Note 3 - Business Combinations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Allocation of purchase consideration for business combination

Allocation of the purchase consideration for the business combinations completed in the first nine months of 2011 is summarized as follows (in thousands):

	Purchase Consideration		Net Tangible Assets Acquired/(Liabilities Assumed)			Purchased Intangible Assets		Goodwill
GSI	$	2,377,257	$	74,498		$	819,100	$	1,483,659
brands4friends	193,236		(33,146		)	76,143		150,239
GittiGidiyor	235,278		(8,787		)	52,700		191,365
Zong	231,663		(35,650		)	76,500		190,813
Other	312,631		(25,483		)	113,720		224,394
Total	$	3,350,065	$	(28,568	)	$	1,138,163	$	2,240,470

Components of intangible assets acquired in connection with the acquisition (excluding intangible assets sold in connection with the divested businesses)

The following table sets forth the components of intangible assets acquired in connection with the GSI acquisition (excluding intangible assets sold in connection with the divested businesses) (in thousands):

Description	Fair Value		Useful Life (Years)
Trademarks	$	8,400	2
User base	667,900		5
Developed technology	142,800		5
Total	$	819,100

Unaudited pro forma information

The unaudited pro forma financial information is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Total revenues	$	2,965,761	$	2,436,261	$	8,657,867	$	7,200,733
Net income	490,503		391,731		1,190,043		1,120,859
Basic earnings per share	0.38		0.30		0.92		0.86
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.37	$	0.29	$	0.91	$	0.85

Summary of purchase consideration

The following table summarizes the purchase consideration (in thousands):

Cash paid	$	182,068
Fair value of non-controlling interest	31,495
Fair value of previously held equity interest	21,715
Total purchase consideration	$	235,278