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eBay has just announced that it has completed the sale of Skype , valuing the company at $2.75 billion. The investor consortium who is the buying...
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Sold!Auction site eBay has, as long anticipated, sold off the Skype telephony service to a group of investors that includes Marc Andreessen's new...
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