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ven2112
PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 6:48 pm 
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That seems like one hell of a lot of money for a database of business contact details :shock:
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Nidge2
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ven2112 wrote:
That seems like one hell of a lot of money for a database of business contact details :shock:



$26billion is one hell of a lot of dollar. No doubt a lot of that will be share options with Microsoft.
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Nidge2 wrote:
ven2112 wrote:
That seems like one hell of a lot of money for a database of business contact details :shock:



$26billion is one hell of a lot of dollar. No doubt a lot of that will be share options with Microsoft.


and they will soon be exploiting that database to generate billions of dollar profit. There'll be subscription charges within a year :roll:

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More money than sense..
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Nidge2 wrote:
ven2112 wrote:
That seems like one hell of a lot of money for a database of business contact details :shock:



$26billion is one hell of a lot of dollar. No doubt a lot of that will be share options with Microsoft.


One report said that it was a cash deal :shock:

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Nidge2
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cabby john wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
ven2112 wrote:
That seems like one hell of a lot of money for a database of business contact details :shock:



$26billion is one hell of a lot of dollar. No doubt a lot of that will be share options with Microsoft.


One report said that it was a cash deal :shock:



:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Cabby John 1
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From the Beeb...............

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Microsoft is buying the professional networking website LinkedIn for just over $26bn (£18bn) in cash.

The software giant will pay $196 a share - a premium of almost 50% to Friday's closing share price.

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