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What if Apple and Google merged?

Geoff Riley

13th October 2017

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An erroneous report published by Dow Jones this week suggested a merger was on the cards! The Lex column at the FT actually thinks there is enterprise value in an integration between the two corporate giants!

What if Apple and Google merged?

The two businesses seem to take up a lot of the attention of their rivals. This chart from Statista shows how many times Amazon and Google are mentioned in other company's corporate conference calls.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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