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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is considering launching a proxy fight at Yahoo Inc

Discussion in 'Yahoo' started by CommonDavid, May 13, 2008.

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  1. zexy

    zexy Guest

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    #21
    Yahoo can't take a breath lately. Give them a brake! :p
     
    zexy, May 16, 2008 IP
  2. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    #22
    They had braked a lot, it is time to run or they won't be able to catch sight of Google and may even fall behind MSN :)

     
    wisdomtool, May 16, 2008 IP
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    #23
    I was waiting for something like this to start. Those Yahoo CEOs are playing with shareholder's fate. If they can't take the company forward they should sell it or may be step down!
     
    webcosmo, May 16, 2008 IP
  4. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    #24
    Such proxy fights tend to be nasty, exciting and fun to watch :)
    I guess the show is about to start very soon, 4th of next month?

     
    wisdomtool, May 16, 2008 IP
  5. nutty professor

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    #25
    uNBELIEVABLE DETHRONING OF YAHOO...LIKE SOME 5 YEARS BACK YAHOO WAS a worldwide phenomenon over intrnet...esp. yahoo messenger and chat.....but with discovery of google,the nightmare started for Y!!! Y cant Y learn from google.......
     
    nutty professor, May 25, 2008 IP
  6. Awesome Ninja

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    #26
    I agree, Yahoo is not like it used to be.
     
    Awesome Ninja, May 25, 2008 IP
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    #27
    Yahoo! was the biggest in some times but right now you can clearly see the downfall. i am sure that it will recover from the position it is in right now.

    Don't sell Yahoo for anything, it is really worth a lot more.
     
    World_Peace, May 25, 2008 IP
  8. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    I think there is more room for Yahoo to go south rather than recover, it has lost its market share and will continue to lose unless it does something about it. The fact is reflected in its share prices which hit $18 before Microsoft bid.

     
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  9. CommonDavid

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    #29
    Yahoo has 20% search share, Google has 60%. If Google is worth $107.1 trillion dollars as a company with their market share (based on $583.89 a share stock price), then Yahoo should then be worth $35.7 trillion, which would mean their stock should be worth around $100 a share based on the 35.34 billion market cap.
     
    CommonDavid, May 29, 2008 IP
  10. Sem-Advance

    Sem-Advance Notable Member

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    #30
    Only problem is Yahoo is not a search engine they are a portal with the largest display advertising revenues online..

    Need to rethink your valuations.
     
    Sem-Advance, May 29, 2008 IP
  11. CommonDavid

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    #31
    So Google and Yahoo aren't in the same market?

    Something like 90% of Google's revenue comes from adwords ads.
     
    CommonDavid, May 29, 2008 IP
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    #32
    I would say Googles a search engine. They have little display advertising, their main source of revenues are earned via contextual ads.

    Yahoo and Msn are both portals and both have a heavy concentration in display advertising with a small amount earned with contextual advertising.

    Seems like very different businesses to me....
     
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  13. CommonDavid

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    #33
    What about iGoogle? That's the future of Google.
     
    CommonDavid, May 29, 2008 IP
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    #34

    Actually thats Googles somewhat half baked attempt to become a portal.

    When this all started five years ago or so Yahoo on page time was 29 minutes average compared with Google which had a dismal 4 minute on page time.

    Googles managed to close the gap somewhat, but recent forays into social networking shows they still consider themselves to be lagging in that aspect.

    :)
     
    Sem-Advance, May 29, 2008 IP
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