Comments on: Microsoft-Funded Yahoo Run? Well, Except Without Microsoft…

By: Here Come the First 2009 Microhoo Rumors : McTechie : I’m lovin’it!

Here Come the First 2009 Microhoo Rumors : McTechie : I’m lovin’it! — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:21:55 +0000

[...] Microsoft told All Things Digital: “We can deal directly with Yahoo, which is moving through a process to get a new CEO, and [...]

By: Evening Reading: Three Cases of Madoff Anger Syndrome |

Evening Reading: Three Cases of Madoff Anger Syndrome | — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:01:52 +0000

[...] a Yahoo takeover deal that Microsoft would help finance. All Things D’s Kara Swisher, meanwhile, talked to Microsoft and Yahoo and both are scoffing at the report. Swisher quotes a person familiar with Microsoft’s thinking: [...]

By: Weekend Update 1.10.09 | Beth Callaghan | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:27:14 +0000

[...] had the lowdown this week on an amusing rumor about a Microsoft-backed (MSFT) run at Yahoo (YHOO), the emergence of Carol Bartz as the top prospect for Yahoo CEO and Microsoft’s deal [...]

By: Deal Journal - WSJ.com : Evening Reading: Three Cases of Madoff Anger Syndrome

Deal Journal - WSJ.com : Evening Reading: Three Cases of Madoff Anger Syndrome — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:23:14 +0000

[...] takeover deal that Microsoft would help finance. All Things D’s Kara Swisher, meanwhile, talked to Microsoft and Yahoo and both are scoffing at the report. Swisher quotes a person familiar with Microsoft’s [...]

By: peHUB » peHUB First Read

peHUB » peHUB First Read — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:45:09 +0000

[...] * Another day, another rumored attempt to buy Yahoo using Microsoft’s resources. And another Boomtown shoot-down. [...]

By: Finance Geek » Sources Dump On Microsoft-Yahoo Rumor — "It’s Idiotic" (YHOO)

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:35:27 +0000

[...] Boomtown’s Kara Swisher talked to a “source close to Microsoft’s thinking” about rumors that several unnamed Silicon Valley executives were planning to borrow money from Microsoft (MSFT), buy Yahoo (YHOO) at $13 per share, and then sell Yahoo’s search to Microsoft. The source did not react kindly, calling the deal “idiotic.” Full quote: [...]

By: michael kane

michael kane — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:35:09 +0000

Even Yang isn’t dumb enough to accept this deal. This is yet another false kinard that is getting more and more ridiculous by the day. In the final analysis Yang turned down $33 a share. His arrogance is only exceeded by his ego so no way he lets the company go for 20% above a way undervalued stock price. Moreover, Icahn is long about a billion dollars @ $25, no way this deal has any credibility.