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What will happen to Skype in 2009?
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What do you thing about all those?
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Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
Only official news, final decision.
| Long live to Skype and Ebay (no change) |
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| A spin off from Ebay |
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| Sell to Google |
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| Sell to Microsoft |
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| Sell to Cisco |
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| Sell to Apple |
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| Sell to a telecommunication company |
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| Other (sell to other one, bankruptcy, ...) |
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- Activity: H$58,075 |
- Predictions: 181 |
Comments: 5
Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 3:59pm PST (5 weeks to go)
Settlement date: Tue 1st Sep 11:14am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Mon 31st Aug 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Long live to Skype and Ebay (no change): 50%, A spin off from Ebay: 10%, Sell to Google: 10%, Sell to Microsoft: 5%, Sell to Cisco: 5%, Sell to Apple : 5%, Sell to a telecommunication company: 5%, Other (sell to other one, bankruptcy, ...): 10%
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: Breaking news:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/EBay-to-sell-part-of-telecom-apf-1705255004.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=3&asset=&ccode= (market suspended)
nigeleccles: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/EBay-to-sell-part-of-telecom-apf-1705255004.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=3&asset=&ccode= 
Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 3:59pm PST (5 weeks to go)
Settlement date: Tue 1st Sep 11:14am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Mon 31st Aug 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
Get widget!Predictions (181)
nanotube
predicted Sell to Cisco (H$5 at 0%)
ijonas
predicted Other (sell to other one, bankruptcy, ...) (H$100 at 88%)
predicted A spin off from Ebay (H$20 at 2%)
predicted A spin off from Ebay (H$100 at 10%)Comments (5)
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April 10, 2009 | Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The founders of Web telephone service Skype, currently owned by eBay Inc, are interested in bidding for the company they sold some four years ago, according to a media report. Co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have contacted several private equity firms in order to make a bid for the company, the New York Times reported on its website on Saturday. The fast-growing Skype, which lets fellow Skype customers call each other for free and posted $550 million in revenue in 2008, was acquired by eBay after former Chief Executive Meg Whitman thought Skype could find an audience in eBay's auction sellers and buyers.
But current CEO John Donahoe has said that Skype has no synergies with the rest of eBay, which also owns Web payments service PayPal. Donahoe has said the company would do what was best for eBay and Skype, comments that some on Wall Street have taken as an interest in selling. The Times wrote that it was unclear whether the two co-founders were actively engaged in negotiations with eBay. A representative for eBay could not be immediately reached for comment.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090411/bs_nm/us_ebay_skype
hence the market is suspended.
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