Facebook buys WhatsApp for $16 Billion

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MoHasanie said:

benji232 said:

AnthonyW86 said:

That makes Whatsapp more valuable then either Sony or Nintendo....

Not really. Sony would have costed them probably 100B$+ and Nintendo around 25B$. However, no one would purchase Sony because they have so much debt but they are worth around 100B$.

How would Sony cost them $100bn? Sony's market cap currently is $17.7bn. 

I think market cap is only the value of the stock though ... wouldn't they have to assume the debt that Sony has for example?