Microsoft buying Yahoo !?

[anandk]

Microsoft hot for Yahoo: Is it for real this time?
With the shadow of Google looming over both companies, the New York Post says the software giant wants Yahoo to consider a buyout.

Microsoft has intensified its pursuit of a deal to take over, asking the company to re-enter formal talks, the Post reported on its Web site Friday.

While the two companies have held informal deal talks over the years, the latest approach signals a new urgency on Microsoft's part, the paper said, citing unnamed sources.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05042007...hery_kouwe.htm

Yahoo shares surged $5, or 17.7 percent, to $33.18 in premarket trading, while shares of Microsoft fell 28 cents to $30.69.

this time it looks real, feels the newyorkpost !

in another development "Microsoft buys Tellme" !
Microsoft said Thursday it has closed its deal to buy voice recognition specialist Tellme Networks.
Tellme CEO Mike McCue remains at Microsoft as head of that unit, working with Zig Serafin, who is the general manager of Microsoft's Unified Communications Group. The company, which reports into Jeff Raikes' business software unit, is remaining in its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. Mountain View is also home to Microsoft's existing Silicon Valley offices.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9715480-7.html

in yet another development, Microsoft has announced plans to buy ScreenTonic, a company that specializes in delivering localized ads to mobile devices, for an undisclosed sum... ScreenTonic has worked with Apple, Nokia, and Nike in addition to European telecommunications operators in Belgium, France, and the U.K.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/...entonic_1.html

[Choto Cheeta]

Woah !! This should not happen, personally i feel there should be compition, as if Yahoo goes to MS, balance will shift... !!

[gauravakaasid]

am i dreaming??? if MIcrosoft gets Yahoo!, Google might not be far behind

[Pathik]

MS is on a buying spree..
If u cant defeat them.. Buy them..

[abhi.eternal]

i think it will b wise for Y! to reject the offer from MS. btw they will soon overtake MS in terms of profit %.

[iMav]

well tht wud be another mittal arcelor type alliance ... they all dis-approved it then but look now ....evry1s happy ... sames gonna be if this deal goes thru

[mail2and]

$50 billion would be a slightly hefty price tag for a company(Yahoo) that is fast losing out market share, to Google, in online services. But, I don't think Yahoo will accept anything less than that much premium. If Microsoft sees that much value in Yahoo, then they can easily acquire Yahoo. Their market cap is around 5 times that of Yahoo.

Of course, such deals are a banker's delight. I can see the poor M&A analysts(What a paradox!) at 'The Firm' working frantically at valuations and legal work.

[gxsaurav]

This shouldn't happen.

[rakeshishere]

Grt News Anandk

[mail2and]

Originally Posted by Indyan

This news is all over the web. Even on mainstream news channels like ndtv!

It's business news rather than technology news. That's why the mainstream media is covering it.

[ssdivisiongermany1933]

It was even on Aaj tak and IBN 7 too

Why does MS wants to buy Yahoo for?.

[Lucky_star]

^^I don't see many yahoo ads compared to that of Google.
And Secondly, how many of us uses Yahoo search instead of Google?

[kirangp]

Yahoo shouldn't have agreed for the deal...so bad

[gxsaurav]

Yahoo is not only in ADs & Search engine area. They have many products & ventures. Yahoo Messenger is widely used. Yahoo Movies, shoping, music engine... Yahoo TV & NOw soon Yahoo Go. They have a big market out there, it does makes sence for MS to acquire Yahoo.

But personally, I don't like MS buying Yahoo. Do some deals thats it.

This just in....

According to Engadget, the deal was never real & was just a rumar

[deepak.krishnan]

gr8 news... yahoo+microsoft v/s Google... hmmm we can hope to see a much healthy competition

[iMav]

^^ exactly ... ever since google has gained its position yahoo has had to take a back seat ... and as LSE has pointed out they are loosing market share ... howevr if MS takes over it will surely trun the tide around and also eliminate 1 pain in their back and then combined they can easily take on the might of google

[gxsaurav]

Yahoo should make there web integrating softwares a bit better.

1) Yahoo Messenger for Vista, based on WPF. GTK+Qt based on Linux too...this is required if yahoo wants to make new markets

2) Yahoo widgets engine, again based on WPF & Quartz

3) Yahoo Music engine for other OS. It is good now, but doesn't support many PMPs

[anandk]

the deal is reportedly off !!!

Hurrah!!!.

[ax3]

great 1 ........

bt whot if MS buys GOOGLE instead of YAHOO ?

[rakeshishere]

Originally Posted by ax3

great 1 ........

bt whot if MS buys GOOGLE instead of YAHOO ?

Thtz the Most Impossiblee... thing in the world!

[i_am_crack]

I think MS really pissed off with that...

[sivarap]

Maybe Google can buy MS and meet its doom...then Y! can be number 1

....lol...hypothetical