The Economy Is Reeling. The Tech Giants Spy Opportunity (nytimes.com)

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

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

> 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 ?