Microsoft has announced that it is buying the professional social networking website LinkedIn for \u00a318bn in one of the biggest tech deals in history.<\/p>\n
LinkedIn’s share price rose by 50% when the news broke.<\/p>\n
Analysts say the deal will help Microsoft boost sales of its business and email software.<\/p>\n
Ever had one of those annoying LinkedIn emails asking you to ‘endorse’ one of your connections in a new skill? Perhaps the LinkedIn chief executive and founder deserve to be endorsed for salesmanship after that deal!<\/p>\n
After a slow period in which shares fell they have persuaded Microsoft to make its biggest deal. The software giant is paying the equivalent of \u00a3173 per user. Thats a 50% premium on the closing share price.<\/p>\n
This deal is meant as a powerful signal of where Microsoft is now going. The future will look to cloud computing, providing all sorts of professional services to clients – including a social network to connect them to each other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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