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Walmart.com launches free classifieds

Chantal Todé June 02, 2008

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has launched a free classifieds service on its Web site, Walmart.com. The retailer began the classifieds service, which is in beta testing mode, to give customers another way to save money, said Ravi Jariwala, spokesman for Walmart.com, via e-mail.
 

PRC approves Life Line Screening NSA

Ellen Keohane June 02, 2008

The Postal Regulatory Commission has recommended approval of a proposed negotiated service agreement (NSA) with Life Line Screening that would allow mobile health screening service providers to earn discounts for Standard Mail letter volumes that exceed specific volume thresholds.
 

Citysearch sued for click fraud

Ellen Keohane May 29, 2008

The Los Angeles-based law firm Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP has filed a suit in a California Superior Court against online local search and directory company Citysearch for alleged click fraud.
 

Spammers are going green

Dianna Dilworth May 28, 2008

Spammers have taken advantage of an e-mail marketing campaign that Central Bank, a Missouri-based bank, ran promoting green awareness, according to alerts from e-mail services firm MessageLabs.
 

Yahoo files lawsuit against alleged lottery spammers

Dianna Dilworth May 27, 2008

Yahoo Inc. has filed a lawsuit against an unknown group of individuals for allegedly sending unsolicited e-mail messages to Internet users claiming that recipients had won a lottery or a prize from Yahoo.
 

Charter, Google face privacy scrutiny over third-party BT

Mary Elizabeth Hurn May 26, 2008

When ISP Charter Communications sent letters to subscribers about its partnership with ad firm NebuAd and plans to track Web surfing habits to improve ad target­ing last week, federal legislators quickly reacted, citing privacy concerns.
 

Phoney business

May 26, 2008

The Federal Trade Commission, in coopera­tion with more than 30 international, federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, completed its largest telemarketing fraud sweep last week.
 

Merck uncomfortably numb after settlement

May 26, 2008

Merck, the manufacturer of painkiller Vioxx, has settled deceptive advertising charges for $58 million and agreed to submit all new television com­mercials for its drugs to the Food and Drug Administration for review for the next seven years. The agency had challenged Merck's direct-to-consumer television ads, which began in 1999.
 

Overstock cuts its NY affiliates due to tax law

Dianna Dilworth May 26, 2008

In response to New York's recently enacted "Amazon tax" law for e-commerce firms operating within the state, discount retailer Overstock.com has notified more than 3,400 New York-based affili­ate advertisers that their relation­ship will end as of June 1, when the law goes into effect.
 

Malware case pops up

May 25, 2008

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to review a case, in which ad-supported freeware company Zango sued spyware removal company Kaspersky Lab in 2007, alleging that Kaspersky interfered with Zango's relation­ships with its customers by deleting Zango's pop-up serving program.
 
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