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Review the letters to the shareholders, annual reports and proxy statements linked below for Amazon.com, Inc., American Express, and IBM. Each of these companies made a significant acquisition in the year listed.

Acquiring Company	Acquired Company	Letter to Shareholders	Annual Report	Proxy Stmt
Amazon.com, Inc.	Zappos.com, Inc.	In Annual Report	2009	In Annual Report
American Express	Concur Technologies, Inc.	2008	2008	2008
IBM	Cognos, Inc.	2007	2007	2007

As you review the statements, draft answers to the following questions:

1. What was the cost of each acquisition? How was that cost allocated in each case? What amount of goodwill was recorded by each firm?
2. What was each firm's business strategy motivation underlying the different acquisitions?
3. How were the acquisitions financed (e.g., preferred stock, common stock, debt securities, cash or some combination thereof)?

2. Now start three separate discussion threads by posing analytical questions, a different one for each acquisition, for your classmates to consider. Use the guidance in Theme 1 of this module to formulate your analytical questions.