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...loudly. As part of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, the FCC established strict "opt-in" privacy provisions, under which a consumer has to give his consent before his calling data can be made part of marketing campaigns for additional services or products. Not surprisingly, the telcos and other businesses prefer the "opt-out" approach, which costs less and bears more fruit. It gives companies the right to exchange the valuable information--both internally and with third parties--unless consumers expressly forbid...
...Guinier is slated as the annual speaker for the pre-Commencement event, yet another example of how rude Presidential treatment can catapult the otherwise obscure to cult stardom. Although most people seem quite pleased with the choice, there is no doubt that a size able minority would prefer another speaker; after all, if getting jilted by Bill Clinton were sufficient qualification for giving the Address, we might as well invite Gennifer Flowers. At least she has the advantage of not looking like Scotty Pippen in drag...
Later life lived this way doesn't come cheap. The Del Webb company, which made its name building luxury spas and retirement communities in the Sun Belt, last year opened a Sun City retirement community in Huntley, near frost-belted Chicago, an acknowledgment that seniors increasingly prefer to locate near longtime friends and family and not move to far-off sunny climes. Prices range from $130,000 for a single-level fourplex to $750,000 for customized estate homes that include home theaters, Jacuzzis and wine cellars, where an eminent Bordeaux can age along with its owners...
Unlike some, I prefer my Bill of Rights intact. I don't own a gun; I don't want a gun. But the day the government tries to ban guns is the day I buy 10. HIAWATHA BRAY Quincy, Mass...
Oddly, the sell-off could be a godsend in disguise. We need to see the dot.com door close, and close hard. We got our money from the market to grow and prosper, but we would prefer others not to have such good luck. The fewer dot.coms in our space, the merrier...