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Written by Gregg Dourgarian
I have no bone to pick with Taleo other than that I plan for TempWorks to eat their lunch. And so it is that earlier this year I did the video post below on Taleo’s acquisition of Vurv, about which I received nastygrams from apparent Taleo fans.
Fast forward a few months and Taleo’s market cap has fallen so fast and furious – granted in a bear market – that its entire value is scarcely above what it paid for Vurv.
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