Morning Tech Wrap: Microsoft, Skype, Google

Forbes.com Blogs (May 10 2011)

1. Microsoft is in talks to buy Skype from eBay and the internet telephone services's founders for between $7 billion and $8 billion, according to several reports. The deal, which the Wall Street Journal describes as “the most aggressive move yet by Microsoft to play in in the increasingly-converged worlds of communication, information and entertainment”, could be announced as early as Tuesday. The news was first reported by Gigaom. Taking in Skype’s long-term debt, the total value of the deal would be around $8.5 billion. A Skype purchase would be the biggest acquisition in the history of Microsoft. In 2007, the company paid around $6 billion for online advertising firm aQuantive, though many investors reportedly felt the company had overpaid for the deal. (Read Full Article)

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