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Did Microsoft Get A Good Deal On LinkedIn's User Base? Here Are 7 Other Buyouts To Compare
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 2:34pm | 357A number of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) shareholders and analysts have been critical of the lofty $26 billion price tag that Microsoft paid for LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD) this week. While the market typically analyzes these types of deals in terms of income, revenue and cash flow, one of...
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To Succeed With Tumblr, Yahoo Has to Reverse a History of Questionable Acquisitions
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 1:53pm | 280With the blessing of its board on Sunday, Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) acquired Tumblr, the trendy social network most popular among teens, at a favorable valuation of $1.1 billion. This means Marissa Meyer and company shelled out about a quarter of the company's cash on the chance that they can...