Was Microsoft Wise to Pay $26 Billion for LinkedIn?

Wall Street was surprised by the deal, in which Microsoft will pay $196 a share, a 50% premium above LinkedIn's closing price of $131 on Friday.

— June 13, 2016 — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) on Monday announced they have entered into a definitive ...

Microsoft just announced a deal to pay $26.2 billion to acquire business social network, LinkedIn. It fails the four tests of a successful ...

... $26 billion business hold true for the acquisition of a $2 million company. ... good folks in Redmond paid an astronomical multiple of ...

LinkedIn's announcement of its blockbuster acquisition by Microsoft this summer was greeted with skepticism in many quarters, ...

The companies said that Microsoft would pay $196 a share to acquire LinkedIn, the business social network site.

Microsoft paid $26 billion for LinkedIn, then mostly left it alone—and CEO Jeff Weiner is good with that.

Among the examples Nadella and Weiner gave in a conference call with investors: LinkedIn could give Microsoft's productivity software the ...

Microsoft has just made one of its boldest moves by spending more than $26 billion on LinkedIn. ... wages slump means it's time for a 'better ...

Six months after Microsoft announced plans to pay more than $26 billion for LinkedIn, we now know even more about why the career-focused ...

In one of the year's biggest technology deals, Microsoft is buying LinkedIn for $26 billion. If you're in a profession that makes heavy use ...

It was June 13, 2016. Microsoft paid $26 billion for LinkedIn, then mostly left it alone—and CEO Jeff Weiner ...

Microsoft just surprised the world with its LinkedIn acquisition. Valued at $26.2 billion, it's a huge price to pay for a social network.

Microsoft paid $26 billion for job posting social media platform LinkedIn in 2016. At the time it was the largest purchase the company ever made.

By Jon Erlichman In 2016, Microsoft Corp. made headlines when it acquired LinkedIn for more than US$26 billion ... Microsoft paid to beat ...

Microsoft Corp will buy LinkedIn Corp for $26.2 billion in its biggest-ever deal, a bold stroke by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in his ...

Microsoft have actually paid a 50% premium on LinkedIn's shares, as they stood last Friday. Added to that, Microsoft aren't going to tamper with ...

Valued at $26,2 billion, LinkedIn is not cheap. It's Microsoft's biggest deal up to date, and also the firm's CEO first major acquisition.

If for some reason the deal does not go through, LinkedIn will have to pay Microsoft a $725 million termination fee, according to Microsoft's ...

In the deal, which still has to receive the expected regulatory approvals, Microsoft paid $196 a share, a 50 percent premium on LinkedIn's $131 ...