Ebay set to seal Skype deal for over $2.6bn
12th Sep 2005, 05:25 GMT
Ebay was in the final stages of sealing an agreement to buy Skype, the fast-growing provider of voice calls over the internet, for more than $2.6bn (£1.4bn), according to a person close to the situation.
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