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Read More »EBay to sell 65 percent of Skype for $1.9 billion (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Internet auction house EBay Inc plans to sell a majority stake in its online phone unit Skype for $1.9 billion to private investors including Silver Lake, a deal analysts said was worth more than expected but may curb eBay’s growth potential. More: continued here
Read More »EBay Confirms Sale of Skype Stake (New York Times)
EBay confirmed Tuesday that it would sell a majority interest in its Skype Internet calling division to a group of private investors. More: continued here
Read More »EBay partially undoes Skype deal, selling majority (AP via Yahoo! News)
Rather than enduring the uncertainty of spinning off the Skype telecommunications service through a public stock offering, eBay Inc. has found a different way out: It is selling the majority of Skype for about $2 billion to a group of private investors. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Punts Skype for $1.9 Billion, Keeps 35% (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Congratulations to eBay for managing to rid itself of eBay without taking another pounding. People are talking about a “$2.75 billion valuation,” but that is funny money. And to get even the $1.9 billion the private investors will pay, eBay had to kick in a $125 million “loan” to lube …
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eBay (EBAY) calls more active than puts on Skype saleStreetInsider.com (subscription)StreetInsider.com provides up-to-the-minute active trading news and information. Only the most relevant news makes it through to our members, and only what …and more » More: continued here
Read More »WalMart’s New Site Is Worse News For … – The Business Insider
VatorNews WalMart's New Site Is Worse News For eBay Than Amazon (AMZN, EBAY…The Business InsiderBut, this morning JP Morgan analyst Imran Khan said in a research note that eBay is the online retailer most at risk. Third-party sellers are distributing …Walmart.com Can't Dupe Amazon or eBay (WMT, AMZN, EBAY)24/7 Wall …
Read More »Bank of America, metlife, ebay are bi… – The Associated Press
Bank of America, metlife, ebay are big moversThe Associated PressNASDAQ: ebay Inc., down 46 cents at $21.68 The company is trading control of Skype for about $2 billion, reversing a 2005 acquisition many analysts found …and more » More: continued here
Read More »EBay to sell part of telecom service Skype for $2B (AP via Yahoo! News)
EBay Inc. is trading control of the online telecommunications service Skype for about $2 billion, reversing a 2005 acquisition that many analysts considered a head scratcher from the beginning. More: continued here
Read More »EBay to Sell Majority of Stake in Skype (Washington Post)
EBay announced on Tuesday that it will sell most of its stake in the Internet phone service Skype in a deal that prices the service at $2.75 billion. More: continued here
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