ThRikone10 07:17:57 PM May 17 2008

"guaranteed shareholders an increase in investment. Shareholders have every right to make the demands they are making." While I agree with your comment, and shareholders certainly have rights! Including I'm sure to seek legal recourse, I don't agree that this proposed increase in share value could be "guaranteed" In fact it would almost certainly destabilize the value of the stock and bring into question the future of the company itself. This I'm sure would have raised the eyebrows of many long term investors. It's my understanding that mergers are a scary thing for investors, they have a habit of not working well and being very costly. It's possible that the yahoo board members were considering this when they decided to up the bid, that and the "hostile" nature of the buy offer, probably warned them that its possible that MS did not have the best interests of Yahoo or it's shareholders in their designs. So maybe they made a counter offer that was designed to offset the loss of a poten

Sshimp14 09:08:13 AM May 16 2008

So all of you love Yahoo, that's great. The issue here is that the Yahoo board chose to ignore shareholder wishes. Microsoft gave a great offer and because the Board thinks they can turn it around, no guarantees, they declined an offer that guaranteed shareholders an increase in investment. Shareholders have every right to make the demands they are making.

ThRikone10 02:05:17 AM May 16 2008

"He's nothing but a terrorist, using interest rates rather than high explosives to destroy people's lives." Haha about time someone stated the reality that greed and inhumane financial Imperialism destroys way more lives than any bomb ever has except maybe nukes on a time based comparison.

I love Yahoo. I think it has the best email services, of all the big names..I'd hate to see Microsoft take it over and ruin it with their domination tactics, that lock out real innovation and intellectual freedom...Don't change your the best Yahoo. public search engines are a passing glory...personalized web spaces and email services are whats taking place just look at myspace. The ironic thing is that the tool bar makers were on the right track until they let spam artists hijack them, and use the tool bars to infest pcs with malware. Improve your services, Listen to your customers, let the stock holders do what the will do...they want google stocks let them buy google..Yahoo and microsoft will not

Its Dez 11:59:17 PM May 15 2008

Arctic Shade 11:46:44 PM May 15 2008

Report This! Icahn ? go to hell. and take all the republicans with you... you greedy f'k's
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Hahaha...you will be so disappointed when McCain wins the office of President of the United States.

Grasshopper7039 11:54:59 PM May 15 2008

Jax32257 11:04:11 PM May 15 2008
Google is Wal-Mart and Yahoo is K-mart. Yahoo and Microsoft combined
are at least Target. Get it folks?
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Sure we get it. Except that what Yahoo is providing is not underwear and suntan lotion, it's information.

And the dissemination of unbiased information is something that could affect every aspect of your life and livelihood. Don't look now, it already has.

Stephenseebaran 11:54:44 PM May 15 2008

:-) Keep on fighting, Jerry! Yahoo is still great and you can bounce back. We were all yahoos at some point, y'all.

Arctic Shade 11:46:44 PM May 15 2008

Icahn ? go to hell. and take all the republicans with you... you greedy f'k's

SATCOM1 11:18:13 PM May 15 2008

DON'T LET MICROSOFT GET YAHOO!!!!!!!!!! tHEY WILL SCREW IT UP LIKE THEY HAVE THEIR SITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jax32257 11:04:11 PM May 15 2008

Google is Wal-Mart and Yahoo is K-mart. Yahoo and Microsoft combined
are at least Target. Get it folks?

BARKINGwolf 10:42:06 PM May 15 2008

PLASTIC AND MISSUSED CREDIT ARE EVIL.