Is the growth rate of eBay's $2.6 billion blunder Skype slowing?

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  There are signs the once-high-flying growth rate of eBay Inc.'s Skype division has begun to slow down, RBC Capital Markets analyst Jordan Rohan noted to clients Tuesday.

A recent check by Rohan and associates found that downloads of Skype software are dipping and growth in new users is flattening out.

"Our recent checks indicate ... that the user growth is no longer accelerating," Rohan wrote to clients. "Ebay may need to spend on marketing or offer price promotions to reaccelerate growth heading into 2007. If eBay chooses to do both, margins would fall short or our revised forecast."...

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