Microsoft, Show Me The Money
For the first time ever, Microsoft may be taking on some debt, as their offer of $44.6 billion of cash & stock…
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For the first time ever, Microsoft may be taking on some debt, as their offer of $44.6 billion of cash & stock…
We know, we know: the big news today is Microsoft's bid to take over Yahoo. But believe it or not, there are other things going on in the world, and one of them is Yahoo's acquisition of Maven Networks.
Well, maybe there’s some good news to come out of Yahoo’s recent poor financial performance after all–Microsoft wants to buy it for $44.6 billion.
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…
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)
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.