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3. In the first few days of the new millennium AOL
announced what remains to be the largest
acquisition of all time. The $164 billion dollar
acquisition was later called one of the worst
decisions in corporate history.
7. In 2014 we saw some
consolidation in digital services.
In what many saw as an anti-
competitive move in the cable
industry, Comcast bought Time
Warner for $45 billion. This gives
them 75% market share in the
cable industry.
9. This huge acquisition made headlines when the announcement
was made that Facebook would purchase WhatsApp for $19
billion. The purchase was so high because of the rapid growth
of WhatsApp but at the time it was $42 per user.
15. In 2005, security software company Symantec
purchased Veritas. Veritas had a rolodex of Fortune
500 companies and some complementary services
that helped grow the company.
17. Google has been trying to enter
the hardware space for a while,
recently releasing a computer
and a phone. But in 2012
Google purchased Motorola
Mobility for $12.5 billion and
didn’t do much with it.