Facebook has hired a member of Google Inc's (GOOG.O) corporate development team to lead its fledgling merger and acquisition efforts, as the world's No. 1 Internet social network shows a growing appetite for deals. Amin Zoufonoun, a director of corporate development at Google, will join Facebook next week, the firm told Reuters on Monday. The move -- the latest high-profile defection from the search giant to Facebook -- underscores the growing rivalry between the two Internet powers. And it comes as Facebook steps up its acquisitions, which to date have primarily been small start-ups it has bought for engineering talent rather than actual products.
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