 | | Smart acquisitions for Amazon, Yahoo and Nokia | | If you thought leaner times meant fewer acquisitions, you thought wrong. This week was privy to a flurry of big companies buying smaller ones. Here's the breakdown: On Tuesday Amazon acquired Zappos. Amazon agreed to a stock takeover of the Las Vegas-based online retailer that has become famous for its unusual corporate culture. The deal, which was confirmed on Wednesday, went down for around $807 million worth of Amazon company stock. On Wednesday Yahoo agreed to acquire Xoopit, a start-up that helps people share content from their in-boxes with social-networking sites such as Facebook. Terms were not disclosed, but the deal is rumored to be around $20 million. On Friday, Nokia signed an agreement to acquire Cellity, a small German company that creates social-network contact management and address book aggregation services for mobile devices.
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