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Street Smarts: Business Times honoree climbs the ladder at LinkedIn
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Dubroff: Why Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn might be out of sync
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Just one year ago, LinkedIn made history on the Central Coast when it created the region’s first unicorn, buying Lynda.com for $1.5 billion. Now LinkedIn is selling itself to Microsoft for $26 billion, or an estimated 79 times operating earnings, in what Bloomberg and the New York Times DealBook column describe as one of the Read More →
Microsoft buying Lynda.com parent LinkedIn for $26 billion
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Lynda.com parent LinkedIn is being acquired by Microsoft for $26 billion. LinkedIn bought the Carpinteria-based web tutorial service Lynda.com just over a year ago for $1.5 billion. Lynda.com still has about 350 employees at its office at 6410 Via Real in Carpinteria. Microsoft’s acquisition of professional social network LinkedIn is one of the largest technology Read More →
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805 Law: Top 200 law firm opens in Santa Barbara, Glass House dismisses suit
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