Paypal executive Don Kingsborough, who helped orchestrate the payments company's move into physical retail stores, stepped down in January, the company said on Wednesday. His departure, which tech blog Re/code first reported, comes as the company competes with the likes of fast-growing startup Square to get its payments system adopted …
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TIME The Rise and Fall (and Rise and Fall) of eBayTIMERemember when people seriously talked about their eBay addictions? You might not, because you'd have to go back a dozen years or more. And anyway, it was really more of a compulsion, the way mobile games or chat apps have …
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Maplewood TC Votes 4-1 to Amend Ordinance on Post Office PlanThe Village GreenThe Maplewood Township Committee voted to amend an ordinance Tuesday night — with amendments to the amendments added just before the vote — that will limit the maximum height of the Post Office development to 50 feet. The …
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