EBay buying Korea's Gmarket for $24 a shareMarketWatchEBay said it has already clinched agreements to purchase at least 67% of the Gmarket's shares, and if all outstanding shares are tendered, the final purchase price will be $1.2 billion. It said it will combine the site with its own existing Korean …
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Canoe.ca Americans' Tax Burden Near Historic LowWashington Post, United StatesSamm McFadden, left, and Pascale Fernandez get ready to send in their income tax returns at a Northwest DC post office. (By Nikki Kahn — The Washington Post) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or …Not too …
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BBC News The end of final-salary pensions?BBC News, UKTwo big employers, the Royal Mail and BT, have changed their final-salary schemes for existing staff to a half-way house, known as a career average scheme. And three years ago the pest control business Rentokil became the most high-profile employer to … More: …
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