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		abraham on Nov 6, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Steve Ballmer sells about $1.3 billion in shares o... Reuters has a very misleading title: "Microsoft's Ballmer sells 12 percent stake in company". In actuality it is 12% of Ballmer's 4.2%.

davi on Nov 6, 2010 | [–]

And when that's still $1.3 billion dollars, you know you have built a very big company.

rbanffy on Nov 8, 2010 | | [–]

> you know you have built a very big company.

Or, at least, a very overvalued one.

jacquesm on Nov 6, 2010 | [–]

I think they've corrected the title since then, it now says 12% of his stake.

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