Report: Microsoft In $20 Billion Yahoo Deal

digg Share this on Facebook Huffpost - stumble reddit del.ico.us RSS

Times Of London   |  John Waples   |   November 29, 2008 11:35 PM


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 here.

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 sup...
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 sup...
 
Comments
10
Pending Comments
0
iPhone App Promo

Want to reply to a comment? Hint: Click "Reply" at the bottom of the comment; after being approved your comment will appear directly underneath the comment you replied to

View Comments:
photo

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

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:02 PM on 11/30/2008

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.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:12 PM on 11/30/2008

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

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:41 AM on 11/30/2008

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.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:27 AM on 11/30/2008

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?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:49 AM on 11/30/2008
photo

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

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:07 AM on 11/30/2008

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.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:00 PM on 11/30/2008

http://www.entertonement.com/clips/25529/Nintendo-64/Mario-Kart-64/Luigi/Mario-Kart-64-Luigi%27s-Yahoo

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

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:04 AM on 11/30/2008

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

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:52 AM on 11/30/2008

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.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:42 AM on 11/30/2008
Comments are closed for this entry

You must be logged in to reply to this comment. Log in  or  Connect