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By: Echoes of Microsoft » Microsoft Wants A Piece Of Facebook?

Echoes of Microsoft » Microsoft Wants A Piece Of Facebook? — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:12:37 +0000

[...] Zonk wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHow much is a 5 percent stake in Facebook worth? $300 million? $500 million? $750 million? It all depends on how desperate the buyer is and how well Mark Zuckerberg can play a game of corporate poker. Rational thinking long ago flew out … [...]

By: The UnSub » Blog Archive » Facebook is worth the $$$

The UnSub » Blog Archive » Facebook is worth the $$$ — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:13:40 +0000

[...] Facebook virus has finally hit Singapore. My initial skeptism led me to wonder why on earth would Microsoft valuate FB at such a pricetag. I had an account but didn’t really bothered with it since I assumed it [...]

By: Ballmer Thinks Facebook At Risk For Being A Fad, We Think Not « GigaOM

Ballmer Thinks Facebook At Risk For Being A Fad, We Think Not « GigaOM — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:54:15 +0000

[...] (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer, following rumors last week that the software giant is considering an investment that would value the social networking company at $10 billion, is saying the craze for social [...]

By: Kara Swisher Deconstructs Facebook | K E K U [alpha]

Kara Swisher Deconstructs Facebook | K E K U [alpha] — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:24:06 +0000

[...] indicated that it might hold out for a valuation of as much as $15 billion rather than the $10 billion valuation the Microsoft investment currently being discussed would give it. … there is always another fool in line to [...]

By: Kako se investira u Web 2.0? « SoftBiz Blog

Kako se investira u Web 2.0? « SoftBiz Blog — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:19:26 +0000

[...] mreža pokrenuta prije tri i pol godine iz jedne studentske sobe, danas se procjenjuje na pet deset milijardi [...]

By: Microsoft Excel 2007 has a multiplication error…

Microsoft Excel 2007 has a multiplication error… — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:25:11 +0000

[...] Slashdot) was this must be why Microsoft is buying into Facebook at a $10 billion valuation (here, here, here, and here). The next thing that came over me was… ha ha a math error in Excel! Then I [...]

By: Mansi

Mansi — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:51:33 +0000

Microsoft is really trying to get back into the game, and if anyone could do this, its the giant himself..I'd be inclined to dismiss this as a rumour right now, but who knows!

btw, OM, my husband is your greatest fan, he reads your blog daily, just never leaves comments:) Kudos for doing a great job here!!

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:32:03 +0000

FTAD

good catch. thank you. made the change on the post.

By: Kara Swisher Deconstructs Facebook « GigaOM

Kara Swisher Deconstructs Facebook « GigaOM — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:08:35 +0000

By: Financial Terms Auditing Dept.

Financial Terms Auditing Dept. — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:33:49 +0000

I think you mean "call option"...

Nevertheless, the strength of any first refusal right will depend on the terms of the investment agreement and may not prevent Facebook from acting independently. Yahoo, after all, had an investment in Google that didn't prevent Google from going public.