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Re: [News] Is Steve Ballmer Destroying Microsoft?

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Ballmer's Insanity and Microsoft Stock
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| If Microsoft continues to harbor such a negative and inarticulate CEO,
>| their stock and business will continue to suffer. Ballmer is bad news
>| for Microsoft, and he needs to be taken down from his position as
>| CEO.
> `----
> 
> http://www.marketmatador.com/2007/03/17/ballmers-insanity-and-microsoft-stock/
> 

That article is quite damning.  It is interesting that when things start
to go wrong, well, they really /do/ go wrong.

> 
> Related:
> 
> A Dozen Stocks For '07
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Millen also thinks $36 billion in planned share buybacks
>| will help the stock.
> `----
> 
> http://www.forbes.com/2006/12/05/stocks-markets-investing-pf-ii-cz_ag_1205stockpicks.html?partner=yahootix
> 
> 
> Commentary: Microsoft needs more than just buybacks to lift its shares
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Microsoft shares, which have been dormant for the last few years,
>| have been looking up over the last couple months. The Dow industrials
>| component has gained about 20% since hitting a 4-year low of $21.46 o
>| June 13.
>|
>| To help move things along, Microsoft not only launched a $40 billion
>| stock repurchase program that lasts through 2011, the company also said
>| its previously announced 4-year, $30 billion stock buyback program was
>| completed in just 2 years.
> `----
> 
> http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B685EFB89%2D5791%2D4E8B%2DAD6A%2D9688F5B6012A%7D&source=blq%2Fyhoo&dist=yhoo&siteid=yhoo


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