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Activision Blizzard bought itself back from Vivendi this week in a transaction worth over $8 billion (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/26/activision-vivendi-split-for-8-billion/). Just for context, here's what $8 billion can get you:
9,638,554,217 servings of Nissin the Original Cup Noodles.
133,333,333 video games at $60.
Any island found on PrivateIslandsOnline.com (http://www.privateislandsonline.com/islands?development=&type=&forsale_start=7&forsale_end=8&set=true&Currency=true&search-currency=USD).
The construction of an opulent Marina Bay Sands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Bay_Sands), the most expensive building in the world (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_buildings_in_the_world).
This shiny rock I carry that I swear has magical properties if you wire me just a tenth of that sum.
What's everyone playing this weekend?
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Activision Blizzard bought itself back from Vivendi this week in a transaction worth over $8 billion (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/26/activision-vivendi-split-for-8-billion/). Just for context, here's what $8 billion can get you:
9,638,554,217 servings of Nissin the Original Cup Noodles.
133,333,333 video games at $60.
Any island found on PrivateIslandsOnline.com (http://www.privateislandsonline.com/islands?development=&type=&forsale_start=7&forsale_end=8&set=true&Currency=true&search-currency=USD).
The construction of an opulent Marina Bay Sands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Bay_Sands), the most expensive building in the world (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_buildings_in_the_world).
This shiny rock I carry that I swear has magical properties if you wire me just a tenth of that sum.
What's everyone playing this weekend?
[Image: Andrey Burmakin (http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-150571p1.html) via Shutterstock]
Continue reading WRUP: $8 billlion, but who's counting? (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/27/wrup-8-billlion-but-whos-counting/)
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