| Authorities shut down Fla. telemarketing firm
A telemarketing firm accused of using murky promises of discounts and free vacations to trick thousands of consumers across the nation out of millions of dollars was temporarily shut down Wednesday, federal officials said. The Federal Trade Commission took action against Strategia Marketing Inc., also known as Suntasia Marketing, following a federal judge's temporary civil injunction. The judge also froze the assets of the company and its executives and allowed federal regulators to inspect and copy the company's business records. According to federal civil court records, more than 5,000 people complained to authorities that the telemarketing firm, operating under at least 15 business names, used deceptive and confusing sales tactics to get consumers to reveal their bank account information.
Home security saleswoman goes door-to-door after Hallman beating
Kelli Zerbel went house to house on Lapeer street, just doors from where Ruth Hallman was found beaten in her home this afternoon, soliciting famlies to sign up for an APX home security system. Zerbel said she was planning to canvass the neighborhood today and when she arrived she saw the crime scene. She said she approached police officers to ask for permission to solicit and was told she was allowed to. �I was supposed to be here anyway but after I saw that (crime scene), I was like �Wow, what if I had talked to that lady yesterday? Then that might not have happened,� � she said.
Llvester Sharp, 24, was solicited by the security saleswoman. He lives three doors down from Hallman.
He said it was a little bit too soon for anyone to be coming by to sell home security systems.
Tourism Marketing Solutions in Demand
A team of tourism industry professionals is strategically helping keep some of our key hotels, venues and tourism bodies on track.
Tania Adolphe (left) and Sarah Hillman, Tourism Marketing Solutions Auckland based Tourism Marketing Solutions is owned and run by Sarah Hillman and Tania Adolphe, and their clients include the likes of Millbrook Resort Queenstown, Lakes Resort Pauanui, TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre, Kourawhero Country Lodge north of Auckland and Tourism Auckland. .
Edwardsville business under scrutiny
The Better Business Bureau has issued an alert about an Edwardsville-based company, but the firm's owner claims there is no justification for the action.Prestige Management, located at 2 Club Center Court, provides lead lists to financial companies and individuals.According to a statement by the Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois Division of the BBB, there have been several complaints about the company. The BBB also stated that the firm had failed to respond to most of the complaints. .
Options grow for online banking
Security is vital when setting up an Internet bank account. By Richard BurnetteSOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL Sunday, July 22, 2007 ORLANDO, Fla. — It was a no-brainer for Jim Gilkeson when he found an Internet bank offering a money-market account paying five times the average interest rate offered by conventional banks. He moved $10,000 into the online account two years ago and has earned at least twice as much on his money to date as he would have if he had gone with the best conventional rates available, he says. ''The yields they offer are so much better,'' said Gilkeson, a finance professor at the University of Central Florida. ''And the regular, brick-and-mortar branches haven't been very generous at all with their rates.'' .
NZBCSD Report On Climate Change
The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (NZBCSD) is a coalition of leading New Zealand companies united by a shared commitment to environmental, social and economic development. Formed in May 1999, the NZBCSD is a partner organisation to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The WBCSD is a coalition of 150 international companies with members drawn from more than 30 countries and 20 major industrial sectors. We also benefit from the WBCSD’s global network of 30 national and regional business councils and partner organisations, involving some 1,000 business leaders globally. .
Feds shut down telemarketer in fraud investigation
LARGO, Fla.— A telemarketing firm accused of using murky promises of discounts and free vacations to trick thousands of consumers across the nation out of millions of dollars was temporarily shut down Wednesday, federal officials said. The Federal Trade Commission took action against Strategia Marketing Inc., also known as Suntasia Marketing, following a federal judge's temporary civil injunction. The judge also froze the assets of the company and its executives and allowed federal regulators to inspect and copy the company's business records. According to federal civil court records, more than 5,000 people complained to authorities that the telemarketing firm, operating under at least 15 business names, used deceptive and confusing sales tactics to get consumers to reveal their bank account information.
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