Microsoft and Yahoo again?…Get a room will ya
I know I got a tad bit excited when I first heard about Microsoft’s attempts to buy Yahoo. Since then, a lot has happened, A LOT. Yahoo rejected the bid, Microsoft threatened a “hostile” takeover, Yahoo urged the stock holders to not give in and eventually Microsoft backed down.
That was the end of it? Nope, Microsoft got back in the picture, not to make an outright buy but to collaborate. Yahoo were open to those talks then started talking with Google, Microsoft offered to buy a portion of Yahoo (8%) then Yahoo burned the bridge and made a deal with Google.
Microsoft finally said they were through and have no interest in Yahoo. Case closed!!!
uhh, not quite. I just happen to check out Techmeme and what do I see at the first headline?
Sources: Microsoft And Yahoo Talks Back On
The article was posted over at Tech crunch and in short, the story now is conflicted. Some say talks are back on for a full buyout others say its search only. All I know is my excitement about a possible “Microhoo” has turned into a solid “not this again!!“
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June 26th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Yahoo has been talking tough and has proved to be a difficult nut to crack but marriage between Yahoo and Google is that of convenience as both command majority of the search market . no doubt if backdoor channels are opened with Microsoft to establish some kind of business understand, keep watching this space for updates.
July 4th, 2008 at 3:20 am
So much noise and the only result is Yahoo shares increasing in price. Don’t you think it’s more like a PR stunt ?
August 13th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
I’ve been following this story and big name billionaire investor Carl Icahn who owns a ton of Yahoo shares obviously wants Yahoo to take the deal. But Yahoo wouldn’t budge and Icahn wanted to overthrow the board of directors. He wanted to replace Jerry Yang as CEO but wrote in a scathing letter to Yahoo that Jerry could return as the company’s Chief Yahoo. That was brilliant, lol.