1.   A federal appeals court has backed the rights of fax machine owners over those of some small advertisers by upholding a law banning unsolicited advertising by fax.

2.   Judges across the country have disagreed about whether Congress meant to permit class actions when it gave fax owners a right to sue.

3.   Receptionist Wendy Varvel called one limousine service whose owner said he had already fielded calls from angry fax owners.

4.   Thermal fax paper is used primarily by small businesses and home fax machine owners.

5.   US authorities said thermal fax paper is primarily used by small businesses and home fax machine owners who depend on low prices for office products.