Thursday, June 15, 2006

Investor's Business Daily: EBay Buyers, Sellers Can Directly Talk Turkey

"EBay Buyers, Sellers Can Directly Talk Turkey

BY PETE BARLAS

INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

Posted 6/14/2006

EBay's (EBAY) raising its voice in e-commerce.

This month eBay, the No. 1 online auction site, will start offering its U.S. buyers and sellers an easy, free way to talk with one another over the Internet to aid transactions.

Skype, a leading provider of Internet phone services called VoIP, or voice over Internet Protocol, will power the service. EBay bought Skype last year for $2.6 billion."

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