View Full Version : Why microcrap wants to buy yahoo?
GeneralKeys
February 3rd, 2008, 09:34 PM
Topic!
Why do they wanna buy off every company out there?
They do that alot with video game companies.
So why do they wanna do that?
Are they just desperate or something?
Cant they just try to build better stuff them selves?
Then trying to buy off the entire network.
If I was yahoo owners, I would not sell to anyone.
I dont care about there price tag, what do you think?
Snurfen
February 3rd, 2008, 11:09 PM
It's just the way MicroSoft do business. They've got a long history of doing this sort of acquisition and it hasn't hurt them (with one or two notable exceptions) in the past.
If you want more market share, buy a top competitor!
Here's a list of major shareholders (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=YHOO) - depends if they want to realise a shedload of dollars now or just keep taking the premiums.
DJoe
February 11th, 2008, 05:13 AM
Lets be real, Yahoo are bigger n00bs than Microsoft and they deserved it. Look at it this way, do you want Google owning Yahoo?
Snurfen
February 11th, 2008, 12:58 PM
I'd hardly call Yahoo n00bs, they've been in the game a while now.
Reports today suggest Yahoo board has put the kibosh on the deal anyway.
renegade600
February 11th, 2008, 03:36 PM
yep, according to reports Yahoo's board said no...but that does not mean microsoft will not try to just buy up stock from individuals to take control away from the board.
DJoe
February 12th, 2008, 07:40 PM
This just in! Google merging with Yahoo?
-Reuters
Snurfen
February 12th, 2008, 07:59 PM
Yep, full story here (http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050401-122747)
Was it written by Ebril Phule?
BAXD
February 15th, 2008, 03:32 PM
thats from 2005...
and even better its on april 1st ...
Snurfen
February 17th, 2008, 06:03 PM
hehehe, quite possibly why I asked who the author was :p
DJoe
February 18th, 2008, 07:26 AM
Hmm, I don't know, the one I saw, I believe was 2007 or 2008.
smurfy
February 18th, 2008, 08:07 AM
Perhaps you got Google and MySpace (NewsCorp) mixed up?
http://business.smh.com.au/yahoo-talks-with-news-corp-arouse-scepticism/20080217-1so9.html
Or maybe you meant AOL, not Google?
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jvY96kTrvYbN4Mko34YzxgG3-B5w
DJoe
February 18th, 2008, 08:15 PM
YouTube of course!
rynprov
February 18th, 2008, 08:51 PM
Hmmm.... I think I heard a report on CNN just around the 3pm EST hour today about a possible Microsoft/Yahoo merger. I'm going to search the Internet on news and business websites about this.
The news between Yahoo and Microsoft is very interesting. I have a Yahoo! and a Windows Live account.
I'll keep up to date about the news about the Yahoo/Microsoft developments.