eBay Inc. announced today that is has successfully completed the previously announced sale of Skype. The deal values the business at $2.75 billion. The buyer is an investor group led by Silver Lake and includes the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Andreessen Horowitz, and Joltid Limited. (More …)
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Notes from the Road: Day 2 (or “I talk too much”)
I talk too much. That much is evident after another day on the road. Anyone that has met me knows this already but you know it’s bad when I actually notice it too.
I started the day at 8:30 this morning, moving from the internal communications group, where I spent the majority of my day yesterday, to the corporate (external) communications group for the day. Today was their team meeting that included brief presentations by PR representatives from all the different groups within the eBay German office and I presented an overview of Ink to a room of about 15 people. The meeting was scheduled from 9:30 – 11am. I was added to the agenda and was invited to go first. When I looked up at the clock after my 6-page preso, a run-through of Ink, and a following Q&A, it was 10:30 and there were only 30 minutes for everyone else to go through their updates. Like I said, I talk too much.
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