AOL Plans to Sell or Close Bebo
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AOL Plans to Sell or Close Bebo
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#2AOL confirm as being notorious for making bad bets.
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#3AOL confirm as being notorious for making bad bets.
I really can't believe how often these giant corporations throw hundreds of millions of dollars at companies they then shelve or sell at a loss just a few years later.
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#4AOL confirm as being notorious for making bad bets.
I really can't believe how often these giant corporations throw hundreds of millions of dollars at companies they then shelve or sell at a loss just a few years later.
There's some accounting voodoo with capex that brings incentives into the whole process.
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#5No! They be taking Bebo's moeny!
(sorry, couldn't resist. That typo just reads like lolcat to me)
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#6I've been on Bebo the site design is wonky and confusing. What do you expect?
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
I really can't believe how often these giant corporations throw hundreds of millions of dollars at companies they then shelve or sell at a loss just a few years later.
There's some accounting voodoo with capex that brings incentives into the whole process.
No they are just clueless, Bebo was purchased for cash.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's some accounting voodoo with capex that brings incentives into the whole process.
No they are just clueless, Bebo was purchased for cash.
Perhaps I'll rephrase: they use the accounting voodoo as an excuse to buy stuff they have no business acquiring, as their MBA textbooks told them about capex and operational leverage.
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#9dumb and dumber...