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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. |
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
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 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 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. |
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
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. |
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
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
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
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
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. |
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
December 20, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Fool Fight: Amazon vs. eBay Which of these dot-coms giants is the better investment? eBay easily dodges the weakened Amazon. |
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. |
InternetNews
December 13, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
EBay Vendors Demand to be Skyped So why aren't eBay and Skype fully integrated yet? |
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
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
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
April 12, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Skype Swallows Sonorit eBay gears up for a potential challenge to its Skype service with a brainy acquisition. |
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. |
InternetNews
January 24, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Strong Q4 Right-Sizes eBay's Year Results surpassed expectations, but eBay's CEO sees room for improvement. |
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. |
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
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
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. |
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
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
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. |
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
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. |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Did Meg Whitman Hold eBay Back? eBay is trading for roughly half the all-time peak that it set during the 2004 holidays, but that still doesn't make it cheap. The company's 2008 guidance is sobering. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Foolish Forecast: eBay Wants to Forget Skype In advance of eBay's earnings, let's take a look at some of their peers and competitors. |
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. |
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
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
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
July 12, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Dueling Fools: eBay Bear This is not a company you want to overpay for. No, it's not worth as little as a free Kijiji ad. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
November 29, 2004
Robert Barker |
Why A Big-Spending eBay Is A Bummer Lifted by holiday shoppers, the current quarter will surely swell eBay's cash flow. But eBay also is shopping. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2007
Tim Beyers |
The Best E-Commerce Stock for 2007: The Knot The Knot really stands out as the best e-commerce stock for its place in a timeless industry. |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
PayPal Plans Trip to China With competition possibly heating up for eBay's PayPal, a trip to China soon may be good timing. With rapidly increasing Internet use among its huge population, China has become a key expansion destination for eBay and many other companies. |
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. |
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. |
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
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
August 2, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
Don't Count eBay Out Just Yet EBay is taking back mobile market share. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2006
Jeremy MacNealy |
Fool on Call: The Power of eBay's Three eBay believes the sum of its enterprises is greater than the individual parts. The company recently released its third-quarter 2006 results to a round of applause from Wall Street. |
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. |
