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By: Guruvardhan

Guruvardhan — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:01:28 +0000

Yeah, NewsCorp had a difficult choice to make…but i hope that they have made a thoughtfull choice……may be a collaboration with Yahoo! might work out…..

http://www.80feetroad.blogspot.com

By: kat

kat — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:23:24 +0000

Yahoo mail has gotten pretty good. Gmail seems to be getting worse. Moving target. I hope Yahoo hangs in there somehow. They have some cool APIs.

By: isedb.com

isedb.com — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:52:14 +0000

News Corp Gives Up The Fight For Yahoo…

Talking to investors at the annual Bear Stearns Media Conference, Murchdoch said that “We’re not going to get into a fight with Microsoft, which has a lot more money than us.” Murdoch also gave support to Google as FIM’s ad provider: “We’re…

By: PSP

PSP — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:52:03 +0000

i actually use gmail for junk mail, i get a lot of spams in gmail after four years of usage, on the other hand, my seven years old yahoo mail plus account practically does not have spams at all. gmail also sucks at UI, and not very stable lately.

By: redg

redg — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:25:15 +0000

seriously how many people use yahoo for junkmail….everyone i know

By: HA!

HA! — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:24:59 +0000

Yahoo is wasting time and delaying the merger.

By: wake up

wake up — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:37:14 +0000

@Ujwal Yes that you will be using gmail for junk very soon

By: Ujwal

Ujwal — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:09:00 +0000

i use yahoo mail for junk mail. i use gmail for sites i trust for registration.

it used to be i used hotmail.com for junk mail and yahoo for trust..

see the trend ???/

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:51:09 +0000

Mr. Murdoch didn’t become wealthy by throwing money away… hopefully Balmer comes to his senses and realizes how silly it is to buy a dying company. Just wait another year and voila… he will be able to get it for a fraction of his initial offer. Yahoo is in some deep trouble… from a business point of view they should just stave off any offers for at least 6 months but maybe send some cash their way in order to have the “first counter-bid” option on Yahoo or just begin buying large blocks of outstanding shares until they reach 51% at which point, they can do as they wish.

Jon
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By: jro

jro — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:40:32 +0000

@zizi: just summarily and sarcastically paraphrasing. Yes, that’s exactly what MS is doing, but so many people are viewing that as the bad outcome.

At least MS is willing to give them something of value for the company; no one else has any interest beyond cheerleading.

By: ZiZi

ZiZi — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:02:02 +0000

@jro, What you mean “wants to see yahoo saved”.. thats what Microsoft is doing, saving their sorry asses.

By: jro

jro — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:23:28 +0000

Rumors aside, it doesn’t seem that FIM really tried to “fight” for Yahoo at all. For everyone who wants to see Yahoo “saved”, nobody is interested.

Jerry, take heed: the people who place the highest value on Yahoo right now are the people with the offer on the table.

By: Michael Parkatti

Michael Parkatti — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:15:22 +0000

Thank GOD! This clears the way for NewsCorp to go after the crown jewel of American business, Wayne Enterprises. Bruce is going through a horrible proxy fight at the board level, and recent middling by The Joker should only increase the rhetoric to divest.

By: MikeT

MikeT — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:10:33 +0000

With the shrinking credit market - did they really think they can pull this one off?
Still being drunk after MySpace successful buyout, probably…

By: steven

steven — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:09:51 +0000

Ducan,

Shoddy journalism last week with the JC quotes, and bad copy editing today. Thought you would at least want to start off the new week with your best foot forward.