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Published: Sat, 14 June 2008, 06:04, also tagged: business, technology, 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: business, technology, 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: business, technology, 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: business, technology, 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: Fri, 11 April 2008, 11:59, also tagged: technology, windows vista, sharepoint, internet, microsoft, web 2 0, office, windows, software, search, google, operating systems, gartner
Gartner analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald told a conference audience that Microsoft’s Windows and Office products are destined for collapse due to the increased abundance of online competition to Microsoft’s core business offerings.
Gartner prophesises that the only “operating system” a user needs is the browser.
I disagree with the statement of imminent collapse of Microsoft which is fuelled in most part by Windows Vista’s lame adoption rate. Sure, online applications are the hot thing right now and have an adequate user base to secure their future success, however, monetisation of such services is extremely difficult, plus I feel that such services are over-hyped making the prediction of Microsoft’s demise premature.