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The Motley Fool June 6, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The Skype's the Limit Given CEO Meg Whitman's vocal stance on proposed pay-to-play Internet legislation, and how it would impact Skype, eBay's latest catch may prove to be its biggest. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2005 Rick Munarriz	Will Skype Kill Vonage? eBay's new baby may make the VoIP movement a little nervous. Skype is viral. The more it spreads, the more powerful it becomes. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 12, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Skype Swallows Sonorit eBay gears up for a potential challenge to its Skype service with a brainy acquisition.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Yahoo! Calling Yahoo! launches a telephony service to dial up revenues. In the end, this is just more trouble for the traditional phone industry, and even more reason to worry about Vonage's upcoming IPO.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Skype Spreads to Cell Phones eBay's Skype lands a sweet mobile deal with British wireless service provider 3 UK. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2006 Alyce Lomax	eBay's Skype Dream In a long-awaited move, the online auctioneer integrates Skype into its site.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Bon Voyage, Vonage The VoIP leader files to go public, but the company's current financials don't look too appealing. It's important for Vonage to enter the market at a reasonable price, especially now that it faces greater risk from the Grandbaby Bells. Let's hope that Vonage isn't making the call too late.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	You're Selling the Wrong Verb, eBay Media outlets are speculating that eBay's online voice chat subsidiary Skype may be sold off, based on comments that CEO John Donahoe made during last week's conference call.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2005 Tom Taulli	From RadioShack: Skype Me! eBay promised synergy from its mega-deal to buy Skype, but now it looks mostly like a play for telecom. Shareholders need to wait until eBay can demonstrate how Skype fits with its larger agenda.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Skype Victoriously, MySpace Friends eBay's Skype connects with the world's most popular social network. What will it mean to investors?
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Battle of the Verbs at eBay Yes, eBay is still a very necessary cog in the e-commerce engine, but its flexibility to inch rates higher is going to be tested now that there are so many free outlets springing up for the entrepreneurially minded. Investors, take note.
InternetNews December 13, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Skype Offers Unlimited Calling Plan Cheap rates and discount products are on the table for SkypeOut subscribers.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Thank You, eBay eBay raises the bar after another blowout quarter. Investors, take note.
Entrepreneur January 2006 Mike Hogan	Skype's the Limit With better quality and features, Skype takes VoIP for your business calls to a new level.
InternetNews June 14, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Ebay Hypes Skype Integration eBay plans to integrate Skype, its $2.6 billion Voice over IP investment, into more than a dozen categories of listings.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	No Business Like Bid Business eBay has a ho-hum quarter, but that's better than nothing. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Skype Scraper eBay's online voice-chat subsidiary is back after a two-day outage. Consumers seem willing to forgive and forget. For Skype's sake, let's hope that it doesn't have to apologize too much more in the future.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2005 Jeff Hwang	Dueling Fools: eBay Bull International business and payments will drive eBay's growth -- and don't forget Skype. How can you not like this stock?
InternetNews May 24, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Vonage IPO Hits Market Turbulence Vonage hopes to raise $531M to help fund expansion and pay off debts.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Microbay? eBaysoft? Buy It Now? Microsoft has a lot to gain if eBay is willing to sell off any of its moving parts.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2007 Seth Jayson	eBay's Partial Failure eBay hits shareholders with an impairment charge of $900 million for its Skype purchase, more than a third of the original cash and stock price.
InternetNews April 11, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Skype Buys VoIP Startup Skype beefed up its VoIP talent pool today, acquiring Sonorit Holding and its U.S. subsidiary startup Camino Networks for $27 million in stock.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Get In on the Skype IPO eBay finally found a way to unload its popular voice and video chat platform. It will take Skype public as a stand-alone company in the first half of next year.
InternetNews April 14, 2009 Christopher Saunders	eBay Plans Skype IPO Online auction giant eBay is planning to take plans its Skype Internet telephony unit public, with an Initial Public Offer planned for the first half of 2010.
InternetNews October 12, 2007 Larry Barrett	Skype Co-Founder Admits Expectations Were Too High A week after eBay wrote off $1.4 billion from its purchase, Skype's co-founder and former CEO said early revenue targets were overly ambitious.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2006 Tom Taulli	Vonage: Ring and Ka-Ching Vonage is the brand leader in VoIP. But what's the long-term play on the company? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The Skype's the Limit News Corp. to pay $3 billion for an online freebie? Phone companies may see Vonage as a low-priced competitor, but Internet phone service Skype is an all-out threat. But is the company overvalued?
The Motley Fool September 1, 2009 Anders Bylund	Terrible Timing, eBay! Could eBay have played the Skype acquisition any worse?
The Motley Fool April 26, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Hear It Now, eBay Skype beefs up its music-label stature as it prepares to sell more ringtones.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Microsoft Makes the Call With Microsoft's interest apparent, it's clear VoIP is going increasingly mainstream.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Dueling Fools: eBay Bear Rebuttal With slower growth, a changing communications landscape, and smarter market-share-munching competitors, don't make the mistake of overpaying for eBay.
InternetNews September 15, 2005 Tim Gray	eBay's Big Buy Leaves 'em Guessing Before the ink could dry on Internet auction giant eBay's $2.6 billion deal to acquire VoIP titan Skype this week, industry analysts were delivering mixed reviews on the move.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2008 Tim Beyers	Skype Has Bigger Fish to Fry eBay's Skype is introducing a $9.95-per-month global plan that will allow users to call out to any mobile or landline phone in 34 countries.
InternetNews January 28, 2009 Judy Mottl	Hold the VoIP: Skype Sale Rumors Flying Comments from parent company on last week's earnings call have kept the buzz alive over whether eBay's selling Skype.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2007 Mac Greer	Fool Video: eBay's Skype Punt What does eBay's Skype write-off really mean for investors? What is eBay's Skype strategy? How does Skype compare to similar initiatives from competitors? These questions are answered in this video.
InternetNews May 16, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Skype Suspends Calling Charges Skype users making calls to regular phones will be free in the U.S. and Canada for the next year.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Madonna Meets Skype Warner's music label hooks up with eBay's hot chat service, but the move may make more sense than cents. Let's face it -- folks who may be too cheap to pay for conventional phone service are also likely to be too cheap to pay for high-end wireless phones with digital download capability.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Skype's Advantage Cannot Be Free Skype is a great service, and eBay's auction business is fantastic. But the marriage of the two still seems bizarre, and months later, there still doesn't seem to be a clear path for how they fit together to deliver a return on investment for eBay shareholders.
InternetNews August 28, 2006 Clint Boulton	Google, eBay Make Nice on Text Ads, Click-to-Call Looking to shore up their position against Microsoft and Yahoo in the fiercely competitive market for Internet advertising services, Google and eBay struck a multi-year deal to work together on text-based and click-to-call advertising.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Buy It Now, Sell It Later at eBay This week has already seen eBay return social bookmarking site StumbleUpon to its founders and reportedly acquire a significant stake in South Korea's Gmarket. There are also rumors regarding Skype.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Yahoo! Answers the Call The Internet giant prepares to launch a VoIP product through its instant-messenger service. Whether this move will bring in additional revenue for Yahoo! and help its messenger service gain more users remains to be seen.
The Motley Fool February 17, 2010 Tim Beyers	You Blew It, eBay Look where Skype is now.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2005 Dave Mock	eBay Today, eBell Tomorrow? eBay's purchase of Skype sets the standard for the role of next-generation communications. Traditional telecom companies are a dying breed, and eBay isn't buying into one of them.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Skype Means Money Investors, did eBay pay too much for Skype? I don't think so. In a few years, we may look back at it as the new economy bargain of the decade.
InternetNews October 3, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Skype Sticks With GIPS Skype extends and expands its contract with Global IP Sound as it eyes the mobile market.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2005 W.D. Crotty	eBay's Killer App? Until now, nobody's found a surefire formula for making VoIP a regular part of the Internet experience. Will eBay and Skype provide the necessary synergy to make it go? Investors, take note.
InternetNews September 12, 2005 Erin Joyce	eBay to Acquire Skype For $2.6 Billion Online auction giant eBay is expanding its communications services with a $2.6 billion cash and stock deal to acquire Voice over IP darling Skype Technologies.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The Worst Stock for 2007: Vonage Investors, when Vonage rings, don't answer. Ask for it to call back in a few years, when it will be either a viable business or a creepy call from beyond the grave.
PC Magazine December 29, 2005 Davis D. Janowski	Skype 2.0 beta Get free video calling, a streamlined interface, and more with Skype's new beta.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Rock-a-Buy eBay It was another mixed quarter at eBay, even though the tug-of-war found the optimists muscling a little more pull than the pessimists. With eBay shares trading nearly 40% off their January peak, approach this as buying in for PayPal and getting Skype and eBay as bonus gravy.