Entries tagged "eBay"

eBay's Skype deal is (finally) undone

A consortium of investors that includes Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board takes charge of Skype. What's next?

Whitman's dealmaking becomes campaign issue

Under attack from opponents, California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman defends eBay's failed Skype deal.

eBay for the wealthy

If pay czar Ken Feinberg has put a crimp in your lifestyle and you're looking to unload your wife's Harry Winston diamonds, you just might need the BillionaireExchange.

Did eBay sell out cheap in the Skype deal?

Many shareholders are asking why eBay decided to sell the company now when valuations of companies are ringing in low.

Roll Call: The Case Against a Super-Regulator

Here are some must reads to kick-off your Tuesday.

eBay receives PE bids for Skype?

Two venture capital firms and an unnamed private equity firm reportedly offered eBay a bid for its online voice service Skype.

John Doerr, Jeff Immelt on green tech 'crisis'

What do Amazon, eBay, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! have in common? They're the world's top five Internet companies, and they're American. But with green tech, the U.S. is falling behind, say John Doerr and Jeff Immelt.

Clouds over eBay's Skype spinoff and IPO

A license dispute between eBay and Skype's founders threatens spinoff and IPO of Internet calling unit.

eBay in no hurry to spin off Skype

EBay CEO John Donahoe says time is on the online auctioneer's side with a Skype spinoff.

Will buyers come gunning for Skype?

Google, Cisco or Microsoft could be logical buyers for the VoIP service, analyst says.

Bloggers: eBay never should have bought Skype

EBay's Tuesday announcement that it would spin off Skype and take it public is good news for eBay shareholders.

Mets, Madoff estate to sell tickets

The New York Mets and the SIPC trustee overseeing the wind-down of Bernie Madoff's firm cut a deal to sell the fraudster's season tickets at CIti Field.

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