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Microsoft’s 5th Largest Acquisitions Before Today’s $26b LinkedIn Deal

Microsoft today announced plans to acquire professional social network LinkedIn for $26.2 billion, an eye-popping fee that’s second in value in tech acquisitions only to Dell’s $67 billion purchase of EMC last year.

But where does LinkedIn lie in Microsoft’s circa 200 known acquisitions? It’s the company’s most valuable acquisition for sure, at more than three times as much as it paid for its…

Sorry Folks, Rich People Don't Actually "Create Jobs"

By Henry Blodget

   An Occupy Wall Street protester dressed as Robin Hood participates in a march…

While most of us could only dream of our business being sold for a cool million bucks, for others, that’s just not enough. Household brand names are worth a lot of money to big business and often the sale of these companies go well over a billion dollars.