Salesforce CEO: spending spree was not planned

Tom Wright
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CRM vendor saw revenue increase 25 per cent in Q2, but share prices still dropped

Salesforce had not planned to go on the M&A spree that has seen it lavish over $3bn on acquisitions this year, CEO Marc Benioff has revealed. On a conference call following Salesforce's Q2 resul...

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