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Linkedin has revenue though, they're not just burning cash. Wikipedia tells me they grossed $243M last year, so a purchase like this doesn't sound unreasonable.

45% cash, 55% stock according to LinkedIn press release: http://press.linkedin.com/node/1191

They would never have paid that much of their cash. As others have mentioned they have much more cash than that, plus some was shares.