____/ Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 07 May 2008 02:04 : \____
> ____/ Jerry McBride on Tuesday 06 May 2008 23:59 : \____
>
>> nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> <Quote>
>>> WHO'S THE bigger loser from Microsoft's withdrawn bid for Yahoo?
>>> Investors certainly punished the Internet company on Monday for
>>> letting the prospective deal go away, and they enthusiastically
>>> cheered Microsoft's abandonment of a $42 billion bid. But a jog
>>> through the numbers, starting from before the software giant showed
>>> its hand, suggests that it's actually Microsoft that has emerged most
>>> damaged from the affair.
>>> </Quote>
>>>
>>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121002286060868719.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
>>
>> Is there something wrong with this picture? How do you justify loosing so
>> much money on a "non-deal" ?? Quite honestly, Balmer (a.k.a. BLAMER) should
>> loose his job over this one... It's nothing like tossing a chair around
>> during one of his well known temper tantrums... he wasted BILLIONS... in a
>> bad deal, gone bad...
>>
>> Simply amazing... only Microsoft...
>
> I was not the only bad deal. It's a serial kil...errr... acquisitive thing.
^t
> Windows and Office lose momentum (sinking sales) and both market cap and cash
> balance decline (the money is being pushed into the stock, MSFT, as /real/
> investors, including Bill Gates, depart).
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