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Re: Microsoft $20 Billion Buyback Signaled After Slump

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____/ Sinister Midget on Friday 08 August 2008 10:12 : \____

> On 2008-08-07, nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> claimed:
>><Quote>
>> Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, whose botched
>> bid for Yahoo! Inc. helped drive the stock down 17 percent since
>> February, is about to make it up to shareholders with a buyback of as
>> much as $20 billion, according to a top-rated software analyst.
>></Quote>
>>
>> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=alHUkojlzB0w&refer=us
> 
> What'll that leave in the bank, about $5B? Time for another run at
> Yahoo.
> 
> I sure hope Sweaty's cashing in some of that stock he's holding while
> there's still _some_ value in the sinking ship he's in charge of
> piloting. This is probably a move to enhance the "value" so he can
> pillag^h^h^h^h^h^h^h inadvertantly benefit from a slightly higher price
> the next time he has a scheduled sale of his own holdings.

They are pump-n-dumping!

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