All Things Digital (blog) From Microsoft, to Yahoo to eBay, flash competition heats up for AmazonTechFlashOnly seven months after leaving Microsoft to join rival Yahoo, Don Bradford has joined eBay Inc. to fill a new position to lead the company's social commerce push. All Things Digital's Tricia Duryee wrote that …
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Silicon Valley Engineers Stuck in Immigration Reform LimboPatch.comOriginally from India, Patel Patel worked as a product manager for eBay in San Jose for three years after the company sponsored his H-1B visa. Patel—his name has been changed in this story to …and more » More: continued here
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Read More »Tagore to be commemorated in Lanka stamp – Hindustan Times
Tagore to be commemorated in Lanka stampHindustan TimesSri Lanka on Saturday will join the list of countries to have issued a postage stamp in honour of Noble laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Priced at LKR 5, the stamp will be issued to commemorate the poet's 150th birth anniversary. The postage stamp will …
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USA Today 1st American in space honored on 50 anniversarySeattle Post IntelligencerIn this image released by the USPS, Alan Shepard, left and the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, are seen on the new Forever postage stamps to issued by the USPS on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at the Kennedy Space …
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Read More »Ebay Hires Ex-Yahoo Exec Don Bradford to Head Up Social – All Things Digital (blog)
All Things Digital (blog) Ebay Hires Ex-Yahoo Exec Don Bradford to Head Up SocialAll Things Digital (blog)Ebay has hired Don Bradford to fill a new position at the company in charge of leading its social commerce efforts. As the VP of social at eBay, Bradford will head up one of …
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Post Office to Sell and Deliver Gift CardsMyBankTracker.comDo not be confused; these are not gift cards to be used for buying stuff at the post office. Rather, these are “open loop” cards not specified to one particular merchant and will include American Express, Visa, Discover and MasterCard, …US Postal Service …
Read More »Carlstadt Post Office named in honor of two fallen heroes – NorthJersey.com
Carlstadt Post Office named in honor of two fallen heroesNorthJersey.comThere will be a new aura in the halls of the Carlstadt Post Office from now on when residents go pick up a book of stamps or mail their bills out. Last week, the names of two local fallen heroes were …
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