 Microsoft to take over Yahoo?? |
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| Microsoft to take over Yahoo?? |
 May 2 2008, 09:48 AM
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5748235.html
QUOTE SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo Inc. as soon as today, according to a published report. Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported early today that the world's largest software maker may be preparing to go straight to Internet pioneer Yahoo's shareholders. An announcement was "likely" to come today, according to the report, though the newspaper said its sources cautioned that Microsoft may delay. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told employees in a company assembly Thursday that he knows how much he'd spend to buy Yahoo and accelerate his company's Internet play. "We're willing to pay for that at some level, and beyond that level we're not willing to pay for it. I know exactly what I think Yahoo is worth to me," the executive said. "I won't go a dime above, and I will go to what I think it's worth if that gets the deal done." But he didn't offer a figure, and he didn't say whether Microsoft is considering raising its unsolicited bid, worth $44.6 billion at the time it was made in early February. sounds like this could get interesting... |
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May 2 2008, 12:08 PM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
Yeah I saw this on CNN the other day
Looks like Microsoft is going to continue to monopolize. -------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
-Philip K. Dick |
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May 3 2008, 06:01 AM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
nah, it'll just help microsoft compete with google.
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May 5 2008, 11:47 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
looks like the deal is dead:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5753473.html |
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May 5 2008, 03:06 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
yeah, but now Yahoo's CEO might be fighting off a lot of criticism for letting the deal die.
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May 5 2008, 03:57 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 885 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, Texas Member No.: 12 |
this is why companies lose their ability to do whats best for the company when they go public. You have to answer to the investors who only care about the money and not what is best for the company long term.
I hope Yahoo's Ceo can ride the wave and do his own thing, and i applaud him for not letting MS to bully him into a low offer. |
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Jun 12 2008, 07:09 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/12/technology...sion=2008061218
haha... Wow... that's like google saying "In your face, Microsoft" |
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Jun 13 2008, 08:39 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Haha, nice.
Honestly, though, I was kind of hoping that a MS/Yahoo deal would go through... so that they could both collapse under the weight of their own suckage. I mean, seriously, I haven't used a search engine other than google (except incidentally) in years. But I do remember using HotBot waaaaaaay back in the day. This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Jun 13 2008, 08:40 AM -------------------- |
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Jun 13 2008, 09:13 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
well this isn't a combo of the search engines. it's a deal for yahoo to use google ads. it wouldn't surprise me to see google get slammed with an anti-trust suit for their ad product sometime soon...
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Jun 13 2008, 09:58 AM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
Yeah, they were saying that Yahoo hopes the partnership will last a while, but only if they aren't slapped with an anti-trust violation.
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Jun 13 2008, 10:00 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
well google would be the one that gets sued, but yeah even if this deal goes through, I don't see google's ad product going much longer without getting an anti-trust hit.
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