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Microsoft Holders Say Web Spending Masks Idea Drought (Update1)
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| Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer says he plans to spend
| hundreds of millions of dollars to fix the company's unprofitable Internet
| business. His investors say they want proof he knows what to do with the
| money.
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| After walking away from six months of on-again, off-again talks about buying
| all or part of Yahoo! Inc., owner of the No. 2 Web search engine, Ballmer has
| left shareholders wondering if he has a plan B.
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| Microsoft, the biggest software maker, has lost about $90 billion in market
| value this year as Ballmer vacillated on Yahoo and failed to show how he
| would crack Google Inc.'s dominance of Internet advertising.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aqWZ_7PKAYi4&refer=news
The beginning of the end is already behind. Microsoft is falling.
Debt is possible very shortly.
Earlier:
Microsoft should issue debt for a buyback--analyst
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| Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) should take on
| debt to repurchase stock as a way to revive its flagging share price, a
| financial analyst said in a new report issued on Tuesday.
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| Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co analyst David Hilal called on the company to
| take advantage of its predictable cash flow and rock solid balance sheet to
| execute a leveraged buyback.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2225586020080722
Days ago:
Microsoft earnings tidbits: Danger costs, plus MSFT's mortgage issue
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| In another surprise disclosure, Microsoft said its investments include
| mortgage-backed securities but they're mostly "prime" mortgages and the
| portfolio is not directly exposed to the sub-prime meltdown:
|
| "While we own certain mortgage and asset-backed fixed-income securities,
| our portfolio as of June 30, 2008, does not contain direct exposure to
| subprime mortgages or structured vehicles that derive their value from
| sub-prime collateral. The majority of the mortgage-backed securities are
| collateralized by prime residential mortgages and carry a 100% principal
| and interest guarantee, primarily from Federal National Mortgage
| Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and Government
| National Mortgage Association. The remainder of the mortgage position is
| collateralized by high quality international prime residential mortgage
| loans."
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http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/brierdudley/2008/07/amazing_tidbits_in_microsofts.html
Related:
Microsoft Fraud Facts
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| Sadly, many of these brilliant people have been blinded by the stock
| price and unable to see that Microsoft is also the key architect of
| the greatest financial pyramid scheme this century.
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| It is not uncommon for participants in pyramid schemes to lose their
| emotional bearings. My close friends who work at Microsoft are
| particularly upset over my work and it is possible that even Bill
| Gates and Steve Ballmer do not realize the implications of their
| financial practices.
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http://www.billparish.com/msftfraudfacts.html
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| Microsoft has clearly entered a phase of self destructive behavior
| that began with the "tissue paper campaign" in 1995. This report will
| document this campaign for the first time.
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http://reactor-core.org/microsoft-pyramid.html
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