| FTC fines telemarketer $180,000
A California telemarketing firm has agreed to pay a $180,000 fine to settle charges that it made 46 million illegal calls, a government agency said Tuesday. The Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department said in a complaint that Voice Mail Broadcasting Corp. and its owner, Jesse Crowe, violated federal telemarketing rules by making 46 million automated calls since October 2003. The prerecorded calls pitched debt consolidation, mortgage services and other financial products, the agency said. When consumers answered, the calls were either terminated or the prerecorded message played. The FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule requires that calls answered by individuals be connected to a live sales representative within two seconds. Under the settlement, Costa Mesa, Calif.-based Voice Mail Broadcasting and Crowe were fined $3 million, the FTC said in a release.
Court fines telemarketer $180,000 for making 46 million irritating ...
A California telemarketing firm has agreed to pay a $180,000 fine to settle charges with the Federal Trade Commission that it made 46 million illegal calls. The original fine was $3 million all but $180,000 will be suspended based on the defendants' inability to pay. According to the complaint filed by the Department of Justice, since October 1, 2003, Voice-Mail Broadcasting Corporation (VMBC) and its owner, Jesse Crowe, have used automated dialers to “blast" consumers with prerecorded telemarketing pitches, the FTC stated. The calls pitched products from debt-consolidation services to mortgage brokerage services and other retail and financial services. When VMBC's telemarketing calls were answered by consumers rather than answering machines or voicemail systems, VMBC either immediately hung up, leaving consumers with “dead air," or played a prerecorded message.
Marketing outfit made 46 million illegal calls
A CALIFORNIAN telemarketing company which used automated gear to annoy the world with pre-recorded telemarketing pitches has been fined $180,000 for its antics. The Federal Trade Commission that Voice-Mail Broadcasting Corporation (VMBC) made 46 million illegal calls using the equipment. The FTC wanted to fine the company a million dollars but worked out that VMBC and its owner Jesse Crowe had no way to pay such a steep fine. The calls were flogging debt-consolidation and mortgage brokerage services and other retail and financial services. According to Network World, the equipment was supposed to leave messages on answerphones and it hung up if it got a human. This is illegal, as the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rules say that calls should be connected to a human sales representative within two seconds.
I swear this site is worse than most high schools.
What is the big deal that we want a passport from Canadians? Most of you whiners on this site, you hate Americans and probably wouldn't come down to thaw out anyway. It would be stupid for us to make decisions how we run our country based on the anti American and anti Semitic opinions which are posted on this site. However, As far as most border crossings between USA and Canada go I fully trust 99.999% of us on both sides. Unfortunately it is .0001% that they screw it up for the rest of us. The worst any of us would probably ever do is commit a minor traffic violation, drink too much, run around naked ( I have done both in Canada). No big deal as long as no one got killed. I certainly don't worry about trucks hauling goods back and forth either. Again it is that .0001%. It would be interesting to do a cost / benefit analysis of the real usefulness of having border guards, customs officers etc.
Apple doesn’t do loss leaders
Hardware 2.0 Latest Post | Last 10 Posts | Archives Previous Post: Mythbusters on tech headaches Apple doesn't do loss leaders Posted in: Apple A couple of articles I've read today suggest that Apple is getting ready to slash the price of the iPhone and that it's now subsidizing every Apple TV device sold. My take – this is total nonsense. The first article I came across was on TheStreet.com, and this piece seems to have come to the conclusion that the only way Apple will sell 10 million iPhones by the end of the year is by slashing prices. The other article, which appeared on Silicon Valley Insider, takes the highly suspect teardown analysis carried out iSuppli on the Apple TV without question to come to the conclusion that Apple is going nuts of cutting prices.
IDX Broker Shows Off Miami Real Estate Offered By Realtor Sean ...
EUGENE, ORE. IDX, Inc. announces today the addition of Sean Stephens with Fuentes Realty Group, LLC in Miami Beach, Florida to its network of professionals in the real estate industry using its primary software application, IDX Broker. This new addition enables Stephens to connect his clients with thousands of property listings from the Southeast Florida MLS (SEFL).
Providing his site visitors with search options such as location, price, rooms, type, flooring and recreational additions, Stephens is making the process of buying a home easier for all involved. Not only can his customers and potential leads access this valuable information on their own, but they can opt to save their searches and even sign up for emailed property updates that keep their fingers on the real estate pulse.
America's Mood: Time to Shake Up Political Scenery
In new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, 46% plurality calls for "major reforms and a brand new and different approach" in government. "The mood is for more than small incremental changes," says Democrat Peter Hart, who conducts WSJ/NBC surveys with Republican counterpart Bill McInturff. Three in 10 respondents say the two-party system is "seriously broken and the country needs a third party." In three-way matchup with Giuliani and Clinton, maverick Republican Ron Paul draws 9%, slightly less than Pat Buchanan and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in earlier WSJ/NBC surveys. All three independent bids would boost Clinton's lead over Giuliani. CONGRESS STRUGGLES with growing public disdain. .
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