The report shows that cigarette sales increased by 0.5 percent from 1999 to 2000, while advertising and promotional expenditures rose 16.2 percent to $9.57 billion, the most ever reported to the Commission. Increases in expenditures for promotional allowances and retail value added account for...

Identity theft is made possible by the nature of modern payment systems. In the modern economy, sellers are willing to offer goods and services to strangers in exchange for a promise to pay, provided the promise is backed up by data that link the buyer to a specific account or credit history....