Comments on: Yahoo Shares Continue to Plunge–But Where Is Microsoft?

By: darren cross

darren cross — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:24:08 +0000

yes, is in the ad biz (msn). yahoo is in the ad biz. not sure what you mean by colleagues, but they are competitors now.

By: terri boothe

terri boothe — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:53:01 +0000

Is Microsoft in the advertising business? Would Yahoo and Microsoft be advertising colleagues?

By: darren cross

darren cross — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:58:25 +0000

Why catch a falling knife? With online advertising struggling and no catalyst on the horizon, there’s no reason to hurry for MSFT to act. There should be plenty of time to mull it over, at least into Q109, with the real possibility that Y! will be in an even weaker position. To quote Robert Duvall’s character from “Colors”: There’s two bulls standing on top of a mountain. The younger one says to the older one: “Hey pop, let’s say we run down there and f*** one of them cows”. The older one says: “No son. Lets walk down and f*** ‘em all”.

By: Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:38:37 +0000

Dan:

Somehow I think no one is going to ride to the rescue here.

By: Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:38:01 +0000

Frank:

Interesting idea!

By: Dan Bartlett

Dan Bartlett — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:40:43 +0000

YHOO Shareholders need a bailout. With just a little less than a 50% premium, the whole diseased corpse can be had for around $30 billion. That’s only $5B more than the automakers got.

Let’s have another bailout!

[Yodel not used due to cutbacks.]

By: Frank Sinton

Frank Sinton — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:12:11 +0000

Astonishing. At that price, someone will bid on YHOO – but no where near the previous $33. Maybe a company in China or India? Reliance?