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”I was astonished by Stephen Reynolds’s item on stamps for overseas versus stamps for within Australia,” writes Annie, of Coogee. ”Being English, I regularly send large amounts of mail to the UK and have done exactly the same thing, using up Christmas and five and 10 cent stamps. The trick …

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Amazon lockered on to delivery boxes – Management Today

Amazon lockered on to delivery boxesManagement TodayThe online retailer has come up with a cunning plan to bypass Royal Mail. Time will only tell whether it'll catch on… It's been a conundrum for retailers since the early days of e-commerce: how do you get …and more » More: continued here

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Grameen Foundation Receives Funding from eBay Foundation and Qualcomm for … – PR Newswire (press release)

Grameen Foundation Receives Funding from eBay Foundation and Qualcomm for …PR Newswire (press release)The foundation received a grant from eBay to help expand its initiative to create mobile phone microfranchise businesses for the poor in Indonesia. Grameen Foundation was among five organizations selected from 900 entries from 83 countries. …and …

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CrowdFlower offers enterprise crowdsourcing service – Computerworld

CrowdFlower offers enterprise crowdsourcing serviceComputerworldSo far, it has named EBay and Microsoft as early adopters. EBay used the service to verify information provided for products posted on its Web site. By using CrowdFlower, EBay found it could cut costs by 70% over hiring its own workers — and get …and …

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