微软欲以85亿美元高价收购Skype

时间：2011-05-10 07:32:16

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Microsoft is in talks to buy internet phone service Skype, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

据华尔街报报道，微软欲收购Skype

According to the paper, the deal could be worth as much as $8.5bn (£5.2bn), which would make it Microsoft's largest acquisition.

Both Microsoft and Skype have declined to comment on the story.

Luxembourg-based（总部位于卢森堡的） Skype has 663 million global users. In August last year it announced plans for a share flotation, but this was subsequently put on hold.

Internet auction¹ house eBay bought Skype for $2.6bn in 2006, before selling 70% of it in 2009 for $2bn.

Skype is now majority-owned by a group of investors², led by private equity³ firms Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz.

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1 auction
n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖
参考例句：
They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。 They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

2 investors
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子 a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

3 equity
n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票
参考例句：
They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。 To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。