What $1 Billion Gets You These Days
For the amount that Facebook just spent on Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg could've paid for the cure to Lou Gehrig's disease, ramped up New York City's 911 system, or ... purchased the Solo Cup company. We know because we checked.
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Here's a quick rundown of what $1 billion can buy you (or Zuckerberg):
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Instagram
The entire New York Times, says Reuters' Jack Shafer
The ability to buy out New York Times CEO Janet Robinson 42 times
800 of AOL's Microsoft's patents
1,250 scandal-inducing, team-building government conferences akin to the General Service Administration's $800,000 Las Vegas shindig
Shell's Debt on Iranian Oil
The cure for Lou Gehrig's disease
Solo Cups (the company)
The amount BP has pledged toward Gulf Restoration
A better 911 program in New York City
Soccer team Real Madrid's Island in the UAE
The winnings of every Powerball jackpot in 2007
45 percent of a B-2 Bomber
68 Lebron Jameses , 40 Kobe Bryants, and 83 Albert Pujolses
All of J.Lo's love (it's gratis!)
That said, there are some things $1 billion can't buy you... like a chain of 99-cent stores. So take that, Zuckerberg.