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Jacques Froissant (CEO Altaïde — Mon, 07 May 2007 05:00:33 -0000

My opinion here : http://altaide.typepad.com/...

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Matt Marshall — Mon, 07 May 2007 02:24:11 -0000

I cut out the offending link from the comment, i'll think about elimination going forward. Also, corrected link to Craigslist.

Thx.

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Kevin — Mon, 07 May 2007 01:22:18 -0000

Please check the link posted for Craigslist.

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Wen — Sun, 06 May 2007 21:42:14 -0000

Matt, any chance you can eliminate links in the comments? It seems to result in people offering trite comments in order to promote their sites...

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Glenn Kelman — Sat, 05 May 2007 23:04:29 -0000

Efforts to compete with Wall Street bonuses are what's driving M&A lawyers' salaries in New York and the Bay Area.

Glenn Kelman, CEO, Redfin

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Gal Josefsberg — Sat, 05 May 2007 18:52:17 -0000

Makes sense. People will always be interested in jobs and Google will always be interested in new content with which to present ads. Heck, it makes more sense than the YouTube purchase.

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Charles — Sat, 05 May 2007 02:56:25 -0000

Unless there is a very large backlog of deals that haven't been announced but have actually closed, I think the M&A rumor mill is wildly outpacing the actual number of closed transactions. Without a viable IPO market for most of these companies, M&A is the only way most of these companies will achieve liquidity. There's no harm in speculating and deals can fall apart at the last minute, but I think a lot of the M&A hype is wishful thinking as opposed to reflective of real substantive conversations.