The computer giant Microsoft is close to a deal to buy the leading Internet telephony Skype for more than 7 billion dollars (4.9 billion euros), said Monday the Wall Street Journal on its website . The agreement could be announced as early as Tuesday, according to sources familiar with the matter cited by the daily écononomique.
Negotiations were continuing Monday night, and an agreement was still likely to fall into the water, the sources warned. SOLD BY EBAY IN 2009 If the amount of over $ 7 billion were true, it would be one of the largest acquisitions in the history of Microsoft, explained the Wall Street Journal.
Skype announced in the summer of 2010 his intention to go public in New York. Redemption rumors ran from the press, including the U.S. telecoms equipment maker Cisco. Skype was sold by auction giant eBay on the Internet in November 2009 to a group of investors in a transaction that valued then Skype 2.75 billion.
EBay has retained a 30% stake, while more than half the shares are held by an investor group led by Silver Lake Partners funds and Andreessen-Horowitz and Investment Board Plan pensions of Canada (CPPIB). 
Negotiations were continuing Monday night, and an agreement was still likely to fall into the water, the sources warned. SOLD BY EBAY IN 2009 If the amount of over $ 7 billion were true, it would be one of the largest acquisitions in the history of Microsoft, explained the Wall Street Journal.
Skype announced in the summer of 2010 his intention to go public in New York. Redemption rumors ran from the press, including the U.S. telecoms equipment maker Cisco. Skype was sold by auction giant eBay on the Internet in November 2009 to a group of investors in a transaction that valued then Skype 2.75 billion.
EBay has retained a 30% stake, while more than half the shares are held by an investor group led by Silver Lake Partners funds and Andreessen-Horowitz and Investment Board Plan pensions of Canada (CPPIB).
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