[torbital]

Given the opportunity though, it still seems like a risk well worth it.

Businesses rarely (if ever) fail because of an acquisition gone wrong. But a acquisition gone right can have great returns.

If Instagram flopped when Facebook bought it, Facebook would still be doing just fine. But since it did go well.. yeah.

So I believe that it's still probably in the investor's best interest if MS does the deal even if it's only like a 35% chance that it isn't a complete failure.

[bobthepanda]

I mean some of the biggest examples have been tech. AOL and Time Warner was a hot mess that destroyed both, for instance.

[scarface74]

AOL would have been destroyed anyway. They were a dialup ISP who saw their time coming. They were smart to take their inflated stock price to buy a real asset.

Of course they mismanaged it and it should have been a reverse takeover like Next/Apple.