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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by math0ne on Monday June 13, 2016 @12:23PM (#11895089)
26B dollars itself isn't making any money, so all it has to do is make some money and its a good deal.
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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by Silhouette on Monday June 13, 2016 @12:47PM (#11895312)
But in this case, "make some money" seems to mean "make more than $26B after overheads", since they don't have the original $26B any more.
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