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eBay announced its new Merchant Integration Platform on the company’s tech blog. The program helps large retail merchants use their existing product feeds to integrate with eBay and reduces “on-boarding” costs. More: continued here

Reuters Africa Two Secret Bidders Enter The Battle For Lunch With Warren Buffett, Only One …Business InsiderBidding to have lunch with Warren Buffett got underway last week on eBay and bidding battle began between two bidders: "s***l" and "o***r." "O***r" came out on top, with the winning $2345678 bid. The …

AP briefs: Politics-Poll | Flood-Cleanup | Food Stamps | Canada-Post-Strike …North Country Public RadioNY advocates want to rename food stamp program. Forget sleet and snow, postal dispute stops mailman from appointed rounds. Vermont capital weighs heating downtown with wood. Leahy: Michelle Obama to thank Vt. troops. Body of western NY …

Starting Monday, food stamps are being issued to people in eleven counties hammered by severe weather this spring. More: continued here

New technology is making mail& digital work harderMediaTel NewslinePhilip Ricketts, head of door to door strategy, sales and marketing, Royal Mail, says marketers who don't embrace new technologies that drive value from their mail and online campaigns risk being left behind… New technology, such as digital … More: continued here

Meyercord Revenue, Inc., a SICPA Company, Unveils Next-Generation Excise Tax …PR Newswire (press release)The next-generation, heat-transfer FUSON OASIS® system includes new overt and covert security features that correspond to the highest available security industry standards for tobacco tax stamps protection and allow for quick and reliable …and more » More: continued …

eBay said it had won a regulatory victory in France, explaining that 3 years ago, the French Parliament had proposed a draft bill that would have subjected eBay to the same regulation and licensing requirements as traditional auctioneers. More: continued here

Auctionbytes eBay Says France Will Protect It against Auctioneer RegulationsAuctionbyteseBay said it had won a regulatory victory in France, explaining that 3 years ago, the French Parliament had proposed a draft bill that would have subjected eBay to the same regulation and licensing requirements as traditional auctioneers … More: continued …

Amazon, eBay differ on sales tax collectionsTechFlash (blog)Online retailers Amazon.com and eBay have two contrasting opinions on state collecting sales taxes on their sales: Amazon reportedly favors a federal rule enacted easily over the entire country, which is an option eBay opposes. …Online sales tax battle looms in USFinancial TimesWalmart …

24 Hours Vancouver Eric Fraser rises to occasion for StampsMontreal GazetteThe thinking was that the Stamps wanted some more speed and cover ability from their safety, and conventional wisdom is that imports have more of that to offer than Canadians. But Eric Fraser is doing a good job of making …