WHAT DOTCOM BUBBLE?….The Wall Street Journal is running a blurb claiming that Microsoft is in talks to purchase Facebook for $10 billion. Just thought I’d pass that along for all you Facebook fans out there.
UPDATE: Apparently they’re in talks not to buy Facebook, but to buy a 5% stake in Facebook that would implicitly value the company at $6-10 billion. Duly noted.
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