The internet auction site eBay is in talks to buy net telephone company Skype

The internet auction site eBay is in talks to buy net telephone company Skype,
it was reported today.
According to the Wall Street Journal, eBay - one of the biggest successes of
the dotcom era - wants to buy Skype for between $2bn (£1bn) and $3bn.

The paper says talks are at a sensitive stage and could fall apart. Skype -
whose software allows consumers to make free telephone calls around the world
over the internet - has held discussions with other companies, such as News
Corporation, but none has led to a deal.

Both eBay and Skype today remained tight-lipped about the report. "We're not
commenting on rumours," Kat James, a spokeswoman for the Luxembourg-based
Skype, told Reuters

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