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[News] Yahoo Gets Closer to Google, Microsoft Faces Financial Challenges Beyond Debt

  • Subject: [News] Yahoo Gets Closer to Google, Microsoft Faces Financial Challenges Beyond Debt
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:41:12 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Report: Yahoo-Google Deal Moves Forward

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| Yahoo Inc. has made progress toward outsourcing its search advertising to 
| Google Inc. after a positive initial test of the system, the Wall Street 
| Journal reported, citing unnamed sources.  
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,144769-pg,1/article.html

Google and Yahoo looking good?

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| Yahoo is closer to outsourcing its core ad search business to Google, after 
| favorable testing of Google's advertisements on its search pages, according 
| to a report in The Wall Street Journal.   
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9920997-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

A hidden Yahoo acquisition cost for Microsoft

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| Microsoft's attempt to acquire Yahoo is expensive, but there could be a 
| significant other expense for the software maker: retention bonuses. 
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9920996-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Microsoft looks rather frail. It's bullying Yahoo at the moment like an
insecure thug. Hubris.


Recent:

Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal

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| Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its 
| history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo 
| Inc.  
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http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205


Microsoft's DreamSpark – What a Giveaway

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| The rest of the $44.6bn (£22.3bn) deal would be financed with an undisclosed 
| amount of credit. 
| 
| What that means is that it must squeeze as much money as it can from its 
| operations to fund that debt and still pay dividends to shareholders, who 
| will be looking for some payback from the Yahoo takeover.  
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/microsofts-dreamspark-%E2%80%93-what-giveaway

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