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Commentary

August 23, 2013

Chart of the Day: Steve Ballmer Is the -$18 Billion Man

Alex Tabarrok points out today that when Steve Ballmer announced early this morning that he would be retiring as Microsoft’s CEO, the value of the company suddenly jumped by $18 billion. Ouch.