Company Insight

Early Thoughts on Microsoft's Skype Call

Author: Aapo Markkanen, Senior Analyst, Consumer Mobility

Published: 11 May 2011

$8.5 billion in cash is a lot of money for a firm whose business has yet to become profitable, especially considering the $2.6 billion (in cash and stock) that Silver Lake Partners paid eBay for a 65% share in 2009.

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