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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Borys on May 05, 2008, 10:08:02 AM

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Post by: Borys on May 05, 2008, 10:08:02 AM

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Title: Re: YHOO Shares Tank 22% After MSFT Said "FUCK U"
Post by: Rman on May 05, 2008, 10:42:48 AM

Microsoft has moved on.  LOL @ Yahoo. 

Title: Re: YHOO Shares Tank 22% After MSFT Said "FUCK U"
Post by: MCD on May 05, 2008, 10:46:54 AM

http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/05/04/what-might-have-been-a-look-back-at-microsoft-yahoo-coverage-in-wininfo.aspx

all the events.

Title: Re: YHOO Shares Tank 22% After MSFT Said "FUCK U"
Post by: Barry Egan on May 05, 2008, 11:02:46 AM

the head of yahoo kept raising the price per stock because he didn't want microsoft buying the company.  This was all intended.

Title: Re: YHOO Shares Tank 22% After MSFT Said "FUCK U"
Post by: Barry Egan on May 05, 2008, 11:59:25 AM

Sorry, I meant the price per share that the head of Yahoo was willing to sell the company for  :-[

Title: Re: YHOO Shares Tank 22% After MSFT Said "FUCK U"
Post by: MrAngryFace on May 05, 2008, 12:30:46 PM

MS lost a fair bit of share value during the initial bid; this was :(

Title: Re: YHOO Shares Tank 22% After MSFT Said "FUCK U"
Post by: GilloD on May 05, 2008, 12:48:23 PM

I really feel like it was damned if you do, damned if you don't. MSOFT acquistions are usually horribly awful affairs and I don't think this would have been any different. On the other hand, Yahoo is a troubled enterprise that's starting to get back on course but finds itself in real trouble. Plus, the shareholders got fucked on this deal. What's a Yang to do?

As an internet ad admin, I'm all for serving G Ads on Yahoo. Easier for me. But I really don't know whether or not this is a good thing and what should have happened instead. I suspect MSoft will make another bid in a few weeks when the shareholders burn down the headquarters