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Report: Microsoft to Buy Skype

Update: Kara Swisher of AllThingsDigital reports that Microsoft has closed a deal to buy Skype, the voice over Internet protocol phone service.  Skype’s valuation is said to be as much as $8.5 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. Officials from neither company would comment; Swisher reports a deal will be announced Tuesday morning. READ MORE »