eBay paying up to $4 bln for Skype (Reuters)
12th Sep 2005, 18:14 GMT
Reuters - EBay has agreed to buy fast-growing Internet start-up Skype for up to $4.1 billion in cash and shares, in a move to tap new sources of growth and add free Web telephone calls to its online auctions.
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