http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/ Engadget Comments for Yahoo responds to Microsoft ultimatum: more money please http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/]]>Apr 8th 2008 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 10th 2008 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
It looks like the Yahoo smiley's last stand, with a 'Y' shield and a '!' sword. It looks like its gonna get owned, outnumbered by although those MsN thugs.

But look carefully into the smiley's eyes. Look at it's maniacal smile. It is not to be underestimated....

MsN messenger*: "This is MADNESS!"
Yahoo Smiley: "This is YAHOO!!"


*catch the double meaning there? :)]]>Apr 7th 2008 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes]]>Apr 7th 2008 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/;)]]>Apr 7th 2008 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
"*catch the double meaning there? :)"

I see what you did there.]]>Apr 8th 2008 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
Jerry Yang: And that's not a smiley.

*BOOM*]]>Apr 8th 2008 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Should be :"Yahoo's shareholders are about to hang Jerry Yang and the board members lol MS is already overvaluing Yahoo! Keep on dreaming Yang"]]>Apr 7th 2008 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
When Microsoft takes the offer to the stock holders they will quickly come to an agreement on how much more money they want above the current stock price. At the current price investors would see an instant 9.3% return, the math is easy.]]>Apr 7th 2008 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
Before Microsoft offered to buy it, Yahoo was only worth around $19 per share. A stock, like anything esle (houses anyone?), is worth what the buyers are willing to pay. And in this case Microsoft offered a ~60% premium over what everyone else said Yahoo was "worth".]]>Apr 7th 2008 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
You're right. It's impossible to overvalue something that's effectively worthless.]]>Apr 7th 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
There is no downside to Yahoo holding out for more money. If Microsoft goes to the shareholders and the shareholders agree with Microsoft, Microsoft will still pay their original offered price. If the shareholders refuse, Microsoft may up the ante. Or Microsoft may up the ante before that to try to make things easier.
]]>Apr 7th 2008 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
That's what I would do anyway. And I would make sure everybody in MS except the trusted inner circle is told "through the grapevine" that "MS is having serious doubts about buying yahoo now" and "seriously considering nixing the deal". And then, of course, the tech grapevine would make its way to the stock players grapevine, and then back yahoo. ]]>Apr 7th 2008 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
For some reason, people are only assuming that Yahoo's stock price will fall. As an investor, if I thought that a company's stock would only decline long-term, I wouldn't invest in that company. As an insider to a company that's in Yahoo's current position (Yang), if I thought that I could nudge my company's stock price up a few points by pulling a few rabbits out of my hat, I'd do everything I could to make that happen.
]]>Apr 7th 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Or I would just spend 30 BILLION dollars on building my own name brand. ]]>Apr 7th 2008 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 18th 2008 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/The United States buying Australia?

Me buying a Playstation?

At least Google loves being just Google.]]>Apr 7th 2008 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
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"The WWW is the next big thing."
Wasn't that the title of a Popular Mechanics article in, say, 1991?]]>Apr 7th 2008 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
You've never heard of YouTube?! Go die. Right now.]]>Apr 8th 2008 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
It has come to our attention that you are caught up in the glory days of the great DOT.COM bubble of the nineties. Those days are over, Jerry. Please review the following chart over a ten year timespan:

http://research.scottrade.com/public/stocks/charts/charts.asp?symbol=YHOO

and pay close attention to your *present* P&E; according to it, you are still overvalued at your *current* stock price.

Sincerely,

Steve "Wild @ss" Ballmer ]]>Apr 7th 2008 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
Given all the above, I'm so clueless and presumptuous that I want to buy your company at a very high price anyway, just because I can. Bill said so.
This way, I can acquire services that my company is already offering with no success, to further diminish their already dubious value; in the meantime, I also get to spend a lot of money that I don't really need beacuse hey, one can only eat so many hamburgers a day.

-Steve Ballmer'd]]>Apr 7th 2008 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
Please pay no attention to my identical twin brother, he is on a day-release from the "hospital". As both you and I know, it was no longer "your company" the day you let more then 50% of voting shares out in the wild.

However, he does have one valid point: I am offering you a preemo-premium price! ...I guess the old saying that a broken clock is right twice a day does have some merit.

AnyHoo (]]>Apr 7th 2008 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/
giuliop: It ended with anyhoo , something or another then:

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giuliop: just messin with you. Actually I don't know what MS sees in Yahoo other then a few divisions that would integrate well. ]]>Apr 7th 2008 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/07/yahoo-responds-to-microsoft-ultimatum-more-money-please/Apr 7th 2008 10:24AM