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Deal values Facebook at at least 15 Billion Dollars
Microsoft is paying $240 million for 1.6 percent of facebook.
And I thought they were nuts for turning down $800 million for the whole thing. This valuation has to be nuts, right? Has facebook shown any ability to monetize on a scale that could make this valuation conceivable? For comparison, the total market cap of General Motors was less than $15 billion fairly recently. |
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Re: Deal values Facebook at at least 15 Billion Dollars
I don't understand how the site could possibly be worth that much money. WTF?
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Re: Deal values Facebook at at least 15 Billion Dollars
If I owned FB I would be selling as much of it off as possible if I could get anywhere near these #s.
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Re: Deal values Facebook at at least 15 Billion Dollars
Facebook is rapidly making its way through Sweden at the moment. Like, really really rapidly. I bet they have pretty big plans for it.
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Re: Deal values Facebook at at least 15 Billion Dollars
that's [censored] sick. I'm opening as many accounts as possible immediately.
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Re: Deal values Facebook at at least 15 Billion Dollars
[ QUOTE ]
Facebook is rapidly making its way through Sweden at the moment. Like, really really rapidly. I bet they have pretty big plans for it. [/ QUOTE ] it's pretty ridiculous how quickly they take over new regions when they get started. i added my first friend in finland maybe a month ago. since then i've added basically everyone i know. it went from nobody in the country having heard of facebook to everyone being on facebook in a ridiculously short time. |
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Re: Deal values Facebook at at least 15 Billion Dollars
the $15 billion valuation is ridiculous given that the deal also gives Microsoft the exclusive rights to sell advertising on facebook
http://www.computerworld.com/action/arti...p;intsrc=kc_top |
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Re: Deal values Facebook at at least 15 Billion Dollars
Also realize that MSFT desperately wanted a piece of Facebook for strategic reasons and that they were in a bidding war with Google. Even if MSFT doesn't think that Facebook as a whole is worth $15bn they were willing to pay up for a 1.6% stake.
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Re: Deal values Facebook at at least 15 Billion Dollars
Froth, froth, froth.
Facebook must have Scott Boras negotiating for them. We've been down this road before. |
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Re: Deal values Facebook at at least 15 Billion Dollars
btw, considering that microsoft got various perks out of this deal in addition to the part ownership, wouldn't it mean that this deal values facebook at AT MOST 15 billion dollars? i don't understand where this "at least" thing is coming from.
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