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The Obama administration Monday lifted certain trade and travel restrictions between the U.S. and Cuba. Obama will allow unlimited travel and money transfers between Cuban Americans and their family members in Cuba.

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U.S. President barack obama has directed his administration to allow unlimited travel and money transfers by Cuban-Americans to family in Cuba, as well as taking other steps to ease U.S. restrictions on the island, the White House said Monday.

Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com, Tuesday 14 April 2009 at 01:07:00Auction giant could have found a buyer at lastNiklas Zennström and Janus Friis, the creators of Skype whosoldthe system to eBay for $2.6bn in 2005, are reportedly getting ready to try andbuy their invention back.A report in The New York Times claims that the pair are pullingtogether a private equity deal. Zennström and Friis used their money from thebuyout to set up a venture capital firm and were early investors in videosharing site Joost.The report states that the pair are looking to raise around $1bn in privateequity funding and are looking for eBay to co-fund the rest of he deal with aseller's note.EBay has been looking for a buyer for some time, as John Donahoe, eBay'schief executive, has repeatedly stated. The companyadmittedthat it overpaid for Skype when it wrote off $1.4bn from the sale, and has hadproblems integrating it into eBay's activities.Skype is profitable, but the