Microsoft-LinkedIn Deal

A recent survey conducted by LinkedIn revealed that professionals increasingly prefer skills over degrees

The feature is expected to roll out in March 2022 and will be generally available to all global users across Microsoft Teams web and desktop versions

Microsoft is paying $220 for each of LinkedIn's monthly active users. By comparison, when Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion two years ago, it spent $40 for every user

Maybe because it'll lower the technology giant's tax bill

That would be the company's struggling stock price and its reliance on stock-based compensation

Tech-company cash hoards come with a big asterisk

After the deal, LinkedIn will become part of Microsoft's productivity and business processes unit