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veteran on Sept 14, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Intuit To Acquire Mint For $170 Million

what's up with the acquisition price ..Intuit's recent acquisitions - paycycle, homestead, and now mint.com all acquired for 170 millions!

pyre on Sept 14, 2009 | [–]

Probably an initial asking price. If anything it strongly suggests that there wasn't much haggling on the price. It would be a huge coincidence if they all haggled on the price and just happened to end up with the same number.

netsp on Sept 14, 2009 | [–]

nice round number

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