On-line lies cast doubt on e-biz databases

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E-business marketing efforts are threatened as a consumer fudges personal details to protect their privacy on the Web. In a study of 10,000 North American households by Forrester Research Inc., two-third of Web surfers had serious concerns about their on-line privacy. Those concerns pose a challenge to e-businesses, which are counting on getting accurate information to properly market products, and to infomediaries, which assemble and then sell databases to third parties. Companies, expert say, need to provide up-front privacy policy agreements and compensation programs in order to motivate on-line consumers to voluntarily give accurate information. In Canada, the federal government has passed a law that among other things would make it illegal for a company not to uphold its privacy agreement.

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Celestic wins $4-billion contract from Avaya

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Contract electronics manufacturer Celestica Inc (Toronto, Canada) is holding to its forecast of reaching an annual revenue of Can$20 bil in 2003, even given the potential of a slowing US economy. Helping to reinforce its goal, the company on 2/20/01 signed a five-year contract to manufacture communication equipment for US-based Avaya Inc (Basking Ridge, NJ) in a deal worth US$4 bil. Celestica has agreed as part of the deal to acquire two manufacturing plants, one in Denver, CO, and the other in Little Rock, AR, for US$200 mil. Avaya is to close operations in Shreveport, LA, affecting 900 employees.

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Look aims wireless Internet access site at cable subscribers

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Look Communications Inc. unveils a new Web site aimed at luring subscribers away from cable companies who already offer lucrative high-speed Internet access. Looktvi.com is a Web portal that allows users to view or listen to live or archived news, entertainment and sports programming from more than 200 content providers.

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