Skype: Rags to Riches of eBay and Microsoft – Benzinga

Marketing Week Skype: Rags to Riches of eBay and MicrosoftBenzingaeBay, Inc. who acquired Skype in a 2005 deal valued at around $3.1 billion, sold about 70% of Skype to the private group at a loss in 2009 after failure to integrate Skype into its eCommerce model. That left eBay with …

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Lawmakers battle over food stamp fingerprinting – KGO-TV

KGO-TV Lawmakers battle over food stamp fingerprintingKGO-TV(KGO) — There was a big battle Wedensday in the state capitol over food stamps. Democrats and Republicans are fighting over whether recipients should be fingerprinted. California is one of three states that require food stamp applicants to be …and more » More: continued here

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New Mexico no longer supplementing federal food stamps – KFDA

New Mexico no longer supplementing federal food stampsKFDANew Mexico – New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez plans to end a program that supplements federal food stamps for thousands of low-income elderly and disabled people in the state. The Human Services Department will reportedly …1 in 5 in New Mexico receiving food …

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Bengals-turned-Steelers fan responds – ESPN (blog)

Bengals-turned-Steelers fan respondsESPN (blog)Fed up with the Bengals' losing ways, Kostoff sold his fandom on eBay for $510 and is now a card-carrying member of Steeler Nation. Kostoff received a lot of criticism from our community. So, in fairness, we asked Kostoff if he wanted to respond to the …The …

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1917 Chaplin Film Alters Movie History – Contactmusic.com

Reuters India 1917 Chaplin Film Alters Movie HistoryContactmusic.comA print of a Charlie Chaplin film purchased on eBay for about $5 in 2009 could sell for more than $160000 when it is offered at Bonham's auction house in London on June 29, appraisers have indicated. The film, made in 1917 during …

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The Post Office — return to sender – Reuters Blogs (blog)

WKBW-TV The Post Office— return to senderReuters Blogs (blog)The company I have just described is the United States Postal Service. A USPS bailout is not the solution. Blowing up the Post Office— its monopoly, its customer-be-damned attitude, its system of lifetime job guarantees regardless of performance …The Electronic Post Office, …

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