eBay bids for Skype | The Register

eBay bids for Skype | The Register: "Online auctioneer eBay is the final stages of talks to buy Voip provider Skype for $2.6bn.
A person close to the situation told Reuters and the FT that eBay would pay $1.3bn in cash and $1.3bn in shares. If targets are met eBay will pay a further $1.5bn in 2008 or 2009. This would give a total price of $4.1bn."