Two years after its plan to lease a 21-acre site in Astoria, Queens, was rebuffed by the community, FedEx’s long quest to find a property for a large distribution facility close to Manhattan is nearing a conclusion in Long Island City. The package delivery giant is close to inking a …
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Macgasm Apple's WWDC sells out; scalpers price tickets up to $4600ComputerworldThe quick sell-out has prompted several people to scalp tickets on eBay and Craigslist, with some priced as high as $4599, nearly triple the sticker price of $1599. The Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC, which runs June 6-10, …WWDC tickets …
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Macgasm WWDC tickets spotted on eBay for $25009 to 5 MacTUAW noted that an unactivated WWDC 2011 ticket is now up for sale on eBay, bidding for $2500 at press time. That's a whooping premium over their regular asking price of $1599. Oh, you get free shipping. The sold-out conference …
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Biz Break: Bay Area, other big real estate markets: 'No real hope' for quick …San Jose Mercury NewsAnd: Former eBay (EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman is reportedly joining Kleiner Perkins. Real estate values in much of the San Francisco Bay Area are continuing to decline, according to the latest Standard & …
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