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Published: Sat, 14 June 2008, 06:04, also tagged: technology, msft, internet, microsoft, search, google, yahoo, advertising, goog, money, finance, yhoo
Negotiations between Microsoft and Yahoo! are now finally over and now Yahoo! has stepping into bed with Google in an advertising partnership.
Not only did Yahoo! sabotage the original Microsoft acquisition bid (by creating an unattractive severance plan for staff and being suggestive of an advertising deal with Google) they also turned down a new deal that would see Microsoft purchasing $8 Billion of Yahoo! stock at $35 per share and purchase Yahoo!’s search and advertising businesses for $1 Billion with partnership with Yahoo! which would see them see improved returns on advertising supplied by Microsoft.
The original bid by Microsoft was very generous, the last one, not so much.
Published: Sun, 4 May 2008, 10:02, also tagged: technology, msft, internet, microsoft, search, google, yahoo, steve ballmer, goog, finance, yhoo
As I predicted in an earlier post Microsoft has retracted its acquisition bid of Yahoo.
From my understanding Yahoo poisoned the deal by testing an advertising partnership with Google and asking for an acquisition on a suggest share price which overvalues the company.
The only immediate winner in this is Google.
Published: Thu, 1 May 2008, 10:16, also tagged: technology, msft, internet, microsoft, yahoo, finance, yhoo
Microsoft through the WSJ has leaked that they are to up their per share bid of Yahoo to $33 from the initial $31.
The increased bid is likely a result of a poor financial quarter by Microsoft which lowered its stock value therefore devaluing the deal due to the bid being a cash-and-stock offer.
I'm curious now as what will happen. Originally I thought Yahoo would push their position to the edge but agree on a deal in the end. Now I have a feeling Microsoft will have go hostile or the deal won’t happen at all. Mark Mahaney, Citigroup’s Internet Analyst , still gives the deal a 90% chance of completing one way or another.
Published: Sun, 13 April 2008, 09:22, also tagged: technology, msft, internet, microsoft, search, google, yahoo, goog, yhoo, aol
Update to the Microsoft / Yahoo! deal: Yahoo board members have authorised a meeting with Microsoft and AOL this coming week.
Discussions with Microsoft will revolve around Microsoft’s bid of Yahoo; how it benefits Yahoo and more important its shareholders.
The discussion with AOL concerns a possible merger, which I still believe will be a colossal mistake for Yahoo. But maybe Jerry Yang’s lack of direction for Yahoo or his spite regarding Microsoft’s bid will help facilitate the merger.
Published: Thu, 10 April 2008, 09:30, also tagged: technology, msft, internet, microsoft, search, google, yahoo, goog, yhoo, myspace, news corp
The attempted Microsoft takeover of Yahoo has hit resulted in Yahoo making some interested decisions during the past few days.
Firstly Yahoo has intentionally leaked information regarding the placement of Google AdSense advertisements in 3% of its search results. Getting cosy with Google can’t possibly be making Microsoft feel happy; but to me this move speaks volumes about Yahoo’s current position. This move basically tells me that Yahoo isn’t confident in its own advertising platform, how can this bide well for the company?
Yahoo currently published a 3 year plan which focuses on increasing revenue 70+% by focussing on display advertising and improved search results. Was these predictions based on using Google’s competing AdSense on search result pages?