01-07-16
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Tech Tabs: Where Have All The Unicorns Gone?

Remember when Voldemort kept himself alive by drinking unicorn blood? That was pretty metal.

[Photo: Flickr user Roland Tanglao]

By Rusty Foster1 minute Read

After Square’s low IPO valuation in November, today Re/Code’s Jason Del Rey reported that Gilt Groupe will be sold to trapping and fur-trading powerhouse Hudson’s Bay Company for just $250 million, and One Kings Lane wants to sell to apparently anyone, for as little as $150 million.

Maybe all the “unicorns” are just donkeys with toilet plungers duct-taped to their foreheads.

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