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Re:US orders Google, Facebook and others to reveal details o... by jvanderbot on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @10:57PM (#22305601)
".. and whether large tech companies are making potentially anticompetitive acquisitions of nascent or potential competitors that fall below HSR filing thresholds and therefore do not need to be reported to the antitrust agencies."

Forgive me, but isn't this pretty much how it's run? Smother your competition with cash and hope they all retire, and absorb their IP? Isn't this also one version of the startup dream?

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Re:US orders Google, Facebook and others to reveal details o... by v7p1Qbt1im on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @04:26AM (#22307306)
From the viewpoint of the founders and especially VPs it‘s almost preferable in many cases, no? Not many are going to say no to a billion dollars in cash.
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