Business: little applause for free trade zone plans. (Bill Clinton's proposed plan to extend the North American Free Trade Agreement)
WASHINGTON -- Don't look for textile, apparel, retail or importer officials to shout huzzahs in support of President Clinton's vision of a hemispheric free-trade zone a decade hence. They're either lukewarm toward the idea of a free-trade pipeline from Alaska to Argentina, or believe it's a pipe

Publication: WWD

Plan for Free PC's Has a Few Attachments - New York Times
The personal computer, already dropping precipitously in price, may in some cases become free -- with a few strings attached. In a variation on a popular cellular telephone business model -- sign up for service and pay nothing for the phone -- a Southern California start-up, Free PC Inc., plans to

Publication: The New York Times

Massachusetts Consumers Group Criticizes Bank's Plan to End Free Checking.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Jan. 25--Citizens Financial Group notified its newly acquired USTrust customers over the weekend that their popular free checking accounts will last only about one more year before being phased out. In a mailing to about 300,000 former USTrust customers, the bank said it will assign new Citizens

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Go2Call Expands PC-to-Phone Calling Services to All of Europe; --Company Introduces Free Calling to More Countries and New EuropeSelect Paid Plan--.
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers EVANSTON, IllBUSINESS WIREOct. 11, 2000 Go2Call, a leading international PC-to-phone service provider, strengthened its European expansion plan today by adding Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden to its growing list of free calling countries and introducing

Publication: Business Wire

Savvy back-to-school shoppers plan ahead for savings on tax-free days in Texas.
Byline: Andrea Wright Aug. 6--BEAUMONT, Texas -- It saves 8.25 percent on a limited number of tax-free items, but savvy shoppers still can make the most of this weekend's tax holiday. For three days, selected items priced under $100 are exempt from Texas and local sales taxes, according to the

Publication: Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX)

Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest Hosts Free Training Sessions on Writing Marketing Plans.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest (GLEQ) today announced the locations for training session #10, titled Marketing Plan, a free, educational program for Michigan entrepreneurs. The GLEQ, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational program designed to accelerate the

Publication: PR Newswire