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Here’s a heck of a rumor that we’ve sourced from two separate people close to the negotiations: Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter. We don’t know the price but can assume its well, well north of the $250 million valuation that they saw in their recent funding. Twitter turned down an offer to be bought b (Read More)
Submitted by Kurt P:
Between the Covers on National Review Online.
Philip Freeman on St. Patrick of Ireland
Philip Freeman, author of St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography, says, "[St. Patrick's Day] really is an American phenomenon. To a lesser extent Canada and Australia too, but it's really America that invented the modern St. Patrick's day and then exported it back to Ireland.". (Read More)