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It launched in the United States in July 2007. [34] [35] [36] In May 2005, eBay acquired Gumtree, a classified advertising website in the United Kingdom. [37] In October 2005, eBay Inc. acquired Skype Technologies for $2.6 billion. [38] [39] [40] ProStores was an e-commerce website hosting company owned by eBay.
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal union of 50 states, the federal capital district of Washington, D.C., and 326 Indian reservations. [j] The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.
A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from the map. The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states ...
United States Bicentennial. The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to historical events leading up to the creation of the United States as an independent republic. It was a central event in the memory of the American Revolution.
Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) by the Eagles is the best-selling album of all time in the U.S. The following is a list of the best-selling albums in the United States based on RIAA certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. The criteria are that the album must have been published (including self-publishing by the artist), and the ...
e. 0% 3% 6% 9% 12%. State & Local Sales Taxes (2021) Median household income and taxes. State & local sales taxes average. Sales taxes in the United States are taxes placed on the sale or lease of goods and services in the United States.
This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial and Native American capitals. Washington, D.C. has been the federal capital of the United States since 1800. Each U.S. state has its own capital city, as do many of its insular areas.
The quarter, formally known as the quarter dollar, is a denomination of currency in the United States valued at 25 cents, representing one-quarter of a dollar. Adorning its obverse is the profile of George Washington, while its reverse design has undergone frequent changes since 1998. Since its initial production in 1796, the quarter dollar has ...