The coming financial crisis

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Holy shtein.

Microsoft bids $45 billion to buy Yahoo

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

more record profits for ExxonMobil

Mission accomplished for George W.

[Father Demon]

Holy shtein.

Microsoft bids $45 billion to buy Yahoo

That news shocked the hell out of me.

Mostly, because I sold all my Yahoo stock last week.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Whoops.

[Butchers Bill]

Holy shtein.

Microsoft bids $45 billion to buy Yahoo

Does anyone even use Yahoo anymore?  Its on the verge of becoming an interesting footnote in the history of teh internets, not a hot investment.

I think Gates has lost it...$45 billion for Yahoo is insane.

[Wingspan]

Holy shtein.

Microsoft bids $45 billion to buy Yahoo

Does anyone even use Yahoo anymore?  Its on the verge of becoming an interesting footnote in the history of teh internets, not a hot investment.

I think Gates has lost it...$45 billion for Yahoo is insane.

If you owned it yesterday, it was.

[Sgt PSN]

Holy shtein.

Microsoft bids $45 billion to buy Yahoo

Does anyone even use Yahoo anymore?  Its on the verge of becoming an interesting footnote in the history of teh internets, not a hot investment.

I think Gates has lost it...$45 billion for Yahoo is insane.

I have MyYahoo as my homepage.  I like it better than Google's version (which takes forever to load).  I don't use Yahoo's search engine though, I have the Google toolbar installed.  I can still check my gmail through MyYahoo so the 2 Google functions I use the most (search and mail) are easily available to me.  

[Butchers Bill]

Holy shtein.

Microsoft bids $45 billion to buy Yahoo

Does anyone even use Yahoo anymore?  Its on the verge of becoming an interesting footnote in the history of teh internets, not a hot investment.

I think Gates has lost it...$45 billion for Yahoo is insane.

If you owned it yesterday, it was.

True, but overall...meh.

Its trading close to 60X earnings and has a 36 billion market cap.  I may actually sell it short after today.

[ice grillin you]

yahoo fantasy leagues alone are worth 45 billion

[Father Demon]

Holy shtein.

Microsoft bids $45 billion to buy Yahoo

Does anyone even use Yahoo anymore?  Its on the verge of becoming an interesting footnote in the history of teh internets, not a hot investment.

I think Gates has lost it...$45 billion for Yahoo is insane.

I have MyYahoo as my homepage.  I like it better than Google's version (which takes forever to load).  I don't use Yahoo's search engine though, I have the Google toolbar installed.  I can still check my gmail through MyYahoo so the 2 Google functions I use the most (search and mail) are easily available to me. 

That's exactly my situation. 

I'm not sure what Yahoo's ad revenue is versus paid content, but I think if Mr. Bill wants to compete with Google (which may or may not be a lost cause), he needs to shore up as much portal space as possible.  The MSN portal sucks, MyYahoo kicks ass, and thsubscriber base of those two combined will be ginormous. 

With Yahoo's spike and MSFT's drop (which I still own), this was a $3500 downturn for me today.  Now I just have to hope the long term benefit to MSFT is worth it.

Also worth pointing out that this was simply an offer - not an actual deal.

[rjs246]

yahoo fantasy leagues alone are worth 45 billion

Truth.

[Phanatic]

I read that Yahoo turned it down. As someone stated earlier the fantasy sports alone make it worth it...

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

yahoo fantasy leagues alone are worth 45 billion

Truth.

Is that why you charged us all an extra $10 for the "privilege" of using Sportsline, jackass?

Worst. Commish. Ever.

[rjs246]

Let it go.

[Cerevant]

Fed drops rates again.  Inflation, here we come.

And shock - the USD falls below the CAD again.