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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 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.
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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 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 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 February 17, 2010 Tim Beyers	You Blew It, eBay Look where Skype is now.
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.
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InternetNews July 18, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	EBay Profits up 50% EBay today reported second quarter profits jumped 50 percent year over year to $376 million, or $0.27 earnings per diluted share.
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InternetNews October 18, 2007 David Needle	Whitman: eBay For 'Social Commerce' eBay CEO Meg Whitman said her company is poised to put the social in buying.
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?
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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.
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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 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.
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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.
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The Motley Fool September 1, 2009 Anders Bylund	Terrible Timing, eBay! Could eBay have played the Skype acquisition any worse?
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InternetNews October 1, 2007 Larry Barrett	eBay Unhappy Over Skype Performance, Unit's CEO Out Two years after paying $2.6 billion for the VoIP provider, eBay says goodbye to Skype's founder - and hello to more than $1.4 billion in charges.
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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.
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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.
The Motley Fool October 9, 2007 Morgan Housel	Meg Whitman's Tough Lessons What investing lessons can you learn from eBay's costly purchase of Skype?
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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.
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