Isle gets unique tween boutique on PostofficeDaily News – Galveston CountyNew on Postoffice is the fashionable Gossip Tween Boutique, a family owned business inspired by 10-year-old Samantha Coffey and her mom, Norma. They were shopping but soon realized that they would have to leave this beautiful island of Galveston in … …
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The Guardian Dark net markets: the eBay of drug dealingThe GuardianIn 1972, long before eBay or Amazon, students from Stanford University in California and MIT in Massachusetts conducted the first ever bit of e-commerce. Using the "Arpanet" account at their artificial intelligence lab, the Stanford students sold their …and more » More: …
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The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that FedEx Corporation drivers are employees of the world's third-largest package delivery company not independent contractors. The decision comes a month after the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco made a similar ruling in a separate case and sets the stage to overturn …
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NEW YORK (AP) — PayPal's split from long-time partner eBay Inc. makes Carl Icahn mighty happy. But he doesn't think PayPal should stay single for long. More: continued here
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