Microsoft bids on Yahoo at last

By James Kendrick | Friday, February 1, 2008 | 8:28 AM CT | 3 comments | Tweet This

Ms_logo_3 Yahoo_logo_4 It has been kicking around the rumor mill for years and today an official announcement indicates that Microsoft has bid almost 45 billion dollars in stock and cash to acquire Yahoo. This bid comes after Yahoo has indicated they must lay off some employees due to low profits and it will certainly be interesting to see these two giants merge to fight the Google juggernaut.

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Comments (3)

MicroHoo or YaSoft?

wileyj — 2:34 AM on February 1, 2008 Reply
Will they move the campus to Redmond?

Any way, I guess we’ll just have to wonder what the Yahoos at Microsoft are doing…

Sorry. Bad puns are the best humor I can muster for now…

Woadan

Woadan — 4:41 AM on February 1, 2008 Reply
This just fuels the fire of Apple fans saying Microsoft is filled with a bunch of Yahoos.

Anybody still using Windows is a Yahoo

Vista is for Yahoos

(Thanks Woadan

Aaron J. Walker — 4:57 AM on February 1, 2008 Reply