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1.		Facebook acquires Instagram (facebook.com)
		recommended by 5 users \| 2012 \| 837 points by hunterowens \| original thread \|

2.		“This is not going to be one of the best tech acquisitions of the next decade.” (comment)
		recommended by 3 users \| 2012 \| georgespencer on: Facebook acquires Instagram \| aged poorly \| original thread \|

3.		“Going to go a bit meta here, but this is useful information to know from the perspective of” (comment)
		recommended by 2 users \| 2012 \| ChuckMcM on: Ask HN: How do aquihires work? \| original thread \|

4.		Wal-Mart in Talks to Buy Web Retailer Jet.com for $3B (wsj.com)
		recommended by 2 users \| 2016 \| 159 points by doh \| original thread \|

5.		Ask HN: Company acquired by private equity firm. What to expect?
		recommended by 2 users \| 2016 \| 9 points by big_bang_bong \| original thread \|

6.		Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus $3B in RSUs (techcrunch.com)
		recommended by 1 user \| 2014 \| 1129 points by vassvdm \| original thread \|

7.		Verizon to Sell Tumblr to Automattic (wsj.com)
		recommended by 1 user \| 2019 \| 879 points by minimaxir \| original thread \|

8.		Why the tech press is ignoring Zulily's huge IPO (finance.fortune.cnn.com)
		recommended by 1 user \| 2013 \| 268 points by jmduke \| original thread \|