Skype...? Pype.....

You saw it here first - now it's for real! Let's hope the new owners' can get rid of the frauds, bugs and other unwanted things.
I still won't be using it - "VOIPBUSTER" (Google it) is still better...at least for now!
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September 1, 2009 7:08 AM PDT

Sold! eBay jettisons Skype in $2 billion deal

by Steven Musil
and Jonathan Skillings

E-commerce giant eBay announced Tuesday that it is selling its Skype unit to an investor group that includes Marc Andreessen's new venture.

Under the deal, eBay will receive approximately $1.9 billion in cash and a note from the buyer in the principal amount of $125 million, for a total of $2.025 billion. The participants expect the deal to close in the fourth quarter.

The investor group, which will take a roughly 65 percent stake in Skype, is led by Silver Lake and includes Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The remaining 35 percent of the Internet telephony service will be retained by eBay.

The parties said the deal values Skype, which is likely to see an IPO in the coming months, at $2.75 billion.

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Editor's Note:

And..... "e-bay" still remains the biggest "take care" auction site on the Web - in my opinion.

Great...! The Swiss have made a lot of money - again, but people are, or should be, VERY wary of ANYTHING - Swiss!


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