A Giant Bid That Shows How Tired the Giant Is

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. This may seem like an odd way to characterize a company that just announced its willingness to plunk down $44.6 billion to make its first hostile takeover ever. A company that will probably generate somewhere around $60 billion in revenue when its fiscal year ends in June. A company whose market share in its two core products is still so high–despite recent inroads by a certain flashy competitor–that it qualifies as a monopoly.

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