Yahoo Inc.'s board has not made a decision yet on Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion bid, but according to reports, the directors of Yahoo are looking at all alternatives including "a wide range of potential strategic alternatives in what is a complex and evolving landscape" It seems like Yahoo is exploring any and all options before accepting Microsoft's offer. Yahoo seems to want to keep its … [Read more...]
Communicate.com Gets a Strong Buy Recommendation
In an article published on Feburary 1, 2008, Andrew Feinberg on behalf of Kiplingers, gave a big buy recommendation on Communicate.com one of the stocks in our Domain Parking Stock Index. In the article M. Feinberg states that the company is worth 50 more than it was at the time of publication ($1.97 at the time of publication and now already over 50% more at $3.15). Mr Feinberg cited the … [Read more...]
News Corp Says “NO” to Yahoo.com; MSFT Profits to fall if Deal Moves Ahead
Yesterday we listed somethings that could stand in the way of Microsoft buying Yahoo.com. One of those was the possiblity of a higher bidder from another company. One possiblity we gave was News Corp, the owner of Fox and Myspace.com among many other media properties. Today according to reports, during a conference call with analysts, Mr. Murdock said News Corp was definately NOT going to … [Read more...]
Microsoft-Yahoo: It’s Not a Done Deal
It's still very early in the Microsoft-Yahoo.com deal. There are several factors that could prevent the deal from happening. A higher bidder. Microsoft offered 44.6 billion dollars for Yahoo. Another bidder may come to the table with more. There are numerous other possible bidders including, News Corp, (NWS) the owner of Fox and Myspace.com. There is Baidu … [Read more...]
Google: “Microsoft’s hostile bid for Yahoo raises troubling questions”
Google has fired the first shot in what will certainly become a major debate as the proposed purchase of Yahoo.com by Microsoft goes foward. In a post on its offical blog, a post by David Drummond, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer of Google wrote: """"Microsoft's hostile bid for Yahoo! raises troubling questions. This is about more than simply a financial … [Read more...]
Google Misses: Stock Sinks
Google released its earnings for the 4th quarter of 2007, that missed Wall Street estimates, sending the stock tumbling after hours. Google which went up $16 a share today, sank $46 points after earnings were released and now sits at $518. Google is now well below its all-time high of $747 last November. Google reported that its fourth quarter revenue came in at $4.83 billion, up 51% from … [Read more...]
Will Microsoft Finally Buy Yahoo.com???
Back In January 2006, the big rumor spreading around was that Microsoft was on the verge of buying Yahoo. The rumor was the Microsoft bid 80 billion dollars for Yahoo, and that Yahoo turned it down. In May of 2007, when Yahoo was trading around 28, the rumor resurfaced driving Yahoo up to $32 a shares based on the rumor that Microsoft was going to offer $36-38 a share. Now 8 months later … [Read more...]