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Read More »UPS, FedEx eye overseas growth (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Once a site flowing with milk and honey, eBay turns into the dumping ground for poor service and high prices. July 13th 2000. My first eBay purchase. I remember I had decided to build my first computer around 8 years ago. I had just gotten married a few months before, …
Read More »AuctionBytes Interview: Dan Wilson Talks eBay (AuctionBytes)
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Royal Mail’s postal operation could be split in two under proposals put forward by the postal regulator to increase competition and reduce the burden of regulation. More: continued here
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Millions of dollars worth of counterfeit tax stamps were seized and a Jordanian man arrested as part of a major undercover investigation into tobacco smuggling in New York, authorities say. More: continued here
Read More »AuctionBytes Interview: Dan Wilson Talks eBay – Auctionbytes
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