The Industry Standard - Microsoft announces acquisition of Yahoo in '08? - Comments

Microhoo did not happen.

David Kuan — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:42:58 -0500

Microhoo did not happen. Unfavorable judgment can now be rendered.

Ballmer reiterated "no

David Kuan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:47:03 -0500

Ballmer reiterated "no interest in Yahoo acquisition"

Unless market dynamics

David Kuan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:45:35 -0500

Unless market dynamics changes significantly, this is becoming unlikely as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer dismissed speculations that it is interested in acquiring Yahoo Inc.

Internal memo about a 2pm

David Kuan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:01:25 -0500

Internal memo about a 2pm PST announcement ... ROFL ..darn speculators messing around with markets. SEC should prosecute them.

Yang can't talk about it due to NDA/gag agreement and due diligence process. It is almost a given that Yahoo will now absorb AOL given no Google deal and no MSFT deal. Better get in http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/yahoo-acquires-aol prediction before it happens :)

Interview with Yang:

Eric Hill113600 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:43:16 -0500

Interview with Yang: "Battelle asks if Yahoo is talking to Microsoft about any kind of deal. Yang says no. Battelle asks if Yahoo is buying AOL, Yang says “I can’t talk about that.”"

Rumor has been confirmed as

David Kuan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:50:33 -0500

Rumor has been confirmed as untrue Same was reported by reuters

Somebody wanting a bit of a

Eric Hill113600 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:37:09 -0500

Somebody wanting a bit of a day-trade Yahoo bump, my guess. Good ol' Wall Street casino getting gamed for a day.

Just another rumor fueled by

David Kuan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:15:44 -0500

Just another rumor fueled by speculators. Announcement is probably Yahoo/AOL deal.

This might be about to

Eric Hill113600 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:08:10 -0500

This might be about to happen!

Microsoft announces acquisition of Yahoo in '08?

Garrick Hileman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:17:37 -0500

Judgment on January 6, 2009: The community correctly predicted that Microsoft would not bid for part or all of Yahoo in the last nine weeks of 2008. Stay tuned. This love affair is far from over. -- The Industry Standard

Original prediction: Earlier this year the Industry Standard community bet right in predicting that YHOO would not accept MSFT’s overture.

But with Yahoo reporting a “crappy but not awful” Q3 result, concerns arising over their search advertising deal with Google and their stock price hovering the $11-12 range, rumors are circulating about MSFT making another go at it with YHOO.

What form this deal takes remains to be seen as MSFT may only be interested in YHOO’s search business.

Prediction: Microsoft will announce a deal acquire all or part of Yahoo by end of 2008. The “part of YHOO” would need to equal $1 billion or more. For example, if Microsoft made an offer to acquire Yahoo’s search business (as previously discussed) for $4 billion the terms of the prediction would be fulfilled.