Meg Whitman, chief executive of eBay for the past 10 years, is retiring, and the company intends to replace her with John Donahoe, president of eBay’s marketplaces division. More: continued here
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Read More »Suburb passes new anti-immigrant rule (AP via Yahoo! News)
Leaders of a Dallas suburb that was blocked from enforcing a ban on leasing apartments to illegal immigrants approved a new rule Tuesday to require prospective tenants to get a city license to rent homes and apartments. More: continued here
Read More »EBay's Bounce-Back Opportunity – Forbes
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Read More »£7m relaunched Nectar suffers rewards set-back – Marketing Week
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Read More »Before the bell: TXN, EBAY, GM, GOOG, SBUX … – BloggingStocks
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Read More »Ram raid led to post office asbestos alert – Crossgates Today
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Read More »Swedish director Ingmar Bergman honoured with stamps (EARTHtimes.org)
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Read More »Update: eBay CEO Whitman preparing to retire (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)
eBay CEO Meg Whitman is planning to step down from the company she has led for the past 10 years, The Wall Street Journal said Tuesday. More: continued here
Read More »Police hunt post office, Pizza Hut bandit – Brisbane Times
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