On 2008-02-11, Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
> On 2008-02-11, Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> on 11/02/08 04:02 Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>>
>>> Seems more to me that Microsoft investors sold their stock to buy Yahoo stock, expecting it to be converted back to Microsoft stock at a profit.
>>
>> Why did both MS and Yahoo stock slide after the announcement. Don't you
>> buy stock expecting it to rise, not drop. Why would the average MS stock
>> holder expect the price to tank, unless they think it a bad move.
>
> MS dropped, Yahoo went up.
Both went down until Friday. Then YHOO went up. On Thursday or Friday MS
said they might have to borrow to buy YHOO. On saturday YHOO told 'em
to stick it.
Lookee, lookee, it's up again:
http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/intchart.asp?symb=YHOO&time=1&freq=9&comp=&compidx=aaaaa%7E0&compind=&uf=0&ma=&maval=&lf=1&lf2=&lf3=&type=2&size=1&txtstyle=&style=&submitted=true&intflavor=basic&origurl=%2Ftools%2Fquotes%2Fintchart.asp
Which way did the other one go? Why, here's where it went:
http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/intchart.asp?symb=MSFT&time=1&freq=9&comp=&compidx=aaaaa%7E0&compind=&uf=0&ma=&maval=&lf=1&lf2=&lf3=&type=2&size=1&txtstyle=&style=&submitted=true&intflavor=basic&origurl=%2Ftools%2Fquotes%2Fintchart.asp
I take that to be a point in the favor of Yahoo surviving rather than
being absorbed.
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