Globe and Mail Stamps sign pair to bolster offensive lineMontreal GazetteThey had waited to sign with the Stamps until they explored National Football League possibilities. Those options have all but dried up with the labour situation south of the border, leaving the Stamps as their only option to play football …
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The Guardian At a Glance: Important Dates in Skype's HistoryABC NewsOct. 14, 2005: EBay Inc. buys Skype for $2.6 billion. Two years later it pays an additional $530 million to some Skype shareholders because the business exceeds certain performance targets. — Oct. 1, 2007: EBay says it will take a …
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Discover Money Messenger Deal Sends Positive Message For eBay StockForbes (blog)eBay's PayPal recently partnered with Discover to launch a service called Discover Money Messenger [1] that lets Discover cardholders send money from their mobile phone or computer to anyone with a mobile number or email address. …PayPal – Send Money …
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By Taylor Tepper, Times Correspondent Tuesday, May 10, 2011 ST. PETE BEACH — Residents of Pass-a-Grille will soon lose a valued establishment, as the Eighth Avenue Post Office will close on June 17. The abrupt notice came as a shock to the sleepy beach community, which will now have to …
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Globe and Mail (blog) Stocks Gain for 3rd Session; Microsoft FallsCNBC.comEbay [EBAY Loading… () ], which owns a 30 percent stake in Skype, gained following the news. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq also advanced solidly. All key S&P 500 sectors were higher throughout most of the sesion, led by …
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Those looking for more convenient post office services have another option in Winston-Salem. More: continued here
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The conventional thinking goes that Meg Whitman , eBay ’s former chief executive, blundered by buying Skype six years ago for $2.5 billion. Her idea that Skype, the Internet calling service, would encourage eBay’s users to talk to one another rather than chat by e-mail never panned out. More: continued …
Read More »Keyser Post Office sets hunger drive
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