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eBay's first fulltime employee and second largest shareholder was made an Officer of the Order of Canada; Amazon is set to create 100 new jobs at its development center in Dublin; Bazaarvoice will pay about $152 million for competing ratings-and-review technology provider PowerReviews. This and more from around the web …
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