Telegraph.co.uk Skype's Road To $8 Billion (MSFT, EBAY)San Francisco ChronicleSkype is all-but confirmed to be acquired by Microsoft for over $8 billion, including debt. It's a long road for a company founded back in 2003 that went through fundings, acquisitions, divestures, and a postponed IPO. It started in the small …
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