Zap2it.com (blog) Jim Carrey: eBay backlash follows actor's gun control rantZap2it.com (blog)Those who support gun control were not very happy with Jim Carrey's recent anti-gun sentiments, so they took to eBay to make their displeasure known. One person, who goes by the eBay username "astrobuzz," listed an item called "Jim …
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KNPR The Most Important Thing to Remember About America's Food Stamp BoomThe AtlanticThe Wall Street Journal is out with a long article today exploring why the number of Americans on food stamps isn't falling along with the unemployment rate. As of December there were 47.8 million people enrolled in the …
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Business Insider eBay Plans To Double Its Sales To $300 Billion In The Next 3 Years And Take …Business InsidereBay CEO John Donahoe at the 2013 Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference. eBay has aggressive plans over the next three years to make it more competitive with Amazon. It told …
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Read More »John Donahoe Says eBay Will Enable $300B In Global Commerce By 2015 – The Next Web
The Next Web John Donahoe Says eBay Will Enable $300B In Global Commerce By 2015The Next WebeBay predicts that besides enabling $300 billion in global commerce, its revenues will grow to at least $21.5 billion in 2015, up from $14.1 billion that it realized in 2012. It believes that this …
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News 10NBC Proposal to Name Brockport Post Office After Fallen SoldierRochester YNNArmy Staff Sergeant Nicholas Reid, 26, died in December from an improvised explosive device while serving in Afghanistan. Friday, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter announced legislation to name the Brockport Post Office…Legislation proposed to name Brockport Post …
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