engine - 8:01 am on May 10, 2011 (gmt 0)

Report: Microsoft Close to Acquiring Skype [online.wsj.com]

Microsoft Corp. is close to a deal to buy Internet phone company Skype Technologies SA for between $7 billion and $8 billion—the most aggressive move yet by Microsoft to play in the increasingly-converged worlds of communication, information and entertainment.

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Report: Facebook and Google Consider Skype Deal [webmasterworld.com]