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 the deal.

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