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Peninsula On-line Fans quick to offer Rays ring souvenirs on eBay, CraigslistTampa Tribune, FLIf you missed out on the giveaway at Tropicana Field, a plethora are available on eBay and Craigslist, some selling for as much as $150. Fans attending the sold-out game between Tampa Bay and the New York Yankees …

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EBay announced plans to spin off its Internet calling division, in an initial public offering targeted for the first half of 2010. More: continued here

April 15 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. , under pressure to focus on reviving sales at its main e-commerce site, is planning an initial public offering for the Skype Internet-calling unit in the first half of 2010. More: continued here

I’ll admit to being a little puzzled when Internet auction giant eBay acquired voice-over-IP company Skype back in 2005. Sure, Skype was a neat little operation, and at a cost of $2.6 billion, it seemed clear that it was worth something, but it never quite made sense—not like eBay’s acquisition …

While analysts appeared to applaud eBay ’s plans to spin off Skype in an initial public offering aimed at the first half of 2010, there’s still one kink that has to be worked out before eBay can unload its Internet calling division, The New York Times’s Brad Stone writes. More: …

On Wednesday, eBay put an end to speculation about the fate of Skype. eBay will spin off the Internet VoIP telephone service and make an initial public offering in the first half of 2010. More: continued here

EBay plans to spin off its Skype unit, acknowledging that the Web telephone service does not fit with the rest of the company, in an indictment of former CEO Meg Whitman’s acquisition strategy. More: continued here

Executives at eBay ( EBAY ) have made plain that Skype wasn’t long for their stable of businesses. What was less clear is how the e-commerce giant would dispose of the division that lets users place free or cheap phone calls over the Internet. More: continued here

I’ll admit to being a little puzzled when Internet auction giant eBay acquired voice-over-IP company Skype back in 2005. Sure… More: continued here