Comments on: WWMD: What Will Microsoft Do? http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080211/wwmd-what-will-microsoft-do/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryck Lent http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080211/wwmd-what-will-microsoft-do/#comment-2837 Ryck Lent Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:51:14 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080211/wwmd-what-will-microsoft-do/#comment-2837 Gee, I think you could do better than "Yuck" for a Yahoo-AOL merger. For starters, the symbol might be something like "YHOL", which suggests the epithet shareholders might bestow on members of senior management. This brings to mind a game -- Yahoo Merger Scrabble(r) -- which can be played while waiting for this lumbering deal juggernaut to come to rest. Other interesting merger partners for Yahoo (YHOO): + Orbitz (OWW) = YOWW + EnergySolutions (ES) = YES + TRANS TASMAN PTY (UCK.BE) = YUCK.BE Well, you get the idea. In fairness, it's easier to play the game using Yahoo Finance than it is Google, Microsoft Live Search or even the WSJ Online. Gee, I think you could do better than “Yuck” for a Yahoo-AOL merger. For starters, the symbol might be something like “YHOL”, which suggests the epithet shareholders might bestow on members of senior management.

This brings to mind a game — Yahoo Merger Scrabble(r) — which can be played while waiting for this lumbering deal juggernaut to come to rest. Other interesting merger partners for Yahoo (YHOO):
+ Orbitz (OWW) = YOWW
+ EnergySolutions (ES) = YES
+ TRANS TASMAN PTY (UCK.BE) = YUCK.BE

Well, you get the idea. In fairness, it’s easier to play the game using Yahoo Finance than it is Google, Microsoft Live Search or even the WSJ Online.

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