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Why Microsoft Really Bought Nokia
Yahoo! Finance (blog) (I suspect the latter: part of the deal included €1.5 billion in financing available to Nokia immediately, and the fact Microsoft had to take Asha but not the brand or maps suggests they were trying to keep the price as low as possible). And, had Nokia … Microsoft swallows Nokia's handset business for $ 7.2 billion Weil's View on Finance Microsoft buys Nokia phones to fight Apple, Google |