Sacramento Bee Former eBay CEO gives $1 million to her campaignSan Jose Mercury News, USAAP SACRAMENTO (AP) — Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman has donated $1 million to her exploratory campaign for governor. The committee reported the contribution to the secretary of state's office on Tuesday. It's the second …
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Read More »Cost-Cutting May Shut Downtown Post Office – Tampa Tribune
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Read More »Tesoro Hawaii enrolls in stamp program – Bizjournals.com
Tesoro Hawaii enrolls in stamp programBizjournals.com, NCTesoro has enrolled 30 of its 2Go convenience stores on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island in the US Postal Service’s “Stamps to Go” program that allows Tesoro to buy stamps at face value and then requires them to sell that postage for the same …
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Collect stamps, save moneyAugusta Chronicle, GANote: Comments are not edited and don't represent the views of The Augusta Chronicle. Please read our full comments policy. To report a post that may be inappropriate, click the icon. Accounting Dept needs experienced person with worldwide operations. … More: continued here
Read More »Rare US 'upside-down' stamp to be auctioned on Wednesday – Auction Central News
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Read More »New anti-fencing bill would turn eBay into eInvestigator – Ars Technica
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