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   #15. Posted at 06:57 AM on Feb 13th 2008 Edit   Reply
evermore
I don't get the "your offer isn't good enough since our stock price changed based on the fact that you were offering to buy us" thing. The increase in stock price is dependent on the fact that MS is offering to buy; if they stop the offer, the stock price tanks - the company isn't actually worth what the stock price is at, it's worth what it was before and the difference in stock price is the value of the purchase offer.

The variability of MS's own stock price also makes it hard to see how that could be used to decline the offer. The odds that MS's stock is not going to go back up again seems low, and declining the offer today could mean that tomorrow they've lost out on an offer worth even more if MS's stock climbs higher than it was at the time of the offer.

I just don't understand business. Or politics. Or stocks and analysts and all that other made-up hooey.
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   #8. Posted at 12:11 PM on Feb 12th 2008 Edit   Reply
ElderDruid
How about Microsoft withdraws its offer and gives Yahoo shareholders a taste of the high teens again?
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#8, I was thinking the same thing, I wonder how the shareholders...  :  thecoldanddarkone  (#14)  «

   #9. Posted at 01:09 PM on Feb 12th 2008 Edit   Reply
pogsnet
Microsoft should buy google instead. Microsoft is a lousy website maker. This will make yahoo go deep below the abyss.
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#9, Google has something like 4x the market capitalization of Ya...  :  just brew it!  (#10)  «
#10, ... which is somewhat insane, I think, because I'm pretty...  :  packfan_dave  (#12)  «
#12, It's about potential profits, if google fails to deliv...  :  thecoldanddarkone  (#13)  «
#9, yea I dont think ms is going to buy google anymore than they...  :  Kulith  (#11)  «

   #7. Posted at 11:34 AM on Feb 12th 2008 Edit   Reply
tesla120
Ill get you next time Pan!!
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   #6. Posted at 11:25 AM on Feb 12th 2008 Edit   Reply
emi25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc
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   #5. Posted at 11:16 AM on Feb 12th 2008 Edit   Reply
liar
I don't see as they can avoid this even if they use their poison pill...
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   #4. Posted at 11:15 AM on Feb 12th 2008 Edit   Reply
Corrado
Seems like they'll get the current board kicked out then offer the shareholders more than this current offer just to be dicks.
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   #3. Posted at 11:14 AM on Feb 12th 2008 Edit   Reply
marvelous
Yahoo should definitely sell.
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   #2. Posted at 11:00 AM on Feb 12th 2008, Edited at 11:00 AM on Feb 12th 2008 Edit   Reply
Mourmain
Sounds like they're going to make them an offer they can't refuse.
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   #1. Posted at 10:49 AM on Feb 12th 2008 Edit   Reply
herothezero
M$ should let Yahoo tank some more and then come back to the table; it's M$ that's printing money while Yahoo is bleeding a slow death.
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