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Facebook is currently on a buying trip: They wanted the micro-blogging service Twitter to buy - but refused. The next takeover candidate could be StudiVZ.



You have millions of users, but can earn money with them usually have not: Web 2.0-services such as Facebook, StudiVZ or micro-blogging service Twitter. To change this, Facebook is now on an aggressive expansion strategy. U.S. media reportedly wanted by Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard, founded the Social Code 140-character Twitter service to buy, for 500 million U.S. dollars in shares.

But on the value of the shares, it was in Silicon Valley seem to disagree. The Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone rejected the offer, since Facebook's shares because of the financial crisis is no longer 500 million U.S. dollars were worth, but only after about 150 Million dollars. Microsoft had in October 2007 for 1.6 percent of Facebook 240 million U.S. dollars paid. That was a year ago into a company worth 15 billion U.S. dollars resulted. This is now supported by the Twitter-owners in question.




But eventually, the shares of Facebook, the German competitor StudiVZ to buy. The social community has 5.5 million users in this country far more members than the American original Facebook. Nevertheless, it is the owner Holtzbrinck Publishers has not yet succeeded, the 85 million euro investment to make a profit. Facebook StudiVZ would assume would be served by both sides.
Added on 2009-06-24 17:05:12 . ID: 14

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