WSJ: Microsoft-Yahoo: A Snappy Comeback?

May 4, 2008, 11:54 pm

Posted by Heidi N. Moore

Will Microsoft make a comeback bid?

Yahoo shareholders, likely reeling from the Internet company’s decision to refuse a $33-a-share takeover offer, may want to take solace in a couple of deals where “no” really meant “maybe.” In the past, Oracle and PepsiCo backed away from takeover attempts, only to return to the negotiating table after their prey twisted in the wind.

COMMENTS

Really nice article. It documents some other mergers that looked like they were dead, that later went through.

Take a few minutes to read the whole story.

Time will tell how this one ends.

Where do you think this story will end?

WSJ: Cable Ads Again Accentuate the Negative

It's nice to see the competitive spirit alive and well. Customers should be better off with increasing competition for their business.

Possible results for consumers

• Lower prices
• Better service
• More services offered
• Better value
• Customized offers
  

Read the story in the Wall Street Journal.

Time, DirecTV, Verizon
Raise Rhetoric, Barbs;
Time to 'Blame-Storm'

By VISHESH KUMAR
April 28, 2008; Page B6

The battle for TV customers is getting personal.

A few funny blurbs from the article.

• "blame-storming"
• direct, hard-hitting facts
• "Empty Cable Suit,"
• rapidly deteriorating landline business

What are your thoughts?