Microsoft bids $44.6B for Yahoo (2008)

https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-bids-44-6-billion-for-yahoo/

by ijafri • 10 years ago

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wslh• 10 years ago

Yahoo is the perfect candidate for the next Microsoft write off. I wonder how these executives analyze these opportunities.

dbbk• 10 years ago

The article is from 2008...

ocdtrekkie• 10 years ago

Probably the biggest bullet Microsoft ever dodged considering what it eventually got picked up for.

eganist• 10 years ago

That deal with Verizon has yet to settle.

http://fortune.com/2016/09/27/verizons-deafening-silence-on-...

mazesc• 10 years ago

Not clear how Yahoo would have worked out within Microsoft.

ksherlock• 10 years ago

Verizon will pay $4.8 billion for the yahoo parts of yahoo. If you also include the $40 billon of Alibaba the total number is about the same (but Microsoft still dodged a bullet)

ijafri• 10 years ago

Couldn't locate the 'Alibaba' word on the said article, I was assuming Microsoft had offered it for Yahoo alone ... as it was desperate for 'search' share?? are you sure, the bid included Alibaba share too??

samfisher832• 10 years ago

You have to factor time value of money. MSFT offer was greater.

rck404• 10 years ago

Yahoo and Microsoft compete in most of the divisions. Namely search, sports, news, video, mail, chat and advertising. Probably, the news & media part of Yahoo is the only thing better than Microsoft at this point; Even, that I don't see remaining as such for long time with MSN coping up well.

So, if Microsoft would have acquired Yahoo they would have surplus of divisions and similarly talented people & infrastructure; Which would eventually lead to more layoffs and more time wasted consolidating teams, infra, design and resources.

Microsoft bids $44.6B for Yahoo (2008)

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