Yahoo stock plunges? US$7 billion has been added to the share value Yahoo! as a result of the failed Microsoft takeover bid. On Jan 31, the day before Microsoft offered $31/share for Yahoo, YHOO was at $19.18/share (market cap: $26.4 billion) and MSFT was at $32.60/share (market cap: $303.6 billion). At the close of trading today, YHOO closed at $24.37/share (market cap: $33.5 billion) and MSFT was at $29.08/share ... Read full entry
Yahoo stock plunges?
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 7 May, 2008 to the comment subset
Google verses Yahoo!
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 11 February, 2008 to the technology subset
Compare Google and Yahoo! search results for the same search term or word, and see how (vastly in some cases) the rankings vary from one search engine to the other. By Christian Langreiter and Synerge Development Services.
Google cries foul over Microsoft’s Yahoo bid
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 5 February, 2008 to the comment subset
Google cries foul over Microsoft's Yahoo bid The proposed Microsoft takeover takeover of Yahoo! has prompted an "uncharacteristically forthright" blog post from the head of Google's legal department. Microsoft's $44.6bn bid for Yahoo raises "troubling questions" about the future of the internet, Google has warned. A takeover would also create a business with an "overwhelming share" of online communications services of web-based email and instant messaging, David Drummond, Google's ... Read full entry
Meanwhile at the backend of the Microsoft Yahoo! merger
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 4 February, 2008 to the technology subset
John Gruber takes a look at some of the technical issues that the possible Microsoft Yahoo! merger could present. Engineering-wise, it's interesting. Yahoo's stuff is almost all written in PHP, and runs on FreeBSD and Red Hat Linux servers. I don't think Microsoft has ever bought - and maintained - a significant software product that wasn't written against Microsoft technology. E.g., when they bought Hotmail, the migration from FreeBSD/Apache to ... Read full entry
Microsoft Offers $44.6B for Yahoo
Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 2 February, 2008 to the comment subset
Microsoft Offers $44.6B for Yahoo Now here's something to add a little speculation to Saturday morning breakfast and coffee. Microsoft Corp. is making an unsolicited $44.6 billion offer for Yahoo Inc., the Internet icon and one the best known Web portals, in a move to boost its competitive edge against Google Inc. in the online services market. The unexpected announcement Friday comes as Yahoo and Microsoft have fallen behind Google in ... Read full entry
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