Posts Tagged ‘Yahoo’
Sun IBM Split, is Cisco lurking?
Monday, April 6, 2009 10:07 No CommentsSun’s stock plummeted nearly 23 percent this morning to $6.68 a share in premarket trading
This follows reports in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal that the company rejected a formal buyout bid of $9.40 a share or less, and terminated an exclusive negotiating agreement, prompting IBM to withdraw its offer.
The IBM offer [...]
Microsoft and Yahoo – the dance continues.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 20:33 No CommentsToday Silicon Valley blog TechCrunch cited sources who indicated that Microsoft and Yahoo were discussing a full buyout.
It still remains to be seen if in fact discussions are in the works. Yahoo’s stock price bounced as investors heard the rumors that Microsoft is once-again courting the Internet pioneer.
Neither company would comment on what, [...]
Will Microsoft buy Yahoo? $50B is the right number.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 0:24 No CommentsWill Microsoft make a new bid for Yahoo? It’s hard to tell. Certainly, not much has changed fundamentally on this deal.
We think that the compelling reasons for this merger are still valid and Microsoft is just playing hardball while watching Yahoo stumble. It may be well deserved. Jerry Yang has particularly poor negotiation skills (he [...]
Yahoo postpones shareholder meeting to stall for more time?
Thursday, May 22, 2008 19:01 No CommentsYahoo has postponed their annual shareholder meeting, originally set for July 3, until the end of July to give regulators more time to review documents tied to the board election, the company said today in a corporate filing.
The stated motivation for the postponement is questionable. We think it could be:
Jerry Yang stalling for more time [...]
