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EBay sold Skype for $2 billion

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service.
Last week, the online auction site settled a legal skirmish with co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis which allowed the deal to move forward. The settlement gave [...]

Skype War: Skype Founders’ Injunction May Derail Skype Buyout

Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, the founders of Skype, though their Joltid and Joost businesses, are seeking an injunction against Mike Volpi and Index Ventures that would prevent Volpi and Index from completing a deal agreed to in September to buy Skype from eBay….

Skype founders seek to block Index, Volpi from deal

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – Skype’s founders have asked a U.S. federal court to prevent Index Ventures and one of its partners from further participating in the proposed $1.9 billion acquisition of the Web phone service, according to a court filing on Wednesday.
The suit, brought by Joltid and Joost, the companies of Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom [...]

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