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Facebook to Buy Messaging Start-Up for $16 Billion

By DAVID GELLES, BRIAN X. CHEN and NICK BILTON 6:06 PM ET

The eye-popping price makes WhatsApp Facebook’s largest acquisition by far and marks a new height in the frenzy to acquire popular technology start-ups.

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