Kent Online Postal Museum celebrates regional stampsDesign Week, UK –1 hour agoTo mark the occasion, Royal Mail has commissioned Sedley Place designer and philatelic specialist Rupert Denyer to created a prestige stamp book and …Stamps focus on rare insectsDorset EchoInsect stamps launchNatural History MuseumFirst class ant makes rare appearanceWoking News and MailKent …
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John Donahoe, the new chief of the Internet?s largest e-commerce site, wants eBay to operate less like an unruly flea market and more like a strip mall. More: continued here
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Read More »Ebay records 22% rise in Q1 net profit – Telecom Paper (subscription)
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Read More »WH Smith puts brave face on high street gloom – Times Online
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Read More »Correction (New York Times)
The Room to Improve column last Thursday, about décor for children?s bedrooms, misidentified the maker of wall decals. They were made by Fastsigns, not FedEx Kinko?s. More: continued here
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Read More »On the Watch: IBM and eBay beat 1Q profit expectations – Forbes
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