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Re:Posterous acquired by Twitter by bentlegen on Monday March 12, 2012 @07:46PM (#3696255)
The acquiring company can always just give them bonuses irrespective of the acquisition.
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Re:Posterous acquired by Twitter by jpdoctor on Monday March 12, 2012 @08:17PM (#3696362)
Of course. But the acquirer usually has no incentive to line the pockets of the investors, so they'd rather lower the price by spending the M&A nut on the team instead.

It's usually among the first things to go in a negotiation.

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Re:Posterous acquired by Twitter by bentlegen on Monday March 12, 2012 @11:07PM (#3696814)
Good point. Thanks for the insight.
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