Web promotion - eBay Acquiring Skype (Ziff Davis)Ziff Davis - eBay hopes to

Web promotion - eBay Acquiring Skype (Ziff Davis)Ziff Davis - eBay hopes to

eBay Acquiring Skype (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - eBay hopes to increase trade on the site by allowing users to communicate within the flow of a transaction.

eBay to buy Internet telephone firm Skype (AFP)

AFP - Online auction giant eBay Inc. plans to buy Internet phone service provider Skype Technologies SA for at least 2.6 billion dollars.

Salesforce.com introduces eBay-like software exchange (Reuters)
Reuters - Salesforce.com introduced onMonday what it called an eBay-like exchange that allowsbusinesses to buy and sell applications they create using thecompany's customer management software.

CNN, Time Inc. to merge business Web sites (Reuters)
Reuters - Cable news network CNN and magazinepublisher Time Inc. plan to consolidate their business andfinance-related Web sites divisions, which will be relaunchedin January 2006.

Web lets donors find specific needs and fill them (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Emerging charities have begun using techniques that eBay pioneered to let contributors find and finance small-scale projects. Like shoppers scouting for their favorite collectible on the Internet auction site, donors can search for particular philanthropic proposals that resonate with them.