Created Tue 27th Jan 9:05am PST by

exilpat Level 12, Guru (H$35,163)

Will Ebay sell Skype to Google?

Settled as No

Background: Several newspapers reported about rumours, that ebay might consider selling Skype to Google. Background: Ebay disappointing forth-quarter-resulktes plus ebay-boss John Donahoes remarks about Skype beeing a "great stand alone business" with little synergies with and integration into ebay.

Editor's clarification: This will be settled as yes if it is announced that Skype has been sold before the end of June 2009.

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

Forecast history %

Yes

98%

Settled as No on Mon 13th Jul 12:03am PST

Activity: H$116,390
Predictions: 67
Comments: 2

Suspend date: Tue 16th Jun 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Mon 13th Jul 12:03am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 16th Jun 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%

Action history:

Created Tue 27th Jan 9:05am PST by

exilpat Level 12, Guru (H$35,163)

Suspended Tue 27th Jan 10:22am PST by

nigeleccles [Admin]

: Clarifying

Suspended Fri 30th Jan 11:59pm PST : Suspend date reached

Changed Description Sat 31st Jan 7:33am PST by

nigeleccles [Admin]

: show details

... with and integration into ebay,.<br/> <br/> Editor's clarification: This will be settled as yes if it is announced that Skype has been sold before the end of June 2009.

Unsuspended Sat 31st Jan 7:33am PST by

nigeleccles [Admin]

: Clarified

Changed Suspend date Sat 31st Jan 7:37am PST by

nigeleccles [Admin]

: was: "2009-01-30 23:59:00"

Changed Description Sat 31st Jan 7:37am PST by

nigeleccles [Admin]

: show details

... with and integration into ebay.<. <br/> <br/> Editor's clarification:

Unsuspended Thu 5th Feb 1:34am PST by

nigeleccles [Admin]

: Keeping it open until close to settlement

Suspended Tue 16th Jun 11:59pm PST : Suspend date reached

Settlement requested Sat 20th Jun 12:07pm PST by

iknowwhatismyname Level 15, Seer (H$269,949)

: no. ebay still own skype.

Settlement requested Sun 12th Jul 6:52am PST by

crowe

: this market suspended in June. It's now July 12.

Settled as 'No' Mon 13th Jul 12:03am PST by

nigeleccles [Admin]

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Predictions (67)

22 weeks ago

undercontrol Level 10, Genius (H$10,161)

predicted Yes (H$2 at 2%)

22 weeks ago

elizaveta Level 1, Newbie (H$91)

predicted No (H$20 at 98%)

22 weeks ago

parabola Level 1, Newbie (H$984)

predicted No (H$100 at 98%)

22 weeks ago

aussieguy Level 6, Player (H$2,380)

predicted No (H$100 at 98%)

22 weeks ago

creepydude Level 4, Whiz-kid (H$1,224)

predicted No (H$21 at 98%)

Comments (2)

lola

Is 3 days enough time for this market to mature to completion? I would be more inclined to wager if it wasn't suspending in 72 hours (which hardly gives Google enough time to consider a purchase of such proportions let alone respond publicly indicating their intentions).

posted 42 weeks ago

lola

Will this question be unsuspended anytime soon? It's certainly a valid and answerable question.

Could Skype Be For Sale | Wall Street Journal
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/01/26/could-skype-be-for-sale

Google News Stream:
http://tinyurl.com/c9gwdz

posted 42 weeks ago

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