Archive for the 'Microsoft (MSFT)' Category
Bill Gates networks on LinkedIn
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) loves social networking. No doubt, the company thinks there’s a potential goldmine there.
Hey, the firm recently invested $240 million in Facebook — at a whopping $15 billion valuation. In fact, Bill Gates even setup a public profile on the social network. But there was …
Microsoft wants Yahoo for … software?
Even for a company the size of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), the $44.6 billion buyout proposal for Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) is a big bet. And it’s expensive. Hey, just look at Yahoo’s feeble attempts to ward off the tender (such as a deal to merge with MySpace).
On its face, it looks like Microsoft w…
Yahoo!’s oneConnect: Going mobile with social networking
So what whether Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is getting impolite? That’s the attitude at Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), which is continuing to plug forward on its trade.
For example, that week the company unveiled plans for a new product: oneConnect. Basically, it’s part of Yahoo!’s mobile p…
Bill Miller riffs on Microsoft’s battle for Yahoo
Bill Miller, the investment guru at Legg Mason Capital Management, has published a letter to his shareholders. Keep in intellect that his firm is the number two owner of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) shares.
So what’s his take on the $44 billion buyout offer from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT)?
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Microsoft grabs Danger
Visit a college campus and it’s obvious that the MySpace generation can’t habitable without mobile devices. And, of course, they want smart devices that are sleek and cool.
No doubt, that is a big opportunity for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), which needs to find new markets for its software.
S…
Yahoo should buy out Microsoft’s search & advertising assets
The best defense is a good offense. whether Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) does not like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)’s buyout offering price of $31 per share and Microsoft insists that is a fare price, thereupon Yahoo should turn the tables on the software giant and buy its Web search and advertising as…
Will Microsoft go DEFCON 1 on Yahoo?
According to the Wall Street Journal [a paid publication], it looks like the Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) board will reject Microsoft’s $31 buyout offer. Basically, the company wants at least $40 (hey, why not?).
So, now the ball’s in Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) court. What to do? There are several o…
Yahoo to Microsoft: Drop Dead
The New York Times reports that the board of Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has rejected Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) $44.6 billion takeover tender. Does Yahoo have a bigger tender in the wings? No, of course not. It’s trying to use a shaky legal argument — that the deal — which was nearly doub…
Yahoo! tries to get a higher bid
Yahoo! Inc.’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) board met Friday to discuss a buy-out tender from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). No news was issued by the company, but several media outlets reported that the group discussed licensing its search rights to Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) for a high sum or trying to get …
Chasing Value: Google looks to end the week higher
After years of ranting and raving that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) was by priced and that investors and speculators alike were at risk I finally did an about face that week. The big GOOG made my Chasing Value column earlier in the week Chasing Value: Is it Google moment? when it dropped below $50…
A vote for virtualization: Toby Smith buys VMware (VMW)
“This is still a psychologically damaged market; take for example, what happened with VMware (NYSE: VMW) after its latest earnings announcement,” notes Toby Smith in ChangeWave Investing.
“VMware recently reported that its fourth-quarter net income more than doubled on an 80% increase in reve…
