Re: Acquisitions: Google/YouTube, what do you think of the deal?

From: Brad Jensen <brad.jensen_at_laservault.com>
Date: Thu 12 Oct 2006 21:34:25 -0500

> I'm leery of the deal, but I think ValleyWag.com summed it up best:
>
> "Google is loaded. The company is worth $131 billion on the
> stock market. As Reuters notes, it gained $4 billion in the
> last two days, enough to buy YouTube twice and then some.
> From a pure money standpoint, a YouTube failure would cost
> less than a bad week of trading."
>
> Not bad for a bad week.

And it was a straight stock swap. The acquisition didn't cost
any cash, and bought Google a lot more eyeballs.







Received on Thu Oct 12 2006 - 21:34:25 CDT