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Will Microsoft make another offer for Yahoo by the end of May?

Settled as No

TechCrunch: My guess is that Microsoft still very much wants Yahoo, they’re just trying really, really hard to make it look like they don’t. Now is their time to strike (again) as Yahoo’s shareholders are driven to make public comments like the one above out of sheer frustration.

If I were Microsoft, I’d place a new bid for Yahoo at $33 per share, and let the offer stand for three days.
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Activity: H$110,646
Settled as No on Mon 2nd Jun 3:10am PDT
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Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

Suspend date: Sun 1st Jun 12:59am PDT

Settlement date: Mon 2nd Jun 3:10am PDT

Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 1st Jun 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 25%

Action history:

Created Tue 6th May 1:56am PDT by nigeleccles[Admin]
Clarified Tue 20th May 3:03am PDT by andrew: An offer to buy part of Yahoo does not count
Settlement requested Wed 21st May 1:40am PDT by orlin: Please, consider this report for possible settlement:

Reuters: "Microsoft not bidding to buy Yahoo -CEO Ballmer"

'Microsoft Corp is not looking to bid to buy all of Yahoo Inc but is in talks about other types of deals with the U.S. No. 2 search engine, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.
"We are not bidding to buy Yahoo," Ballmer said'

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL2128219120080521
Suspended Sun 1st Jun 12:59am PDT : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Mon 2nd Jun 12:12am PDT by questmaster: May is over. Please decide is offer for cooperation a reason to settle as "yes".
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  1 andrew
Note an offer to buy part of Yahoo does not count.

Andrew
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posted 11 weeks ago

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