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Microsoft buying LinkedIn for $26 billion

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rh71 said:
I've always been curious about "insider trading". If you were on the MSFT team working on this deal (or even supporting those who do) before it actually happened, and you told your relative to buy LinkedIn stock, is this jailtime or what?

EDIT>> oh here we go: http://fortune.com/2016/06/13/linkedin-microsoft-insider-trading/?xid=yahoo_fortune ... but you shouldn't be doing this the business day before it actually transpires eh?
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its ok to do that, as all the big traderz practice this method.
 
rh71 said:
I've always been curious about "insider trading". If you were on the MSFT team working on this deal (or even supporting those who do) before it actually happened, and you told your relative to buy LinkedIn stock, is this jailtime or what?

EDIT>> oh here we go: http://fortune.com/2016/06/13/linkedin-microsoft-insider-trading/?xid=yahoo_fortune ... but you shouldn't be doing this the business day before it actually transpires eh?
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Well, until last Friday when a whopping 621 contracts were traded.
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LOL some people are about to get screwed.
 
rh71 said:
I've always been curious about "insider trading". If you were on the MSFT team working on this deal (or even supporting those who do) before it actually happened, and you told your relative to buy LinkedIn stock, is this jailtime or what?
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that's def insider trading and yes it can result in jail time
 
I guess some people somewhere think LinkedIn is important. I wouldn't think of it as a good investment personally. But it seems like LinkedIn is at least retaining it's independence and staff and simply becoming part of Microsoft's "portfolio" so to speak so it shouldn't be too disruptive.
 
rh71 said:
I've always been curious about "insider trading". If you were on the MSFT team working on this deal (or even supporting those who do) before it actually happened, and you told your relative to buy LinkedIn stock, is this jailtime or what?

EDIT>> oh here we go: http://fortune.com/2016/06/13/linkedin-microsoft-insider-trading/?xid=yahoo_fortune ... but you shouldn't be doing this the business day before it actually transpires eh?
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Could be jail time. A lot depends on what the SEC can prove. A lot depends on how cooperative the accused is. Martha Stewart refused to admit guilt, and did time in Club Fed.
 
Wow. I buy and sell options literally daily and the whole thing stinks of cheating. Yes, I'm jealous, but I still think it's insider trading.
 
I honestly don't know anyone who uses it or takes it seriously.
People I don't know kept trying to add me as someone who knew them.

I haven't logged in to their system for probably 4-5 years now.
 
Jaepheth said:
I honestly don't know anyone who uses it or takes it seriously.
People I don't know kept trying to add me as someone who knew them.

I haven't logged in to their system for probably 4-5 years now.
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If you are in the right industries it's a good place for consulting leads. I've got a lot of job opportunities solicited through it.
 
I'm kind of surprised MS did not just buy Facebook instead. WAY more user data that way. MS seems to be heading towards the same business model as Google. Collect as much user info as possible to sell to advertisers.
 
Red Squirrel said:
I'm kind of surprised MS did not just buy Facebook instead. WAY more user data that way. MS seems to be heading towards the same business model as Google. Collect as much user info as possible to sell to advertisers.
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Maybe someday Zuckerberg will buy Microsoft.
 
Red Squirrel said:
I'm kind of surprised MS did not just buy Facebook instead. WAY more user data that way. MS seems to be heading towards the same business model as Google. Collect as much user info as possible to sell to advertisers.
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You'd have to add an extra zero to that amount to get near facebook level values. Before this MSFT was sitting on about 100 billion in cash. Not sure what the impulse was to drop 25 bills (get it...Bills) on LinkedIn.
 
From the sounds of it, LinkedIn was headed the Twitter way -- functional but people realizing it was overvalued.

Then in comes Microsoft...

So, that makes Nokia, Skype, and now LinkedIn. Nokia is dead and barely helped Microsoft grow their phone market share. Skype is up against Apple Facetime and Google Hangout? Did MSFT think they were buying the next Facebook -- 5+ years too late?
 
Still trying to wrap my head around how MS will try to extract value out of Linkedin in a legal and ethical manor. Maybe I answered my own question.
 
MS is chasing the market instead of leading. Huge investments into mobile for squat. Now social media. They need to pump money into innovation, make it so I can wear a Hololens the next ten years.
 
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