Microsoft Sags On $8.5B Skype Deal; eBay Up 4%

will pay $8.5 billion in cash to purchase Skype, the Internet calling firm that was bought by eBay (EBAY) in 2005 and spun out in a leveraged buyout in 2009. The deal is a confirmation of on GigaOm, and then were picked up by The Wall Street Journal...