And if the targeted approach feels too intrusive, employees can ask to be placed on the wellness program's do-not-call list.
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Is our economy really so bad that the people making these calls need those jobs, so we allow this loophole to the Do Not Call list?
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And because tax-exempt organizations are not bound by the federal do-not call list, the firms were able to randomly call consumers, pitching their services under the guise of a non-profit counseling service.
This is a matter near to my heart, because I am confronted with four or five Spam calls every evening on my home phone, which is registered on the Do Not Call list.
The Mercury News article tells us that 3.8 million complaints were filed on the Do Not Call List website last year, which sounds impressive until you consider that it covers only about 1% of the offending calls.
When Chris failed to return her calls years ago as a college freshman, she punched in a random number from his cellphone call list, reaching a girl in his dorm who woke him up and ordered him to call his mom, Ms. Berardi says.
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They have a line for you to call so you can tell your loved ones that you're OK, but you can't get a phone to call the line list.
You also can quickly call up a text list of the route.
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Those balloted included clerks, receptionists, medical secretaries, waiting list and call centre staff working at Dewsbury, Pinderfields and Pontefract hospitals as well as community clinics across the Wakefield district.
Nevertheless, for those who aren't out to garner new friends with their wrist attire, the revamped W700 does smooth a few of the awkward lines found in the original rendition, and aside from syncing with your Bluetooth handset, it offers up on-screen caller ID, an OLED display, a vibration feature to alert you of an incoming call, lockable contact list, and a privacy feature to set your outgoing information to unavailable.
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Skype works very much like an instant messaging program, but allows users to call people on their buddy list and have a voice conversation instead of a text-based chat.
So instead of making a final call, I emailed him my list of pros and cons.
Its client list is a roll call of the biggest names in service and hospitality: McDonald's, Marriott, Starwood hotels.
They have some overlap in the list of names, call that subset M.
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When the shoe's on the other foot and you're seeking to reach out to your nearest and dearest, swiping right on their name in the Contacts list will initiate a call, while swiping left will start the composition of a text.
Last week when Facebook updated its Facebook Messenger app for the iPhone it included free voice calling in the U.S. A users can place a call to contacts from the conversation list if that person has Messenger for iOS meaning both parties need to be using the Messenger app.
Baltimore's Matt Wieters, second on our list, might get the call even sooner.
Number one on the list of what we'll call Pirate Destinations: Grenada.
The prosecution has a long list of witnesses it plans to call to the stand starting with Diane Wehner, a special agent for the FBI.
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At Mr Obama's campaign office in the same town, the welcome is warmer: a seat, a cup of coffee and a list of local Obama-ites to call.
Officials have assigned more than 40 protection details to potential targets of the fugitive, and electronic signs that usually list expected commute times urged motorists to call police if they saw Mr Dorner or his vehicle.
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So we've decided to call an actual freshman at Beloit College to check the list.
"We called 70 to 80 people in the Forbes list, " Buffett said during a press call Wednesday.
And if you have these young voters that are 18 to 35, they haven't gotten a phone call and they're not on anyone's list because they never had a landline telephone.
From the remaining small list, Gerstein had to make a judgment call and chose Tuesday Morning (nasdaq: TUES - news - people ), a Dallas-based chain of 594 off-price specialty stores in 42 states.
Call of Duty and annual sports titles take up half the list by themselves.
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President Richard Nixon's staff famously drew up a roll call of his opponents which became commonly known as the "enemies list".
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