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That may lure people into its other on-line services, like bing. so that seems to be the figuring behind this. some people saying it may also fold skype into its xbox 360 and so on. but really it's just getting 660 million people to kickstart what has been a dismal effort so far in its on-line operations. >> is $8 billion a good deal? >> it certainly doesn't look like it. you do the numbers. two years ago, skype was valued at $2.75 billion. we know this because ebay actually sold 70% of skype then. and ebay had bought it only two years before that for about $2.5 billion and written down the va...

Changing the grocery game again. this time testing out an online grocery delivery service called walmart to go. here's how it would work. shoppers pick and click whatever they need. then pay a $5 to $10 delivery charge. your groceries can arrive as soon as the next day. but here's the twist, unlike other online grocery stores every item walmart sells will cost exactly the same online as it does in the store. and their prices are stunningly cheaper than the competition. diet coke $1.99 through peapod. $1.79 through fresh direct. online at walmart just $1.25. jif peanut butter $2.75 at peapod, $...

Stands at $14.208 trillion or just $186 billion shy of the limit. that means the united states has to keep borrowing money to keep funding itself, to keep going, but hit that debt ceiling. it's always been moving higher here. our debt ceiling hasn't been this high. look at november 1990. way back here it was about $3 trillion. the first debt limit was set in 1917 at $11.5 billion. if you look at the last 20 years, below $5 trillion to almost $15 trillion we are now. that's a big number. we're going to try to break down what a trillion dollars looks like, get our head around what a trillion dol...

Average for regular gas rose for the 21st straight day today, climbing $3.52 a gallon, up another penny from what we saw just yesterday. a month ago we were paying $3.12 on average. a year ago the nationwide average was $2.75 a gallon. right now california, they've got the most expensive gas prices. statewide ampverage is $3.90. but prices are well over $4 in some places. the least expensivexpensive, ro mountain region. average for regular is $3.30 a gallon. joining me now, senior gas analyst for gasbuddy.com. you're one of many websites you, have an app where people are trying to find the low...

It comes from a start-up named square. jack dorisy is a ceo. who's the primary user? the core customer? >> it's really any small business in the united states. you can imagine you know, hairdressers. tax accountants. small business owners. you know, any sort of professional service like a piano teacher or golf instructor. >> it makes money by getting a cut of the transaction. >> we take a fee of 2.75% and pay the banks and credit card companies out of that, so the user just pays that amount. >> setting up requires you download the free square app. you'll have to input info including your banki...