Yahoo may buy UK's Bebo for $1 billion: report
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| The Microsoft deal had further cast doubt on speculation that the
| software giant may seek to buy Yahoo. In early May, it was revealed
| the companies had been discussing a possible merger but the talks
| led nowhere.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/yahoo-may-buy-uks-bebo/story.aspx?guid=%7B31A9A5B5%2D7379%2D4C04%2D84DD%2D163610FA6A4E%7D&siteid=yhoof
http://tinyurl.com/33rdnn
Online Ad Bubble: aQuantive Deal Makes No Financial Sense For Microsoft
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| If anyone needed proof that the online ad business is in the middle of a
| bubble of valuations, this is an excellent data point.
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| And with Microsoft already tapping deferred revenue assets to
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| deliver numbers that Wall Street likes, throwing billions more
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| at opportunities like this isn't going to help its stagnant stock
| price.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070520/35997_id.html?.v=1
See? The number Microsoft faunted were nothing but a case of pulling back
from its own savings and investors. More below.
Related:
Microsoft's Record Quarter: Shareholders Paid for Most of the Upside Surprise
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| Actually, there is room to complain. See, those earnings were great,
| but they came at a cost. Shareholders paid for most of the upside
| surprise, not customers.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070503/34354_id.html?.v=1
Software Notebook: Microsoft's cash pile isn't what it used to be
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| But Microsoft has taken a series of steps to reduce its cash
| balance. Specifically, by Microsoft's count, the company has
| paid out nearly $100 billion through dividends and repurchasing
| its own stock in the past five years.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/309852_software02.html
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