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Google And Apple Are Crazy Not To Attempt To Acquire eBay
http://seekingalpha.com/article/1510812-google-and-apple-are-crazy-not-to-attempt-to-acquire-ebay ^
| Scott Ryan
Posted on 06/28/2013 1:27:51 PM PDT by publius321
With the cash position and the powerful currency Google (GOOG) has in its own share price, it seems crazy that it has not made an attempt to acquire eBay. It is more difficult to justify not acquiring eBay (EBAY) in this price range than it would be to actually buy it. It should be immediately accretive to earnings, both companies are highly profitable and would be a rare corporate marriage that would benefit the acquiree and the acquirer perhaps equally.
In a world of impetuous, hair-brained M&A activity, the word "synergy" has become a bit of a cliché. In the case of a holy union between Google and Ebay, the synergies are...
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: apple; ebay; google; merger
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To: publius321
Just what we need, more control of our private info and purchasing habits to Google and the NSA....
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posted on
06/28/2013 1:30:18 PM PDT
by
freebilly
(Creepy and the Ass Crackers....)
To: publius321
New potential names:
Goobay
Glebay
Gbay
Gaybay
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posted on
06/28/2013 1:33:18 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
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posted on
06/28/2013 1:36:28 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(.......Uber Alice!.......)
To: Secret Agent Man
To: Salamander
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posted on
06/28/2013 1:41:15 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Botany Bay.
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posted on
06/28/2013 1:42:17 PM PDT
by
Bratch
To: Secret Agent Man
” New potential names:”
NSA one stop shop.
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posted on
06/28/2013 1:42:19 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(President Obama; The Slumlord of the Rentseekers)
To: publius321
Google And Apple Are Crazy Not To Attempt To Acquire eBay Bidding or a buy now price?
I could see it being in Google's purview, but what does eBay have to do with Apple's business. Amazon might be another good bidder for it.
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posted on
06/28/2013 1:44:33 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(This message has been recorded but not approved by Obama's StasiNet. Read it at your peril.)
To: Bratch
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posted on
06/28/2013 1:44:46 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: KarlInOhio
More for the PayPal service and PayPal customers.
To: publius321
I don't do business with either Google or Ebay: I don't ever do business with anti-Second Amendment bigots.
To: publius321
I’ve been predicting GOOG would get ‘em for years now.
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posted on
06/28/2013 1:52:13 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Secret Agent Man
To: The Unknown Republican
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posted on
06/28/2013 1:59:53 PM PDT
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
To: publius321
(Excerpt) Read more at seekingalpha.com ... What seems to have caused you to excerpt your own material?
Are you one of those blogpimps seeking hits?
To: humblegunner
I do not own the rights to the material.
To: publius321
I do not own the rights to the material. I guess you should have posted it first here then.
No clicks from me, to pay you for your opinion that you clearly wish to advertise for free here.
To: humblegunner
I will do my best to sustain the great loss.
To: publius321
eBay is a better fit with Amazon.
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posted on
06/28/2013 2:33:19 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
(CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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