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eBay Sets Skype Loose At $2.75 B Valuation


The Skype internet phone program is seen on September 1, 2009 in New York City.
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Auction site eBay has, as long anticipated, sold off the Skype telephony service to a group of investors that includes Marc Andreessen's new Andreessen Horowitz group, Silver Lake, and the Skype co-founders' Joltid Ltd. The investor group now holds about 70 percent of the company; eBay retains the rest in a minority stake.

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