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Salesforce.com announces its intention to urge U.S. and European regulators to block Microsoft's $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn. Salesforce argues that the deal would lead to an unhealthy concentration of data control in the hands of Microsoft, giving it an unfair advantage in the business-software market. Salesforce lost a bidding war for LinkedIn to Microsoft, highlighting the significance of data generated by LinkedIn's extensive user base.
Wednesday, 28 September, 2016