Yelp Walks Away From $550M Google Deal

Courtesy Topix - Business News  Mon, 12/21/2009 - 09:45

Late last week, it appeared Yelp and Google were close to a deal for Google to acquire the local reviews website.

However, it seems Yelp has had second thoughts, as late Sunday TechCrunch, which first publicized the deal, reported that Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman personally walked away from the deal.

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