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Microsoft to buy Skype in $8.5bn deal
Link: http://english.aljazeera.net/business/2011/05/20115108383288743.html
Software giant Microsoft plans to acquire Skype, the online video conferencing service for $8.5bn, both companies have announced. "Together we will create the future of real-time communications so people can easily stay connected to family, friends, clients and colleagues anywhere in the world," Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief executive, said on Tuesday.
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