How eBay Fared in Latest Skype Deal

The conventional thinking goes that Meg Whitman , eBay ’s former chief executive, blundered by buying Skype six years ago for $2.5 billion. Her idea that Skype, the Internet calling service, would encourage eBay’s users to talk to one another rather than chat by e-mail never panned out. More: continued …

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Keyser Post Office sets hunger drive

Keyser, W.Va. — By Richard Kerns rkerns@newstribune.info Tribune Staff Writer KEYSER – The Keyser Post Office is once again sponsoring its annual food drive, with postal carriers set to collect non-perishable food items left by the mailbox this Saturday. More: continued here

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Derek Lam for EBay on sale now

It’s what EBay is calling the first-ever crowd-sourced designer collection. Shoppers voted on the final five dresses on sale Tuesday exclusively at DerekLam.eBay.com, choosing from 16 styles Lam designed and showed during New York’s spring/summer 2011 fashion week in February…. More: continued here

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Skype takes Microsoft’s call – MarketWatch

Telegraph.co.uk Skype takes Microsoft's callMarketWatchThe group had acquired the company from eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) in a 2009 deal valued at roughly $2.75 billion. The transaction left eBay with a roughly 30% equity investment in Skype. Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) fell more than 1% to $25.56, …US Stock Futures: HOT STOCKS …

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