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A sum of money you can’t comprehend

May 4th, 2008 · 695 Comments

$5,500,000,000

Microsoft withdrew its bid to buy Yahoo because of that amount of money. When looked at in context, Microsoft was willing to pay $47.5 billion for the seemingly simple search-engine site Yahoo, who was expecting a hardy $53 billion. It is very difficult as college students to grasp that amount of money. You may say that it was stupid for them to argue over such a relatively small amount of money. So, the next time I see you, can you give me $23. That is a relatively small amount of money, and I would love $23.

If I was Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang, I would’ve just accepted the deal. It would’ve provided me an incredible retirement, and a giant smile when they put a check for $47 billion in my hand. Capitalism is great.

Google wins again.

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