[Not even an extensive army of Munchkins and marketing people can make up for
endless crimes and bad products like Home Server, Zune and Vista.]
Microsoft Plummets, Retail Falls While Beauty Gains in CoreBrand 2007 Brand
Power Rankings
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| The annual "CoreBrand Brand Power 100" Branding Index(R) of 1,200 US
| corporations ranks Coca-Cola Company and Johnson & Johnson at #1 and #2
| respectively, unchanged since 2004. Meanwhile, Microsoft's corporate brand
| declined in stunning fashion over the past four years, falling from 11 in
| 2004 to 59 in 2007 Microsoft, a decline of 48 places!
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http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=834308
Microsoft's position as a place to work in took a dive this year as well
(reference appended at the bottom).
Just watch how every sane company is distancing itself from Microsoft.
China's Alibaba plans to buy Yahoo-held stake amid Microsoft bid: report
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| Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba is in advanced talks with investors to buyout
| a 39 percent stake in the company held by Yahoo to help ensure future
| independence, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
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http://news.smh.com.au/chinas-alibaba-plans-to-buy-yahooheld-stake-amid-microsoft-bid-report/20080320-20k1.html
Recent:
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| Would you believe... that Microsoft has dropped down to #86 within the
| Fortune Best Places to Work survey? That's down from #50 in 2007 and #42 in
| 2006. Like a rock. In a bad way. And who is #1 for two years in a row? Grab
| that chair and give it a big effen toss in the air to Google! Toot! They get
| bigger and they're still #1.
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http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2008/02/some-quick-quips-yahoo-86-and-mspoll.html
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