Yahoo always earn... come on... what makes it financially unstable. It has less maintenance than AMD.

Real Networks I mean can you bel <comment buffering>...

Yahoo has partnered with Real Networks in order to shift its customers to the Rhapsody service some time in the first half of this year.
Why don't they just post all their customer's credit card data directly on yahoo.com? That would be less painful than trying to deal with Real Networks.

I don't know how many people they realistically expect to continue their subscription with Rhapsody. I for one will be canceling my account as soon as Real Networks takes over. Rhapsody = teh sux

"The move comes as part of Yahoo's re-focusing efforts, which were triggered by its poor financial performance and have already resulted in 1,000 layoffs."

The Microsoft offer is directly related to Yahoo's financial failure, and any moves Yahoo takes at this point are directly related to the prospect of being bought out. I assure you anything Yahoo does has the ultimate motive of evaluating its buyout from Microsoft or possibly Google (not likely).

Have you ever been in charge of a company, or do you just run around saying, "nope" when people associate business events in mainstream media?

You've got a few options in really assessing these kind of deals. How long have Yahoo execs suspected this, and if so, how long have they known the subtle sort of business demands MS has requested in order for the deal to go forward?

You don't think these guys play by the book do you? Unless you're in charge over at Yahoo, I suspect ANY EVENT that requires the layoff of 1000 people and sends business to another corporation is damn well related to a 40billion+ bid on the company.

(Edit: Woops, that was a response to mongoosesRawesome #2)

Probably has some thing to do with the Microsoft offer