The stamps feature homoerotic images from the oeuvre of Tom of Finland, whom the postal service calls 'one of the most well-known Finnish artists around the world.' Featured Image: read more More: continued here
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Carl Icahn is again ending a fight against a tech giant without getting everything he wanted. The activist investor has reached a truce with eBay that will end Icahn’s very public demands that the auction site spin-off its subsidiary PayPal. Icahn will formally withdraw his proposal that eBay sell off …
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Read More »Stub Hub Selects eBay Enterprise for Customer Service Solutions
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