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Pre-Marketing: ABB buying Thomas & Betts

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January 30, 2012, 12:23 PM ET
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* Tweet rebuttal of the day: @danprimack Just to preempt: Facebook will not be close to largest IPO in history if it’s $10 billion. Just the largest tech IPO… @EpicureanDeal: No, Dan, you just don’t understand. FACEBOOK WILL BE THE LARGEST IPO IN THE HISTORY OF TWITTER AND HENCE THE UNIVERSE.

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