropriating company funds for personal use and his political pet projects. Gupta had InfoUSA pay Clinton $2.1 million in "consulting fees since he left the White... (Newsmax)
Pelosi's Son on InfoUsa Payroll Jun 5, 2007
As NewsMax previously reported, InfoUSA repeatedly rented marketing databases to unscrupulous persons who used the information to defraud the unsuspecting elderly, investigators found. The company is also under fire in a shareholder lawsuit which alleges that Gupta is appropriating company funds for personal use and his political pet projects. (Newsmax)
Clintons Benefited From Public Company May 30, 2007
NewsMax's most recent Insider Report disclosed that the firm infoUSA was accused of repeatedly renting marketing databases to unscrupulous persons who used the information to engage in fraud. This weekend the New York Times reported in a page one story that the company and its chairman, Vinod Gupta, have been hit with a lawsuit from shareholders who maintain that Gupta wasted the firm's money trying "to ingratiate himself" with high-profile persons. (Newsmax)
Blackstone to Acquire Alliance Data May 18, 2007
It also takes the data collected from these various transactions to build powerful marketing databases that its clients can use to more precisely target consumers. "It makes a ton of sense from a financial return standpoint," Bacurin said of the acquisition. (ABC News -- Wire)
Web marketing is strategically solid Mar 5, 2007
And when gathering information online to build marketing databases, there's a trade-off. "Once a Web-site visitor gives information about them, the company responds with something for them, something they've come to the Web site to access or get," said Jim Chirumbolo, executive vice president. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Antidote for Phone Tag: VoIP Feb 6, 2007
Sphere's VoIP system also can tie into a company's e-mail, customer-relationship marketing databases, and accounting and human resources applications to improve communication and productivity throughout an organization, Landry said. "It totally changes the benefits of the system," he said. (Multichannel News)
Moving on to bigger and better offices Jan 31, 2007
Systems testing was historically handled by accountants in the board's auditing department people less equipped to review increasingly technical software that feeds information into multiple sources like marketing databases. Manufacturers were developing innovative technology without having a clear idea of how regulators were reviewing it and whether those systems were up to snuff. (Las Vegas Sun)
Thrashers' opener not a sellout Oct 7, 2006
" He said about 85 percent of last year's season-ticket holders renewed their seats and that new sales are up 11 percent, putting the team slightly above last year's final season-ticket number. That number, which the team doesn't announce, is believed to be around 6,500. The announced attendance for the Thrashers' opener Thursday was 17,629, about 1,000 tickets short of a sellout. In an effort to build the crowds, the Thrashers (and their corporate sibling the Hawks) are borrowing a grassroots... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Remove your personal details from online databases Oct 6, 2006
Information is obtained from public records and marketing databases ... This won't remove your information from all marketing databases. (USA Today -- Tech)
Bank privacy Jul 5, 2006
Most of us are already tracked through credit bureaus, tax records and a thousand other bureaucratic and marketing databases. When it comes to international money transfers, why should the wealthy, criminals and terrorists be immune from this sort data surveillance. (Toronto Star -- GTA)
Marketers losing touch with customers Apr 29, 2006
These are far and away the biggest source of customer information, with 33% citing CRM as their customer information source, while aggregated internal marketing databases were named as the source by 16. Yet marketers have little faith in the data. (SearchCRM.com)
GUS expands Experian with acquisition Jan 27, 2006
The company designs and manages marketing databases for companies with large numbers of customers who may carry out multiple transactions on a daily basis and through different channels. ClarityBlue's clients include mobile phone companies O2 (OOM.L: , , ) and Orange (FTE.PA: , , ), satellite pay TV broadcaster BSkyB (BSY.L: , , ) and credit card issuer Barclaycard (BARC.L: , , ). (Reuters.uk)
Fear of the known Jan 21, 2006
The high street retailers who ask for postcodes from credit card customers purely for the purposes of building up marketing databases; the debt recovery firms who buy the rights to defaulting customers from loan companies and then obtain their new addresses from the local offices of government agencies through deception; the lack of decent regulatory standards for the formal transfer of data between public and private sector databases. He is a lawyer rather than a campaigner but believes data... (Guardian Unlimited)
