<p>Apple just announced that it's acquiring Beats, the headphone maker and streaming music company, for $3 billion.</p>
<p>Apple has made <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Apple" target="_blank">tons of acquisitions</a>, but this is its biggest one yet. </p>
<p>Up until now, Apple's biggest acquisition was NeXT, which Apple paid $400 million for back in 1997.</p>
<p>See the chart below. </p>
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CHART: Apple's $3 Billion Acquisition Of Beats Is Its Biggest One Yet 

Apple just announced that it's acquiring Beats, the headphone maker and streaming music company, for $3 billion. Apple has made tons of acquisitions, but this is its biggest one yet. Up until now, Apple's biggest acquisition was NeXT, which Apple paid $400 million for back in 1997. See the chart below. Business Insider Intelligence

Apple just announced that it's acquiring Beats, the headphone maker and streaming music company, for $3 billion. Apple has made tons of acquisitions, but this is its biggest one yet.

CHART: Apple's $3 Billion Acquisition Of Beats Is Its Biggest One Yet

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