Re:Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
by netman21 on Thursday August 19, 2010 @03:32PM
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Small dip??? Intel lost $3.5 billion in market cap on the news. McAfee gained $2.6 billion.
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$3.5b is a big number, but it's only 3% of their market cap.
http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:INTC
Several other companies in that market went down a similar amount, so it doesn't seem to be extraordinary. I would expect a lot of tech investors to move their money to McAffe after that announcement hoping to get something out of it.
What matters is what happens after now. If it continues to go down for a long time, it might be a problem.