Google Spent Almost $2 Billion on Buyouts in 2011

Google spent a whopping $1.9 billion throughout 2011 just in buyouts of other firms, totalling at 79 new companies taken under the search giant's wing by the end of the 4th quarter. This is a far larger figure that the one seen in 2010, where Google spent a measly $1 billion on only 48 acquisitions, a figure it had far surpassed by Q3 2011, with 55 buyouts for over $1.4 billion. However, beyond that even, the search giant will spend over six times 2011 figures...