I'd suggest that you are a bit misinformed. At the very least you'll find many PR listing the names of their major competitors.
Here's one posted today, taken at random, with DELL mentioned but not even being material to the PR'd company. Except that some of the people were previously involved with DELL. No less material than the FACT that TSIG competes with N2KI, CDNow or AMZN.
Please understand the dynamics of a good PR before you mis state a relatively new and still misunderstood policy.
A "B" grade PR firm knows at least these fundamentals.
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REUTERS) Fingerhut <FHT.N> takes stake in Internet company
Fingerhut <FHT.N> takes stake in Internet company
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Direct marketer and online
retailer Fingerhut Companies Inc. said Wednesday it has
acquired a 19.9 percent stake in Hand Technologies Inc., an
Austin, Texas-based computer and Internet services company.
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Fingerhut said the companies plan to develop a business
selling computer systems and services to the mass market.
Hand Technologies provides products and services for
computer hardware, software and peripherals, Web design and
hosting, on-site warranty service, and Internet services.
"This investment in Hand is yet another example of
Fingerhut's aggressive strategy to expand its reach in the
electronic commerce category through investments in companies
that provide quality products and quality customer service,"
said Fingerhut chairman and chief executive officer Ted Deikel.
Hand Technologies was established in 1996 by founders
Andrew Harris, chief executive officer, and Martin Slagter,
president, both former senior executives of Dell Computer Corp.
<DELL.O>.
Fingerhut sells products and services through catalogs,
direct marketing and the Internet.
((--Chicago Equities News at 312 408 8787,
chicago.equities.newsroom@reuters.com))
REUTERS
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