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Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion (MSFT)
InvestorGuide Skype had been previously owned by eBay (EBAY: Charts, News, Offers), which bought the company for $2.6 billion in cash and stock in 2005, before selling 70% of the company to private investors in 2009 in a deal which valued Skype at $2.75 billion. … Skype Investors Will Reap a Windfall Skype Investors Reap Windfall in Deal With Microsoft Microsoft Skype Marriage Is All About Communication |
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