GLOBAL - The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board is part of the investor group acquiring a 65% interest in Skype Technologies from eBay in a US$2bn cash and debt deal.
The transaction - which is not subject to a financing condition and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2009 - valued Skype at $2.75bn, with eBay retaining the remaining 35% equity intere...
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