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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 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 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?
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 May 16, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	eBay's Talk Is Cheap The auction site's Skype VoIP service is allowing its users to make free stateside calls to landline and mobile phones. That's good news for eBay -- and bad news for telcos in general, and Vonage in particular. Investors, take note.
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 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.
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 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 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 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.
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.
InternetNews April 11, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Skype Buys VoIP Startup Skype beefed up its VoIP talent pool today, acquiring Sonorit Holding and its U.S. subsidiary startup Camino Networks for $27 million in stock.
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.
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 April 14, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Buy It Now, Sell It Later at eBay This week has already seen eBay return social bookmarking site StumbleUpon to its founders and reportedly acquire a significant stake in South Korea's Gmarket. There are also rumors regarding Skype.
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 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 March 8, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Fool on the Street: eBay Hunts Windorphins Meg Whitman hopes to light a rocket under her pocketbook of verbs. The company's ability to generate greenery and its self-sustaining subsidiaries is going to make the next few years very acquisitive for eBay if it's able to find the right matches at attractive prices. Investors, take note.
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 December 13, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	EBay Vendors Demand to be Skyped So why aren't eBay and Skype fully integrated yet?
InternetNews March 12, 2009 Michelle Megna	eBay: 'We Are Done Apologizing for Skype' eBay executives attempt to assuage analysts with an aggressive growth plan for Skype and for PayPal - with doubled revenues for each by 2011.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Thank You, eBay eBay raises the bar after another blowout quarter. Investors, take note.
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.
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 April 17, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	eBay: Life After Meg The auction site tops guesstimates in its latest quarter.
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 1, 2009	eBay Sells Skype, Keeps Minority Stake The e-commerce giant finally unloads Internet phone unit Skype for $1.9 billion.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Skype Victoriously, MySpace Friends eBay's Skype connects with the world's most popular social network. What will it mean to investors?
The Motley Fool September 1, 2009 Anders Bylund	Terrible Timing, eBay! Could eBay have played the Skype acquisition any worse?
InternetNews October 3, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Skype Sticks With GIPS Skype extends and expands its contract with Global IP Sound as it eyes the mobile market.
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.
InternetNews November 29, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Skype Takes Another EBay Exec Henry Gomez will spearhead Skype's North American VoIP expansion.
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.
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 February 17, 2010 Tim Beyers	You Blew It, eBay Look where Skype is now.
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 October 19, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Rock-a-Buy eBay It was another mixed quarter at eBay, even though the tug-of-war found the optimists muscling a little more pull than the pessimists. With eBay shares trading nearly 40% off their January peak, approach this as buying in for PayPal and getting Skype and eBay as bonus gravy.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The Skype's the Limit Given CEO Meg Whitman's vocal stance on proposed pay-to-play Internet legislation, and how it would impact Skype, eBay's latest catch may prove to be its biggest. Investors, take note.
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.
InternetNews October 12, 2007 Larry Barrett	Skype Co-Founder Admits Expectations Were Too High A week after eBay wrote off $1.4 billion from its purchase, Skype's co-founder and former CEO said early revenue targets were overly ambitious.
InternetNews April 22, 2009 Michelle Megna	eBay Earnings Call: Low Expectations eBay has been making news as of late, but is it enough to placate investors if earnings are down?
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Battle of the Verbs at eBay Yes, eBay is still a very necessary cog in the e-commerce engine, but its flexibility to inch rates higher is going to be tested now that there are so many free outlets springing up for the entrepreneurially minded. Investors, take note.
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.
InternetNews August 28, 2006 Clint Boulton	Google, eBay Make Nice on Text Ads, Click-to-Call Looking to shore up their position against Microsoft and Yahoo in the fiercely competitive market for Internet advertising services, Google and eBay struck a multi-year deal to work together on text-based and click-to-call advertising.
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