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Will Microsoft Make Another Offer For Yahoo At $30 Or More By End Of 2008?
Current forecast: 7% chance 
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Combining all predictions, the current forecast is that this is 7% likely to happen (down 2% in last 1 day)
Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that Yahoo shareholders are now prepared to take $31.50 per share. Sources close to Carl Icahn say he will take anything North of $30 a share. With the stock trading at in the low 20's and alternatives to the Microsoft deal looking non-existent this shouldn't come as much of a surprise.
Will it be enough to bring Microsoft back to the table?
Will it be enough to bring Microsoft back to the table?
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Settled as Yes if Microsoft make an offer of $30 per share or more for the whole of Yahoo before the end of 2008.
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Created Thu 10th Jul 2:01am PDT by punditwatch
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score: 10
Reuters UK 1 week ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - To impress shareholders, Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) next chief executive needs just one qualification: the willingness to do a deal with Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research). That's
score: 10
Canada.com 1 week ago
SAN FRANCISCO - To impress shareholders, Yahoo Inc's next chief executive needs just one qualification: the willingness to do a deal with Microsoft Corp. That's because this remains Yahoo's best option, short of a
score: 10
IOL 1 week ago
Yahoo shares shot up 11 percent on Tuesday as investors took the resignation of CEO Jerry Yang to mean Microsoft is more likely to make another bid for the ailing Internet
score: 10
IT News Australia 1 week ago
By Anupreeta Das To To impress shareholders, Yahoo's next chief executive needs just one qualification: the willingness to do a deal with Microsoft. That's because this remains Yahoo's best option, short of a dramatic turnaround
score: 10
Investors Business Daily 1 week ago
Jerry Yang stepping down as Yahoo (YHOO) chief executive doesn't mean Microsoft (MSFT) will come back to the table, analysts say, though it sure heightens the speculation. It also sparks speculation over who will next
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
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SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo's stock dove to its lowest level in nearly five years today, magnifying the challenge facing the Internet company as its management tries to justify its rebuff of Microsoft 's $47.5 billion takeover bid. Shares fell $1.01, or 5.4 percent, 1 to $17.75, a price unseen since October 2003.
The downturn left Yahoo's market value about $12 billion below what shareholders would have received if the company had accepted Microsoft's takeover offer of $33 a share in May. Microsoft sweetened the offer after Yahoo repeatedly rejected an initial bid of $31 a share made in January.
Commentary: Record buyback deal should kill talk of Yahoo deal"
At: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/microsoft-buyback-quashes-all-hope/story.aspx?guid=%7B5AA33267%2DBB6B%2D457B%2DAC8F%2D3DE23FFCCEB0%7D
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