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InternetNews
September 8, 2005
Tim Gray |
EBay to Buy Skype? The rumored buy would make it easier for eBay users to communicate with each other.   |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
Dueling Fools: eBay Bull International business and payments will drive eBay's growth -- and don't forget Skype. How can you not like this stock? |
The Motley Fool
September 13, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
eBay's Killer App? Until now, nobody's found a surefire formula for making VoIP a regular part of the Internet experience. Will eBay and Skype provide the necessary synergy to make it go? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2005
Tom Taulli |
From RadioShack: Skype Me! eBay promised synergy from its mega-deal to buy Skype, but now it looks mostly like a play for telecom. Shareholders need to wait until eBay can demonstrate how Skype fits with its larger agenda. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2007
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: eBay's Skype Punt What does eBay's Skype write-off really mean for investors? What is eBay's Skype strategy? How does Skype compare to similar initiatives from competitors? These questions are answered in this video. |
The Motley Fool
March 21, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Skype Means Money Investors, did eBay pay too much for Skype? I don't think so. In a few years, we may look back at it as the new economy bargain of the decade. |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Skype Swallows Sonorit eBay gears up for a potential challenge to its Skype service with a brainy acquisition. |
InternetNews
April 14, 2009
Christopher Saunders |
eBay Plans Skype IPO Online auction giant eBay is planning to take plans its Skype Internet telephony unit public, with an Initial Public Offer planned for the first half of 2010. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2006
Tim Beyers |
The Best Blue Chip for 2007: eBay eBay's most recent issues are temporary setbacks that give investors an opportunity to buy a blue-chip dream stock that's so blue it's loaded with green. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Get In on the Skype IPO eBay finally found a way to unload its popular voice and video chat platform. It will take Skype public as a stand-alone company in the first half of next year. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2008
Tim Beyers |
Skype Has Bigger Fish to Fry eBay's Skype is introducing a $9.95-per-month global plan that will allow users to call out to any mobile or landline phone in 34 countries. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
eBay's Q3 So-So The online auctioneer posts solid but modest results in the third quarter. While the merits of the Skype acquisition -- the largest in eBay's history -- can be debated, a good case can be made for eBay's long-term future. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2007
Tim Beyers |
Dueling Fools: eBay Bull Rebuttal Investors, there's no easy answer with eBay. It may be expensive. It may be cheap. We really can't know for sure. |
InternetNews
September 12, 2005
Erin Joyce |
eBay to Acquire Skype For $2.6 Billion Online auction giant eBay is expanding its communications services with a $2.6 billion cash and stock deal to acquire Voice over IP darling Skype Technologies. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Skype's Advantage Cannot Be Free Skype is a great service, and eBay's auction business is fantastic. But the marriage of the two still seems bizarre, and months later, there still doesn't seem to be a clear path for how they fit together to deliver a return on investment for eBay shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Don't Get Mad, Get Sweden eBay scoops up Tradera to increase its global presence. This deal is based more on growing mindshare than propping up profits. |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
eBay Bids on Itself eBay produces a mixed quarter, but investors can "Buy It Now" if they like what they see. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Dueling Fools: eBay Bear Rebuttal With slower growth, a changing communications landscape, and smarter market-share-munching competitors, don't make the mistake of overpaying for eBay. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2005
Dave Mock |
eBay Today, eBell Tomorrow? eBay's purchase of Skype sets the standard for the role of next-generation communications. Traditional telecom companies are a dying breed, and eBay isn't buying into one of them. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
No Business Like Bid Business eBay has a ho-hum quarter, but that's better than nothing. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The eBay Diet That Meg Whitman sure knows how to eat! Let's look at what her company has devoured. Just 39% of eBay's revenues this past quarter came from its flagship domestic-auction business. The company is diversifying in terms of geography and focus. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2007
Tim Beyers |
Dueling Fools: eBay Bull Yes, eBay is potentially expensive at 39 times trailing earnings. But it was also expensive at 97 times earnings. Look what's happened since. |
InternetNews
December 13, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
EBay Vendors Demand to be Skyped So why aren't eBay and Skype fully integrated yet? |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Thank You, eBay eBay raises the bar after another blowout quarter. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
eBay's Skype Dream In a long-awaited move, the online auctioneer integrates Skype into its site. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Microbay? eBaysoft? Buy It Now? Microsoft has a lot to gain if eBay is willing to sell off any of its moving parts. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Skype Scraper eBay's online voice-chat subsidiary is back after a two-day outage. Consumers seem willing to forgive and forget. For Skype's sake, let's hope that it doesn't have to apologize too much more in the future. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Two Out of Three Ain't Bad PayPal and Skype help keep shortfalls to a minimum at eBay. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Don't Write Off eBay eBay defies cynics, but the absence of sellers is troubling. The market clipped the shares last night, no doubt concerned over the company's sluggish business, but that just makes the value argument that much louder. |
InternetNews
January 22, 2008 |
eBay CEO Whitman Near Retirement? Report claims longtime eBay CEO is making good on a decade-old hint and firming up succession plans. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
eBay: Life After Meg The auction site tops guesstimates in its latest quarter. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2007
Jeremy MacNealy |
Fool on Call: eBay's Social Salvation? The auction site has big plans to tap into online social networks. Investors with long-term horizons should find eBay's big three (marketplace, PayPal, and Skype) too pervasive of an online presence to simply ignore. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2007
Seth Jayson |
eBay's Partial Failure eBay hits shareholders with an impairment charge of $900 million for its Skype purchase, more than a third of the original cash and stock price. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2009
Anders Bylund |
eBay Is $2 Billion Richer! eBay waves a tearful goodbye to Skype and pockets a cool $2 billion. Can you figure out why? |
The Motley Fool
July 7, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
eBay's Ready to Party Like It's 1999 Analysts at Jefferies & Co. and Collins Stewart believe that the company's struggling auction platform is finally turning the corner. |
InternetNews
September 15, 2005
Tim Gray |
eBay's Big Buy Leaves 'em Guessing Before the ink could dry on Internet auction giant eBay's $2.6 billion deal to acquire VoIP titan Skype this week, industry analysts were delivering mixed reviews on the move. |
InternetNews
January 23, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Executive Shuffle at eBay CEO Meg Whitman steps aside as the online auction site delivers solid fourth-quarter results. |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2005
David Meier |
Did eBay Overpay? The online auctioneer's bid for Skype might seem rich, but it just may pay in the long term. |
The Motley Fool
January 21, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
eBay's Earnings Deserve Respect The Skype sale offered a boost, but a good report is a good report. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2006
Shruti Basavaraj |
eBay and Amazon Battle It Out: A Recap Investors, which of these e-commerce behemoths has a brighter future? |
InternetNews
January 28, 2009
Judy Mottl |
Hold the VoIP: Skype Sale Rumors Flying Comments from parent company on last week's earnings call have kept the buzz alive over whether eBay's selling Skype. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
You're Selling the Wrong Verb, eBay Media outlets are speculating that eBay's online voice chat subsidiary Skype may be sold off, based on comments that CEO John Donahoe made during last week's conference call. |
The Motley Fool
January 30, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
This Is How It's Done, eBay If you want growth in the online auction space, look overseas to foreign auction sites like MercadoLibre and Gmarket. |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Fool on the Street: eBay's Two Smokin' Barrels eBay CFO Bob Swan discusses the company's future challenges and goals. |
InternetNews
August 20, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Skype's Back But For How Long? EBay's Voice over IP company Skype is blaming last week's two-day outage on "massive restart" of user computers across the globe. |
InternetNews
June 14, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Ebay Hypes Skype Integration eBay plans to integrate Skype, its $2.6 billion Voice over IP investment, into more than a dozen categories of listings. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2007
Morgan Housel |
Skype CEO Hangs Up on eBay ... Again Skype founder and former CEO Niklas Zennstrom admits that eBay overpaid for the online telephone company. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2010
Tim Beyers |
You Blew It, eBay Look where Skype is now. |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Google Gunning for eBay? If Google launches a worthy rival to PayPal, eBay will have one more headache to contend with. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Terrible Timing, eBay! Could eBay have played the Skype acquisition any worse? |
