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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday March 28, 2006 @04:56AM from the folks-on-the-service-already-selling-themselves dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek reports that Facebook has turned down an offer for $750 million and is looking for 2 billion dollars. The article speculates that one possible suitor would be Viacom. From the article: 'A Facebook deal would help Viacom founder and Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone fend off a growing challenge from News Corp. The media conglomerate run by Rupert Murdoch has poured enormous resources into the Internet during the last year. It acquired social-networking pioneer MySpace.com last year for $580 million.'"

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Re:Caspar Weinberger, dead at 88 by MindStalker · 2006-03-28 05:11 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Ok apparently according to nbcnews he really is dead.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12050783/

But dude, pulling out a clique like that for a deal death is just sick..