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Microsoft to Buy 5% of Facebook Valuing at $10bn

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wish-i-had-a-billion-dollars dept.

l-ascorbic writes "The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft is poised to buy 5% of Facebook for $300 million to $500 million, valuing the company at up to $10 billion. Microsoft already handles advertising for the site."

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  1. Noooooo!!!! by onosson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe if we all *poke* Bill Gates, we can get him to stop.

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  2. Hopefully not by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mark Zuckerberg would like to keep it independent apparently.

    In any case, register your complaint by joining this group

    http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6197556554

    Everyone knows that joining a group on Facebook can move mountains and change the world...

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  3. Re:$10 billion by Hanners1979 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft calculated the cost per user of these shares in Excel 2007, and found that every user of Facebook would pay them several thousand dollars.