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Say this for Eric Schmidt he's keeping his word. This fall, the Google CEO said his company was getting back into M&A , and he has indeed been making a slew of deals at varying price points . The most recent: The company is in talks to purchase local review site Yelp , at a price that reportedly could top $500 million. If the deal does go through, then Google will have snapped up seven companies since August , for what I estimate ...
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21 hours ago ago from The New York Times
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