LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value

Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by csomar on Friday February 05, 2016 @11:42AM (#11042560)

The bubble has been bursting in the last few years (according to commenters) but the overall stocks/valuations were going up.

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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by JustSomeNobody on Friday February 05, 2016 @12:05PM (#11042764)

What we're seeing is a slow-mo burst. The outer balloon shell has given way and has left the inner water ball still, albeit briefly, intact. Only a matter of time before we all take a bath.

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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by Angostura on Friday February 05, 2016 @12:12PM (#11042810)

So, a bubble-bath, then?

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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by x1024 on Friday February 05, 2016 @12:26PM (#11042925)

And then they fall 40% in a single day. That's why it's called "bursting"

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