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E-mail Points to Strip Scam |
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Bail hearings for two men charged with illegally bringing seven Russian dancers to a strip club in Anchorage were postponed Friday. But tantalizing bits of e-mail traffic filed in court by the prosecution seem to support allegations that a so-called cultural dance tour was a scam from the beginning. The seven women, ages 16 to 30, entered the United States on Dec. 20 on tourist visas, accompanied by a "dance teacher," Viktor Virchenko, according to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. The visas did not permit the women to work ... »
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January 15, 2001 |
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Transport Ministry to Cut Costs Via Email |
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The Transport and Communications Ministry will begin using email to distribute notices to the 40 agencies under its jurisdiction next month to save on the cost of paper. The ministry uses about 10,800 pages of paper each month sending out notices, a source said. The scheme would use the Internet and the ministry's own network ... »
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January 12, 2001 |
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AOL glitch keeps old passwords alive |
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AOL said that a sporadic technical glitch was affecting an "extremely small" number of people using its Web-based e-mail program, part of its "AOL Anywhere" plan for accessing AOL services from various outlets. "We are aware of a technical issue affecting some members using AOL's Web mail," an AOL representative said. "We continue to investigate this internally." ... »
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January 12, 2001 |
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E-Mail Is a Vital Part of E-Commerce |
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According to eMarketer, New York, e-commerce revenue in 2000 is projected to reach $37 billion, almost double the 1999 figures. By 2010, the market may be transformed by broadband and non-PC Internet access, and e-commerce revenue could surpass $750 billion, accounting for 24 percent of all retail sales ... »
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January 12, 2001 |
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Labs' E-Mail Screen Will Sift for Spies |
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The Department of Energy plans to start snooping on every piece of electronic mail entering or leaving Los Alamos and Sandia national labs to guard against spying. A computer will sift through the mail, forwarding anything suspicious to a counterintelligence analyst. All mail to or from foreign countries will automatically be deemed suspicious ... »
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January 12, 2001 |
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EU Plans Legal Changes for Email Marketing |
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The direct marketing industry is at loggerheads over news that the EU plans to introduce legislation to govern permission-based email marketing. The new regulations would establish opt-in as standard ... »
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January 11, 2001 |
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Europe warms to spam ban |
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Lobbyists for the European Internet industry believe their campaign for a ban on spam is gaining momentum. At a public meeting yesterday to discuss the revised Telecommunications Data Protection Directive, attended by all sides of the unsolicited commercial email debate, there was an increased consensus about the need to do something about spam ... »
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January 11, 2001 |
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'Lewd' e-mailers keep jobs |
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Workers suspended by a leading insurance company over the distribution of 'lewd' e-mails have been told their jobs are safe. The Royal and Sun Alliance in Liverpool sacked 10 members of staff and suspended 77 after the offensive e-mails were discovered. The suspended employees have received written warnings after disciplinary hearings into the offending images - one of which showed cartoon character Bart Simpson in a sexual clinch ... »
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January 11, 2001 |
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Break Through the E-Mail Clutter |
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Retention-based email marketing is built upon forging a qualified and relevant relationship with your customer base in order to remarket your products and services. In its purest and simplest terms, this is accomplished by delivering the right message to the right person, at the right time. My company, New Canoe, and I preach this to our clients, salespeople preach it to me and marketing managers preach it to each other. The concept is simple, however many marketers are missing the mark and cluttering their customers' in-boxes with messages irrelevant to their profiles ... »
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January 11, 2001 |
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Marketing Isn’t Always Sell, Sell, Sell |
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In online marketing, e-mail retention campaigns have taken off as the preferred choice for companies -- e-tailers, business-to-business, anyone who wants to leverage the Internet for marketing. Despite the growing clutter in online mailboxes, marketers are constantly challenged to improve the performance of e-mail campaigns. Often the simple ideas work best. There are two ideas for the new year that may spice up the typical mix of mostly hard discount offers and major sale messages that are seen screaming in the subject lines of e-mail that you read every day ... »
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