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Google and Yahoo to Merge?
DaleKing
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A Yahoo investor, who declined to be identified but holds about 1 percent of the company`s stock, said Yahoo`s management recently spoke to shareholders, including his firm, about the potential of a possible tie-up with Google in which Yahoo would rely on Google`s Web search services instead of its own.
Wow...Google and Yahoo! It could actually happen.
Dale King
Wow...Google and Yahoo! It could actually happen.
Dale King
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CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Microsoft Corp. may take its case to acquire Yahoo Inc. directly to the Internet company`s shareholders if the two firms can`t come to a deal within the next three weeks, Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer said Saturday.
vwebworld4/5/2008 3:54 PM
Dale King
If the two can`t reach an agreement in that time, Microsoft plans to propose its own board slate and take its case to Yahoo shareholders, Chief Executive Officer Steven Ballmer said in a letter to the board today. He suggested that the deal`s value might decline if Microsoft takes the bid directly to investors.
His stance may force Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang to find another bid within a month or accept Microsoft, the world`s biggest software maker, as a suitor. Combining with Yahoo would allow Microsoft to unite the second- and third-most popular search engines in the U.S., helping them to take on Google Inc., which gets more than half the Internet queries in the country. Source
vwebworld4/5/2008 6:13 PM
Like I said, there`s a huge fly in the ointment. That so-called golden parachute changes the dynamics of this deal. Now it`s a game of chicken. It will be interesting to see who blinks first.
Dale King
DKing4/5/2008 8:29 PM
I`m not sure it is such a huge fly . That`s why I posted the latest threat by Microsoft (to take this to the stockholders).
Microsoft`s threat implies the golden parachute issue (which MS acknowledged) is not a big problem. With 10 of the 12 Yahoo board of director seats up for election this year, Yahoo is in a vulnerable position for a proxy fight.
Of course, this is all speculation (on our part).
~Roland
vwebworld4/6/2008 8:56 AM
I understand what you`re saying, but something tells me this is one fight that Yahoo`s going to win. While it may appear that Microsoft is in a position of strength, appearances can often be deceiving.
Dale King