Report: Microsoft In $20 Billion Yahoo Deal

Times Of London:

SOFTWARE giant Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo's online search business for $20 billion (£13 billion).

The proposal forms the centrepiece of a complex transaction that would see Microsoft support a new management team to take control of Yahoo. But there is no intention of Microsoft tabling another takeover bid for the web giant, after its aborted $47.5 billion offer this summer.

Read the whole story: Times Of London

Comments

[mediamarv]

TechCrunch.com has pretty much quashed this story with some keen analysis. I trust their reasoning over some British publication, miles away.

[Thinklongterm]

Anit-trust anyone? The FTC shoiuld block this deal. I don't care about your Yahoo stock either. The last thing we need is less diversity.­...so Obama should block this deal.

[trebledamages]

Check out this article -
“Total Fiction”: There Is No $20 Billion Microsoft Deal To Buy Yahoo Search (Not Yet, At Least!)"

http://kara.allthingsd.com/20081129/total-fiction-there-is-no-20-billion-microsoft-deal-to-buy-yahoo-search/?reflink=ATD_yahoo_ticker

[trebledamages]

DID CARL ICAHN CREATE THIS STORY OR DID HE KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, IN ADVANCE?

The SEC should investigate Icahn's recent purchase of 6.8 million shares for an average of $9.92/shar­es. In this volatile market and out of all of the stocks that have been battered, why would he buy $67 million worth of Yahoo stock unless he was privy to this prospective deal before it was published? Something smell rotten here, in my opinion.

[ssg13565]

I just hope this deal does not mess up the stock data that I get from Yahoo. I depend on being able to download and analyze stock prices and dividends to help me make investment decisions.

I guess the powers that be feel that feeding the Microsoft monopoly is more competitive than feeding Google. I am not sure this is the outcome that will be most beneficial for the consumer. Why did I think a Bush run administration would care about the consumer?

[BarackstarObama]

Gates' one regret was not jumping aboard the search engine explosion early on... this will help a little bit.

[KillTheMessenger]

Yahoo's search engine is far inferior to Google's. Their AV search is essentially a one to one link to Google's database. No luck here.

[coot66]

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Well, I'm happy, being a Yahoo shareholder. I wonder if this will affect Google's supremacy in any way...

[ID-TenTango]

What a fumbling bunch of idiots. They could have sold for a tremendous amount of more money. Twice.

[Judyisacutie]

Maybe they got rid of Jerry Yang so they could finally sell. Maybe now Yahoo won't keep pretending that the AP is the only news source in the world.