Skype Buy Back Not Likely

Courtesy WebProNews - Financial  Tue, 04/14/2009 - 07:49

A proposed buyout of eBay's Skype by the Internet calling services co-founders and a group of private - equity firms is not likely to be completed.

Niklas Zennstrom & Janus Friis Niklas Zennstrom & Janus Friis

The private equity firms involved in the potential purchase of Skype include KKR, Warburg Pincus, Providence and Elevation Partners, along with the founders of the Internet calling service, according to a Wall Street Journal blog post .

Founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis approached eBay about...


 

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