Microsoft to offer $44.6 billion in cash and stock to buy Yahoo

[piet]

thats a nice offer.

i wish i had some stock

Microsoft Offers $44.6B for Yahoo: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

[OldWelshGuy]

that would make life VERY Interesting!

[gkd_uk]

That is great news. Hope it goes ahead

[marius_van_marius]

That is a big offer indeed. Google want to have all the search engine market by himself..

[rakib]

Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.’s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets. The Justice Department says it is interested in reviewing antitrust issues associated with it.

The surprise offer of $31 per share, made late Thursday and announced Friday, seizes on Yahoo’s weakness while Microsoft tries to muscle up in a high-stakes battle with Google likely to define the technology landscape for years to come.

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[ardit217]

That would turn into a big bloddy battle between google and microsoft

[temi]

Originally Posted by ardit217

That would turn into a big bloddy battle between google and microsoft

I am not sure about a battle, Google will still command almost 60% of the search market share

[Meti]

Originally Posted by OldWelshGuy

that would make life VERY Interesting!

I second that.

[ukboi]

I hope this will push tru. Google needs some competition for the benefit of us all

[espmartin]

Originally Posted by ukboi

I hope this will push tru. Google needs some competition for the benefit of us all

I feel that we need much more than just another huge company (MS eats Yahoo) -
we need lots of companies, which makes lots of end user choices.