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Todd Shapera joined the New York office of public affairs firm Powell Tate as senior vice president. He was a marketing and media relations vice president in the New York office of investment firm Scudder,… Continued

Can you conduct successful sales transactions on the Internet? Internet users seem to think so. ActivMedia, an online research firm found that 30 percent of its commercial respondents reported financially successful Internet sites, with sales… Continued

Miller/Shandwick Promotes Three Miller/Shandwick Technologies promoted three executives in its East and West Coast offices. In Boston, senior vice president and general manager Tony Sapienza becomes executive vice president. On the West Coast, Lisa Kelaita,… Continued

The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi filed a motion May 20 to compel sworn testimony by John Scanlon, a New York PR consultant retained by tobacco company Brown & Williamson (B&W) to distribute… Continued

Environics Communications, Stamford, Conn., has moved to One Atlantic St., Stamford, CT 06901, 203/325-8772. Osgood O’Donnell & Walsh, New York, has moved to: 475 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10017, 212/252-0475. Shandwick USA’s Boston office… Continued

While PR programs have grown more complex and expensive, all too often agency searches are based on referrals alone or clients’ personal experience with certain individuals or firms. In the advertising industry, use of professional… Continued

Arnold & Truitt Opens in Washington Arnold & Truitt, a New York-based management consulting firm with a communications specialization, officially opened an office in Washington, D.C. Christopher Bonner, managing director, heads the office, located at… Continued

Keiler Gets Home Page The new media unit of advertising and public relations agency Keiler & Co., Farmington, Conn., has opened its Web site. Keiler Online is located at http://www.keiler.com (Keiler, 203/677-8821)

Halsted Starts Research Unit Halsted Communications Inc., Ventura, Calif., started a research division. Haltsted Intelligence will be headed by Wendy Basil, managing director. (Halsted, 800/600-7111)

AMA Lobbyist Starts Firm James Keese III, senior grassroots lobbyist in the Washington, D.C. office of the American Medical Association, launched a government affairs firm, Legislative Impact. Keese said his firm will marry the power… Continued