Steve Ballmer's $500,000,000,000 mistake


	Steve Ballmer's $500,000,000,000 mistake

egoldstein

6-10-2009 5:01 PM

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google, microsoft, search, steve ballmer

egoldstein says:

If Ballmer had thought otherwise perhaps Google's $500B market cap would belong to Microsoft. Instead Microsoft's stock has languished (at best) for years.

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6-10-2009 6:56 PM

Antara

ouch!

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