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| Microsoft in talks to buy Skype, report says | Microsoft in talks to buy Skype, report says |
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| Microsoft is in talks to buy internet phone service Skype, the Wall Street Journal has reported. | Microsoft is in talks to buy internet phone service Skype, the Wall Street Journal has reported. |
| According to the paper, the deal could be worth as much as $8.5bn (£5.2bn), which would make it Microsoft's largest acquisition. | According to the paper, the deal could be worth as much as $8.5bn (£5.2bn), which would make it Microsoft's largest acquisition. |
| Both Microsoft and Skype have declined to comment on the story. | Both Microsoft and Skype have declined to comment on the story. |
| Luxembourg-based Skype has 663 million global users. In August last year it announced plans for a share flotation, but this was subsequently put on hold. | Luxembourg-based Skype has 663 million global users. In August last year it announced plans for a share flotation, but this was subsequently put on hold. |
| Internet auction house eBay bought Skype for $2.6bn in 2006, before selling 70% of it in 2009 for $2bn. | Internet auction house eBay bought Skype for $2.6bn in 2006, before selling 70% of it in 2009 for $2bn. |
| Skype is now majority-owned by a group of investors, led by private equity firms Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz. |