EBay moves into daily deals, while Groupon and LivingSocial diversifyUpstart (blog)Clearly, eBay is late to the game among other major online players. Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) has already been running Amazon Local (through which it runs deals shared by LivingSocial), and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) similarly beat it to the deal table …
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TIME The Hobbit Stamps and Money Are Coming to New ZealandTIMEApparently that's more than enough reason to put characters from the classic fantasy series on the nation's money and stamps. Beginning Nov. 1, New Zealand will be putting The Hobbit on its national currency and postage stamps, according to AFP, …
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