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I hope you enjoy the content I find.tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/1dbb4ef0373b30052012-05-19T21:09:56Z2012-05-19T21:09:56ZJulia Wilkinsontag:google.com,2005:reader/feed/http://feeds.feedburner.com/AuctionbytesBlogBuy.com Merchant Evangelist Randy Smythe discussed the company s new upcoming fulfillment service, synergies with its parent company Rakuten - such as helping U.S. merchants sell to the Japanese ...<p><iframe src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~ah/f/815cb7dad0qfrlcor5d4vsah5g/468/60#http%3A%2F%2Fblog.auctionbytes.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fblog%2Fblog.pl%3F%2Fpl%2F2012%2F5%2F1337458196.html" width="100%" height="60" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"></iframe></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?a=5bCJr6Wc5x0:8VtjUPtOEy0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?a=5bCJr6Wc5x0:8VtjUPtOEy0:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?i=5bCJr6Wc5x0:8VtjUPtOEy0:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?a=5bCJr6Wc5x0:8VtjUPtOEy0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?i=5bCJr6Wc5x0:8VtjUPtOEy0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?a=5bCJr6Wc5x0:8VtjUPtOEy0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?i=5bCJr6Wc5x0:8VtjUPtOEy0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?a=5bCJr6Wc5x0:8VtjUPtOEy0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?a=5bCJr6Wc5x0:8VtjUPtOEy0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?i=5bCJr6Wc5x0:8VtjUPtOEy0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ngYHWNmi2fztq3hsl5YVCN5MNUo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ngYHWNmi2fztq3hsl5YVCN5MNUo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ngYHWNmi2fztq3hsl5YVCN5MNUo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ngYHWNmi2fztq3hsl5YVCN5MNUo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyBlogUtopiaReader/~4/V9yMGcSWZlA" height="1" width="1"/>http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2012/5/1337458196.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rksmythewhatimreading/~3/5bCJr6Wc5x0/blog.pltag:google.com,2005:reader/item/73eaa1f76fe40c1e2012-05-14T19:45:03Z2012-05-14T19:45:03Z(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/feed/http://news.google.com/news?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=buy.com&cf=all&output=rss<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGX0w_0J35g3_N0PmDi91wlYA6aIQ&amp;url=http://blog.ecommercebytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/comments/2012/5/1337024264.html"><img src="http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/RNwDLwyoTBQHzM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">EcommerceBytes (blog)</font></a></font></td><td valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGX0w_0J35g3_N0PmDi91wlYA6aIQ&amp;url=http://blog.ecommercebytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/comments/2012/5/1337024264.html"><b>Buy Bets Big on Third Party Merchants</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">EcommerceBytes (blog)</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">Online marketplace <b>Buy.com</b> is taking a page out of its Japanese parent Rakuten&#39;s playbook as it makes a radical shift to its home page design. Visitors to <b>Buy.com</b>, which says it does not compete with its sellers, now see third-party merchants featured <b>...</b></font><br><font size="-1"></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;ncl=dCVhU38QGMa2orM"><b></b></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?a=zX-01X_k4jM:XFnVopd8sgc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?a=zX-01X_k4jM:XFnVopd8sgc:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?i=zX-01X_k4jM:XFnVopd8sgc:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?a=zX-01X_k4jM:XFnVopd8sgc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rksmythewhatimreading?i=zX-01X_k4jM:XFnVopd8sgc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a 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