Yesterday, shares of Netflix got their semi-regular rocket boost–with its stock up more than five percent to close at just over $42–from rumors that Amazon was interested in buying Netflix. Oh, it’s a seemingly dreamy match–the top online retailer snapping up the upstart U.S. mail-order DVD movie and television show service. But the speculation completely ignored the giant price needed …

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