New Zealand Herald The Most Important Question Peter Thiel Asks Any Startup Looking For MoneySan Francisco ChronicleAUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – Peter Thiel is the first outside investor in Facebook, the guy who sold PayPal to eBay for billions, and a Founders Fund partner. He told today's Ice Ideas conference audience …
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Postal services moving to retailersMyCentralJersey.comThe post office on Clifton Avenue in Lakewood is scheduled to close. / BOB BIELK/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Lakewood resident George Toombs stepped up to a postal counter on Thursday without waiting, past the lottery machine and the candy display. …and more » More: continued here
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Flightless birds fitting stamp for health campGisborne HeraldCHILDREN'S health camp stamps have been a Kiwi tradition for almost 100 years, so in many ways it is appropriate the theme of this year's collection is flightless birds. Featuring on the stamps are the brown kiwi, kakapo and takahe. … More: continued …
Read More »eBay buys Zong for $240 million
Acquisition of mobile payments provider expected to bolster PayPal’s platform and reach. More: continued here
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Read More »Springs celebrates Post Office Centennial
The original building is long gone, but the sense of the post office being the hub of a diverse community lives on 100 years later. The community will celebrate the centennial of the Boyes Hot Springs post office with a series of events Friday and Saturday, July 8 and 9. …
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Read More »Stamps, Lions desperate to avoid 0-2 start – Montreal Gazette
Stamps, Lions desperate to avoid 0-2 startMontreal GazetteCalgary Stampeders Romby Bryant (R) is tackled by BC Lions Travis Williams in this file photo. VANCOUVER — Nearly a week after the fact, Henry Burris still can't believe how he missed. …Lions hope to push Stampeders into a 2-0 hole with a …
Read More »Postal services moving to retailers – Dailyrecord.com
Postal services moving to retailersDailyrecord.comThe post office on Clifton Avenue in Lakewood is scheduled to close. / BOB BIELK/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Lakewood resident George Toombs stepped up to a postal counter on Thursday without waiting, past the lottery machine and the candy display. … More: continued here
Read More »EBay Snaps Up ‘Pay By Phone’ Provider Zong – WTAE Pittsburgh
Globe and Mail EBay Snaps Up 'Pay By Phone' Provider ZongWTAE PittsburghYou'll soon be able to, thanks to an acquisition deal eBay announced Thursday. The online auctions giant agreed to buy mobile payments company Zong for $240 million in cash. EBay plans to combine the Menlo Park, Calif., company's technology …
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