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Postal inspectors caught the thief in action with a hidden camera in a stockroom after they discovered another man allegedly selling Forever Stamps on eBay for less than their face value. More: continued here
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March 23 (Bloomberg) — FedEx Corp. , the world’s largest cargo airline, suffered its first fatal accident with the crash of a Boeing Co. MD-11 jet at Tokyo’s Narita airport that killed both pilots. More: continued here
Read More »World's Most Expensive Baseball Cards – Forbes
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Read More »eBay Update: Stellar Sellers, USPS Flat-Rate Box, Return Policy (AuctionBytes)
eBay is running a Stellar Seller Sweeps in which it will award winners a $5,000 prize monthly between March 1 and September 30, 2009. To enter, sellers simply tell eBay their success story; they may attach photos or videos. More: continued here
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