Internal Affairs: Whitman's eBay misstep provides fodder for GOP …San Jose Mercury News, USABut one of the key deals she orchestrated as chief of eBay— the $2.6 billion purchase of Internet phone service Skype in 2005 — has turned out to be a loser for the company. And her leading …
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