The Economy Is Reeling. The Tech Giants Spy Opportunity

Am I missing a point besides: Companies who have grown aggressively continue to looks for ways to grow aggressively, despite an economic downturn?

> The moves were part of a spending spree by the social network, which also shelled out $400 million last month to buy an animated GIF company and which is spending millions of dollars to build a nearly 23,000-mile undersea fiber-optic cable encircling Africa.

This reads like an Onion article.

Some companies are trying to grow aggressively despite an economic downturn. So what, NY Times ?

Rich people wading through the blood of the poor in the streets to make investments, more at 11.