July 28, 2003

Companies face a hit from the do-not-call list
Posted by tzannos@bostonworks.com">Svetlana Husseini at 9:40 AM -

From the San Antonio Express-News:

As of Wednesday morning, some 26.3 million people have signed up for the National No Call Registry, which becomes effective Oct. 1. The Federal Trade Commission, which maintains the list, expects the number to rise to 60 million over time.

But those annoying sales pitches also generate telemarketing jobs and help some of the nation's largest companies — phone providers, department stores, insurance firms and financial service companies among them — to generate new sales.

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