Expect Yahoo Shares to Rise on Microsoft Deal

I’m gutted. Last Autumn it was obvious that Yahoo stock was seriously undervalued by comparison to Google, Amazon, and other major internet companies. However, not only did I not have an investment portfolio, but the promise of the stock markets tanking made it a bad time to set up a portfolio in the first place. Once the storm was over, I planned to then start…

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Microsoft Tells Yahoo About R&D Synergies

You’ve all read about the proposed deal. The National Post has a copy of the letter that Ballmer et al sent to the Yahoo board. Here are two paragraphs I found interesting: 1] Ballmer reminds Yahoo that he/Microsoft was right all along (emphasis added)

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Market Aspects Of Microsoft-Yahoo Furor

The tricky thing about describing stock prices is that they change as you write.  They'll likely have changed even more by the time you come across this article.  Still, for owners of Yahoo's stock, that's a good thing, because it's absolutely skyrocketing right now.

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World Reacts To Microsoft-Yahoo Surprise

Generally speaking, stories about Yahoo don't have many exclamation marks - we've learned to drop 'em from the company's name.  Exclamation marks are appearing all over the place, however, following the exciting news of Microsoft's acquisition offer.

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