Business briefs.
COLUMN: BUSINESS BRIEFS TELEGRAM & GAZETTE Bloomberg Index Central Massachusetts +0.53 176.06 Volume: 65,401,308 Up: 11 Down: 13 Unchanged: 5 Gainer: L.S. Starrett Co. $23.79 +$1.09 (volume...

Direct marketing, mobile phones, and consumer privacy: ensuring adequate disclosure and consent mechanisms for emerging mobile advertising practices.
I. INTRODUCTION II. MOBILE COMMERCE AND MOBILE ADVERTISING III. M-ADVERTISING RAISES PRIVACY CONCERNS FOR CONSUMERS IV. PRIVACY REGULATION AND MOBILE ADVERTISING V. FEDERAL PRIVACY REGULATION AND M-ADVERTISING A. Breach of Privacy Policies as Unfair Trade Practices B. Spamming as an Unfair Trade Practice 1. "Opt-out" Consent is the Minimum...

2008 report of the executive director: ADHA 2007-2010 strategic plan and metrics: measuring progress.
On July 1, 2007, a strategic plan built upon our new brand promise took effect as a base to guide all association activities. To assess our progress on strategic plan initiatives, new "metrics" were adopted, replacing our previous measurement system of baselines and benchmarks. Metrics by definition are qualitative...

Med1Online Forges Business Partnership and Inks Distribution Pact with GE Healthcare.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-12 March 2008-Med1Online Forges Business Partnership and Inks Distribution Pact with GE Healthcare(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Med1Online, a provider of new, used and reconditioned capital medical equipment (CME) across all medical specialties, announced that the company entered into a distribution agreement with GE...

Gassed up over rebate prospects.
Byline: Frank Lepore COLUMN: FRANKLY SPEAKING Like just about everyone, I'll certainly welcome the rebate apparently being mailed to all taxpayers. I am not prone to look a gift horse in the mouth. However, I have my doubts concerning the real effectiveness of such a...

`Outsourced' character gets into India.
Byline: Jim Keogh COLUMN: REVIEW In "Outsourced," a young Seattle executive is dispatched to a call center in India to train a contingent of low-paid employees in how to "sound American" when someone places an order for one of the tacky all-American novelties the company...

Consumer protection gets a boost in new year.
Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - Anyone who receives a gift card, shops for college textbooks or has their car rear-ended in 2008 will have reason to look forward to ringing in the new year. Those reasons can be found in the Oregon statutes...

Don't get scammed.
Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard All he wanted was a little company - the 70-something-year-old Eugene widower who went looking for love through an online dating service. He found his soul mate in a woman who claimed to also have lost her spouse. She promised...

Around The Nation.
1st International Clark Marathon on Jan. 13 Fred M. Roxas CLARK FREEPORT -- The First International Clark Marathon, which is expected to draw at least 5,000 spectators, is scheduled on Jan. 13, according to the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) Tourism and Promotions Office (TPO). ...

Hold the phone, I'm not voting.
Two-thirds of registered voters received recorded campaign telephone messages in 2006, according to a survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Known as "robo-calls," this form of political advertisement is becoming increasingly popular as the cost for the technology decreases and the costs for mailing campaign material...