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Skype sold to Microsoft in $8.5bn deal

Author: Diana Petrowicz
Nordic unquote | 10 May 2011 | secure

Silver Lake Partners, Joltid Limited, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have sold online telecommunication provider Skype for $8.5bn to Microsoft.

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