Microsoft In $7B Skype Deal? Oh, How They Laughed When eBay Paid $2.6B – Barron’s (blog)
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Microsoft In $7B Skype Deal? Oh, How They Laughed When eBay Paid $2.6B
Barron’s (blog) eBay (EBAY), which bought Skype for $2.6 billion in October of 2005, later sold the company in November of 2005 for $1.9 billion in cash and a 30% stake in Skype to private equity shop Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, … Next Step for Microsoft-Skype: Making Real Money Microsoft Said to Discuss Buying Internet-Call Provider Skype DealBook: Microsoft in Talks to Acquire Skype for $8.5 Billion |
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