____/ unionpenny@xxxxxxxxx on Wednesday 12 March 2008 16:38 : \____
> On Mar 12, 6:37 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Microsoft's Takeover Tactics
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>> | A proxy run would cost Microsoft--which is believed to own a stake in
>> | Yahoo-- $20 million to $30 million, say merger-and-acquisition experts. In
>> | contrast, each dollar-per-share increase in Microsoft's bid would add $1.4
>> | billion to the takeover tab.
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>> http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_11/b4075028660735.htm...
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> You mean 20 to 30 Billion here, right?
How come? I think not. I mean, they are sure willing to spend a lot on Yahoo
(enough to go into large debt amid recessions), but breaking apart the Yahoo
board is small money to Microsoft. Likewise, helping SCO attack Linux was
small money to Microsoft.
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