As phone books multiply, so do consumer hang-ups ...The State: 4 views since Friday, August 8, 2008 at 12:02 AMIt?s been a fixture on kitchen counters, refrigerator tops and junk drawers for decades. But today, the Yellow Pages is a bit too ubiquitous for some, with phone books published annually in the U.S. outnumbering the population by two to one. While the $17 billion-a-year industry is showing remarkable resilience as other advertising-driven businesses suffer, it has become a familiar target in ...
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