[News] [Rival] Cramer: Microsoft is Like IBM in 1988; No Yahoo Takeover

[Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

TheStreet.com TV Recap: Sifting Through Microsoft Rumor Mill

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| Cramer said Microsoft is "so IBM in 1988, it's frightening ... they think 
| they're a nimble growth company." 
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http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/funds/realmoneyradiowrap/10378276.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp&cm_cat=FREE&amp&cm_ite=NA
http://tinyurl.com/2wb94k

The Microsoft-Buying-Yahoo Rumor Still Makes No Sense

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| Microsoft would pay $54 billion for $1.3 billion a year in revenue and $730 
| million in profit. In return, Microsoft shares would take a 16% hit due to 
| dilution, to gain 27% market share in online advertising, a market dominated 
| by Google with 65% market share. The numbers and the markets just don't make 
| business sense.    
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070906/46542_id.html?.v=1


Related and recent:

Is Yahoo!-Microsoft Still Alive? 

http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/stockpickr/10377716.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp&cm_cat=FREE&amp&cm_ite=NA


Yahoo Gets Boost From Renewed Microsoft Acquisition Talk

http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070905/46364_id.html?.v=1


Yahoo! Answers is rejecting Open-Source options in answers

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| Someone got a computer from a friend that has some serious problems 
| with Windows. S/he has none of the disks (XP or restore) and was
| asking for recommendations.
| 
| [...]
| 
| How is recommending freely available and legal alternatives abuse?
| ImgBurn is also a perfectly legal program, so are Ubuntu and Kubuntu
| (they're Linux).
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http://amandakerik.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/yahoo-answers-is-rejecting-open-source-options-in-answers/
http://tinyurl.com/ywglv7


Yahoo in China human rights case

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| A human rights group in the US is suing Yahoo for alleged complicity in 
| rights abuses and acts of torture in China. 
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6966116.stm


Chinese Internet dissident committed to mental hospital

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| "It is not acceptable that Chinese authorities use such methods to silence 
| citizens who have merely peacefully voiced their opinions", expressed the 
| organisation in an announcement. Apparently authorities have not abandoned 
| the practice of punishing those who have exposed the abuse of power and 
| defied censorship by compulsorily committing them to mental institutions.    
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/94864/from/rss09


Yahoo!, Microsoft ink web pact with Chinese government

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| Microsoft and Yahoo! have signed a pact with the Chinese government 
| that "encourages" the big name web players to record the identities of 
| bloggers and censor content. So says Reporters Without Borders, an 
| organization that fights for journalistic rights across the globe.   
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/24/yahoo_and_microsoft_ink_chinese_blogging_pact/