Yeah Yahoo isn't the giant it used to be... if only there weren't any anti trust personell then google could but it
It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. I still think Microsoft should not overpay for Yahoo though.
If you are a Yahoo stockholder and preoccupied with stock prices this would be a true statement. I am a Yahoo stockholder but I like the open things that Yahoo has been developing and prefer 3 big search engines instead of 2. I'll make some change when Icahn pushes this through but I am not sure the internet will be better for it...
At least if the company has tangible goods. If it crashes they can sell those off and get back some of what they lost. As I said you need to talk to people in the stock market. I happen to keep up with the stocks so I'm pretty familiar with it. Lets go down the line. Gmail is not an innovation. Live mail beats it by far. Adwords have a lot of fraud attached to it. And the only thing that Webmasters can make money from is Adsense. Ever since they took YouTube it has been crap. Same thing for FeedBurner. They have issues.
it cant be better...as one said monopoly in market will kill its product's quality....whatever happens ..even if both of them get merged to give google a competition they need 50 more years... Looking ahead. Ashwini
That's not how the stock market works, if you own a business yes, but not the stock market. If you own a stock you don't wait until the company crashes to sell off, that would be a very idiotic thing to do. If a company is selling off tangible goods to make money, and your still a stock holder, your in a pretty big mess. I know sometimes crashes happen out of nowhere, and you can't help but lose money, but those instances are rare. Besides you don't invest in companies that could face a crash in the first place. I too also keep up with the stock market, and have been a active trader for a long time now. You should practice your theory in actuality, and see how much money you will lose. Most of it is personal opinion. All I can say is, if they had as many problems as you are suggesting, they wouldn't be so popular. Most of the things you say are a stretch from reality, and you give very little reasoning behind them. All in all at least we don't resort to name calling, or avatar bashing right? lol. I'm glad we can have a mature debate. I'm still for a Microsoft, Yahoo combination, and would love to have a alternate ad serving company, but even if the deal goes down it will be a long and bumpy road before a solid competitor is created, it's not going to happen overnight.
If both companies merge that will be about 33 percent of search market share compared to 62%+ of google. If google starts to slip and microsoft grabs marketshare from them u will start to see 10 to 15 dollars daily increases in msn's stock price later on. this is what could happen later on and this is why if i ever get the money i would buy msft stock if they merge with yahoo.