Long-distance phone DMer merges with Lightyear

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Long-distance telemarketer VarTec Telecom has merged with Lightyear Communications, creating a new company with $1.5 billion in annual revenues, 2,100 employees in more than 23 cities and more than 6 million customers. Lightyear offers voice, data and Internet service to 300,000 businesses and residential customers across the US while VarTec promotes dial-around long-distance service. The latter also maintains five call centers to handle service and billing inquiries.

Specialized Telecom Services, Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Telemarketing Services, Telemarketing Bureaus, Internet services, Telemarketing, Lightyear Communications Inc., VarTec Telecom

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Reliant Interactive, Thane set to merge

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Direct response marketers Reliant Interactive Media and Thane International are preparing to merge in a recently announced stock-for-stock deal.

Motion picture & video production, Motion Picture and Video Production, Media Formation/Mergers, Television Production, Reliant Interactive Media Corp., Thane International Inc.

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Wedding bells ring in news of acquisition

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The merger of Maryland based, CoStar with NRB, which was later celebrated extravagantly, are discussed.

Computer and Data Processing Services, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Computer services industry, Information technology services industry, CoStar Group Inc.

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