The speech drew a quick retort from Berlin, which a French official said wasn't alerted about its content ahead of time.

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They had argued that the settlement should be thrown out because Facebook hadn't been honest about its own internal valuation at the time.

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This is also why some analysts are skeptical about the deal, though, since Time Warner wasn't able to maintain all of its business lines after the acquisition, Gallant says.

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