EBay buying Korea's Gmarket for $24 a share – MarketWatch

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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Americans' Tax Burden Near Historic Low – Washington Post

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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The end of final-salary pensions? – BBC News

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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Late-Day Surge Lifts Markets – FOXBusiness

TheBull.com.au Late-Day Surge Lifts MarketsFOXBusinessEBay (EBAY) plans to unload its Internet-phone business Skype through an initial public offering in 2010 after being unable to find buyers for the unit at a price it liked, The Wall Street Journal reported. Also, eBay reached a tentative deal to buy a …Dow stages …

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Tax Day lines dwindle at post office – Boston Globe

Tax Day lines dwindle at post officeBoston Globe, United StatesAnd for the second straight year, not a single post office in Massachusetts extended its hours for last-moment filers, who can now simply click "send" at 11:59 pm from the comfort of their home computers. "Maybe it's more like Mother's Day now," …

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EBay to buy Korea's Gmarket – MarketWatch

The Associated Press EBay to buy Korea's GmarketMarketWatchBy Myra P. Saefong, MarketWatch TOKYO (MarketWatch) — EBay Inc. said Thursday it will pay up to $1.2 billion to buy South Korea's largest online marketplace in a move to expand its Asian operations. The purchase price will be up to $1.2 billion …

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