It’s been well over a decade since a law took effect in Pennsylvania that gave its citizens a tool to put a halt to many of those pesky calls that interrupted dinner or your favorite TV show from some ...

"Your auto warranty is about to expire." The first time I got that recorded phone call, I tried to figure out which vehicles in my household it could be. Since two were 10 years old and one was almost ...

Telemarketers are required to pay an annual subscription fee to access the FTC list so those numbers can be blocked from their dial-out programs. The companies also must update their own calling lists ...

Despite the Do Not Call Registry, telemarketers are back and they know where to reach you: on your mobile phone. Here's how to keep them at bay I know I’m not the only one who hates telemarketers. For ...

ABC News Fixer shares tips for dealing with unending robocalls. Mortgage Investors Corp. has been slapped with a $7.5 million civil penalty for allegedly violating Do Not Call provisions of the FTC.

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WASHINGTON -- Telemarketers will be free to make sales pitches next week to people who registered for the national do-not-call list, the government said Friday. At the same time, the industry's ...

WASHINGTON – Almost 25 million phone numbers were added to the federal government’s Do Not Call list in fiscal 2006, demonstrating that more and more Americans don’t want their dinners disturbed by ...

We all know how difficult it can be to deal with telemarketers, and sometimes it feels like they’ll never stop calling you back. But now, former telemarketer Erica Elson is speaking out, sharing her ...

HOW DO I GET TELEMARKETERS TO GO AWAY?!?! -- I can't stand the ringing anymore! I can't stand it! Arrrrrgh! Gandma Alice has made you some nice tea. Sit down here next to the aromatherapy candles, and ...

After conquering Jeopardy! and making inroads into the diagnosis of medical maladies, IBM's next application for Watson is the wholescale revitalization of two very lucrative markets: sales and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The cherished dinner hour void of telemarketers could vanish next year for millions of people when phone numbers begin dropping off the national Do Not Call list. The Federal Trade ...