The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
><nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:19:07 -0800 (PST)
><0c13b5de-e1d6-4834-9c46-8d42a42d5ef3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> On Feb 6, 4:29 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Microsoft's Offer To Yahoo Falling
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | In all of the Microsoft-Yahoo talk so far, no official deadlines have been
>>> | given. There may be an implicit hurry-up factor, however, as it seems that
>>> | Microsoft's sinking stock price could force it to adjust the deal.
>>> |
>>> | The offer of $44.6 billion was made back when Microsoft was worth around
>>> | $33.60 per share. But since it was actually a half-cash, half-stock offer,
>>> | and Microsoft is now at $29.07 per share, the grand total is now closer to
>>> | $41 billion.
>>> |
>>>
>>
>> I don't watch MSFT stock. Is it really back down to $29? If so, Ray
>> Lopez 0.999 has lost a wad of cash. Too bad.
>
> As of the end of today it is at 28.52, down 0.55 -- a fall
> of 1.89 %, and a loss of market cap of about 5.12 B.
>
The long-term trend is interesting, if you look at the averaged chart
which google have, it shows steady growth from 1986 to 2000, then a
gentle decline to 2008, although there is some indication of a slight
tip-up, I think that might've been when the markets genuinely believed
that Vista was going to be a success. Now that it's clear that Vista
has flopped, I suspect the decline will continue, and probably
accelerate as the missing billions of assets come more into focus.
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