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- doublefelix, on 11/20/2008, -0/+69Watch them drop another 20% tomorrow when Ballmer calls them a "search engine for pussy's". Then look for a hostile takeover on Friday.
- MAGZine, on 11/20/2008, -0/+30Yeah, well, Ballmer says a lot of things.
No really, a LOT of things. - ricemonster, on 11/20/2008, -2/+21Like "developers".
- geoffg, on 11/20/2008, -5/+23Developers, developers, developers, developers!!!
- inactive, on 11/20/2008, -1/+17Yahoo is so 1999.
- ElbertF, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1620.9 Is more than "nearly 20" percent. :O
- popltree2, on 11/20/2008, -0/+15He also throws a lot of things. Like chairs. And Asian people.
- Magnus150, on 11/20/2008, -0/+15You're still in Yahoo?
Are you daft?
EDIT:
You're still in the stock market?
Are you daft? - ngmcs8203, on 11/20/2008, -1/+16Jerry Yang is who shareholders should hate.
- algaeturd, on 11/20/2008, -1/+15You should have seen their stocks plummet on BALLER comments. When they started talking about how they was ballin and drinking Henny all night, rolling in a posse 40 deep running limos and *****, all the investors got super freaked out.
- morninglorii, on 11/20/2008, -0/+12If Ballmer's words always had this kind of effect on other companies, there would be no other companies.
- darthsnoopy, on 11/20/2008, -0/+11yep. bungie totally botched halo and didnt release it to any success...oh ..wait...no...that's not right..and neither are you.
- inactive, on 11/20/2008, -3/+14After Yahoo tried to buy out Xfire by suing them Ive had zero respect for this lame ass company, I hope they crash and burn.
- codecracker007, on 11/20/2008, -0/+11and the stock graph image is off finance.yahoo.com...oh the irony!!
- Hefelumpman, on 11/20/2008, -0/+10Microsoft didn't kill yahoo, Jerry Yang, Yahoo's CEO killed Yahoo. He was greedy, it didn't pay off, and now his company is *screwed*
- shamanking911, on 11/20/2008, -0/+10They should have let SOMEONE buy them out. Their share decline was to be expected, so why on earth would Yahoo refuse Microsoft's offer?
- sockpuppets, on 11/20/2008, -0/+8They *all* play games.
- gatorfree, on 11/20/2008, -0/+7He also screams, and dances.
- Callidus, on 11/20/2008, -2/+9I think you accidentally a word.
- borez, on 11/20/2008, -0/+6What's a Yahoo
- q1006662, on 11/20/2008, -3/+9*pussies
- scratt, on 11/20/2008, -1/+7What are you smoking?
- webllinks, on 11/20/2008, -0/+6Boy did Microsoft dodge a bullet not getting Yahoo at $33. They would have bought a lemon. An expensive one.
- TheSkinsFactory, on 11/20/2008, -0/+5I don't believe it. I'm betting this is all a ruse to drag the prices down so that Microsoft can go in and get it for fire sale prices. I don't believe it for a second. Yahoo! is Microsoft's only change to play catch up with Google. And they want to catch up in the worst way.
- Stroggoth, on 11/20/2008, -0/+5Jerry is sort of a whore - he was offered huge dollars, more than Yahoo would ever be worth and claimed that he was too good for the deal, then he comes crawling back once he realizes that his visions of bigger money were just his greed playing games with him.
Ballmer did the only thing a good CEO could do - say No. Otherwise you would look like an pushover. Give him some credit, he does have basic business sense. - wave789, on 11/20/2008, -1/+6Who gives a ***** about Yahoo anymore? They were relevant last decade.
- tsotha, on 11/20/2008, -0/+4He's right about that, at least in Japan. Nobody uses Google in Japan - it's all Yahoo. But I think Yahoo Japan is actually a separate company.
- thealsir, on 11/20/2008, -2/+6Yahoo: epic, epic, epic fail.
I was actually surprised that yahoo's stock didn't fall this much earlier when Yang refused the buyout and Microsoft hinted they didn't want to deal with this anymore.
Boy did they pass up the chance of a lifetime. - popwesa, on 11/20/2008, -0/+4Agreed. I feel pretty antiquated that it's still my homepage.
I hate it, but changing your email is a bitch. And I was too much a n00b to know any better when I first started surfing. - Phatlip012, on 11/20/2008, -1/+5Do you want a gold star or something? You stated the obvious.
- sliksta, on 11/20/2008, -0/+3Who cares what moron ballmer has to say. Nobody should.
- krnldmp, on 11/20/2008, -1/+4This just goes to show you how clueless shareholders are at any given time and how pertinent stocks are regarding company performance. The whole thing is a genuine butt plug. Should make it illegal this morning and forever.
- Myztry, on 11/20/2008, -1/+4Bungie is a strictly hands off approach.
This allows Microsoft to claim software prowess without renaming the company Bungle as direct involvement would necessitate. - haydesigner, on 11/20/2008, -0/+3@Vector713: "Actually, with low prices, now is a spectacular time to be in the market."
Only if you assume that the market(s) is near the bottom. And most of us think that the bottom is long way off.
So following your advice would likely cause most people to *lose* a lot of money. Thanks. - worminater, on 11/20/2008, -0/+3Microsoft didn't drive stocks down with comments; misinformed speculation that microsoft would buy yahoo drove UP yahoo stocks. This is just the market correcting itself later.
- evilgourmet, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2You used Yahoo in 1999?
then weren't you so 1996? - TWiThead, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2There's almost a "Simpsons" reference there. But not quite.
- Vector713, on 11/20/2008, -3/+5Actually, with low prices, now is a spectacular time to be in the market.
Buy low. Sell high. :) - SawButter, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2I completely agree with you.
- jackdaniels06, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2Actually, for example in UK, Google has highest market share even bigger market share there than in US. Check it. http://www.hitwise.co.uk/datacenter/searchenginean ...
In China, Google has 2nd largest market share after Baidu. Google in Germany is around I believe 90% market share. Google is dominant in most countries around the world. Last quarter Google's revenues outside US exceeded that of US revenues for the first time ever. - inactive, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2Merger arbitrage. Buy the stock of the company to be acquired, and sell short the acquirer. Institutional speculators abound.
- MicrosoftBob, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2Yahoo owns 40% of Alibaba, the world's largest trader in shark fins. They have also worked with the Chinese government to expose and imprison political dissidents.
Until this changes, I hope they go bankrupt.
***** Yahoo, indeed. - SawButter, on 11/20/2008, -0/+2Buy Yahoo has never really been in Microsoft's intentions.
They've used the power of the Stocks Market to weaken Yahoo.
In fact what they really wanted to do is a "coup d'etat" Business style and they have succeeded.
And please don't say that Steve "monkeyboy" Ballmer has business sense, you are insulting the people who really have. - inactive, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1Highlander fan? ;)
- saucy05, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1Other than the economy in general, Microsoft pulling out was the main reason for yahoo's stock to dive.
Me thinks they are waiting for it to go lower, so they can grab it for a bargain. - stoanhart, on 11/20/2008, -1/+2You can't feed a person for a week on $3. Shut up.
- inactive, on 11/20/2008, -1/+2lolwut?
- thefreewheeler, on 11/20/2008, -0/+1Terrific. Just like David Hasselhoff. That should drive up the price.
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