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Skype Guys Trying to Buy It Back From eBay

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 11, 2009 9:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – The European wunderkinds who gave the world Skype have been approaching private equity firms in an attempt to buy their creation back from eBay, the New York Times reports. Niklas Zennstrom of Sweden and Janus Friis of Denmark sold the Internet phone service for $2.... Read full story »

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