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which banks were involved in
which banks were involved in that deal?
This isn't the first time
This isn't the first time MSFT has mad a bid for Yahoo... the companies have actually been in stalemate talks for over 2 years now.
It looks pretty serious this
It looks pretty serious this time, a close person to me told me that all employees recieved an email from Steve telling them about the possible take over last night.
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I'm surprised MSFT went
I'm surprised MSFT went public with the offer - seems like a pretty confrontational approach.
While I doubt it would happen, this would be really interesting as a hostile deal...
Front-running
It looks pretty serious this time, a close person to me told me that all employees recieved an email from Steve telling them about the possible take over last night.
Serious or not, I would have to assume employees would have been informed of the offer last night.
In its bid letter, MSFT was crystal clear about their intent to issue a press release the following morning (i.e., this morning).
Blackstone & Morgan Stanley
http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2008/02/just_in_advisers_for_microsoft....
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Won't this get blocked by the FTC
2 giants, 2 of the 3 leaders in terms of market share of search engines. To be simple, remembering back to econ, the Herfindhal Index would basically equate to strict scrutiny from the FTC. Not trying to be a tool, but just from that you think at least CNBC would throw some subtitles mentioning the FTC. Am I way off?