Archive for February, 2008

Yahoo to shoot down the Microsoft offer

Posted February 9 2008 1:28 pm by zero
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Looks like the two-headed monster won't be created after all. The Wall Street Journal reports that Yahoo will be rejecting Microsoft's offer of a mega-merger on Monday. Yahoo believes that any offer less than $40/share is undervaluing its worth. Well, Microsoft, the good thing is that that's $44.6 billion ...

Microsoft makes Yahoo an offer

Posted February 1 2008 11:26 am by zero
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Microsoft announced today that it is offering to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion cash + stock. This is an incredibly big move and an interesting one because Yahoo essentially replicates a lot of Microsoft's Live platform. It's definitely going to be a change in the search and online advertising ...