Microsoft in Talks to Buy Yahoo For $50 Billion USD

Microsoft is willing to lay down $50 billion for Yahoo Inc. say reports

The search and advertising industry could change drastically over the next year if Microsoft has its way with Yahoo. In the last several weeks, it was well publicized that Microsoft and Google went head on in a bidding war for Internet advertising giant DoubleClick. Eventually, Google won and settled with DoubleClick for roughly $3.1 billion -- a sum that had analysts questioning Microsoft's true motives.

At the time of the acquisition, Microsoft had roughly $25 billion of available cash in its bank; more than double that of Google's $11.9 billion. Observing these figures, it was odd to see Microsoft back out of a deal it could easily win. "The best side to be on in a bidding war is the losing side," said legendary Wall Street tycoon Warren Buffet. Buffet is implying that the loser in a bidding war has forced the winner to over-pay for something.

Today, Forbes is reporting that Microsoft is in negotiations with Yahoo for a possible acquisition that could be worth $50 billion. According to the report, Microsoft is feeling greater pressure to compete in the online advertising space. Just recently, Yahoo announced its acquisition of online advertising firm Right Media for $680 million. While this is far from Google's $3.1 billion expense on DoubleClick, it does indicate that Yahoo is already quite a force in online advertising.

Another sticking point for Microsoft is the fact that both Google and Yahoo are ahead of the game when it comes to search. Microsoft has been playing catch up to Google and Yahoo with MSN Search, but having Yahoo under its belt would surely set the company onto a different playing field altogether.

Despite an impending deal with Yahoo, Microsoft hasn’t taken its eyes completely off the Google – DoubleClick deal. Microsoft is loudly voicing its opinion against the deal and has asked regulators to carefully monitor the acquisition.

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g4m3rof1337 said:

Doesn't google own youtube?

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g4m3rof1337 said:

Heh, pocket change for google.

Google should make there own operating systems...

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Dual_Corex2 said:

Why doesnt Microsoft buy every company so that the whole world just revolves around them?

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vroom_skies said:

That would be illegal.

Monopoly

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vroom_skies said:

That would be illegal.

Monopoly

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ADE said:

Just as I was gonna say. BUT! Monopoly isn't truly illegal in US. Microsoft would have gotten the boot a long time ago. I believe there used to be many OS but Microsoft bought them out. But with MAC making a come back, (I'm sure you've seen the commercials-- even I have to laugh!) they might become popular. I actually want one...to build of course, but does MAC sell OEM OS? any way, even if it was monopoly, laws and such change from what country you live in. Sometimes, drastically. And some may not allow it, some let it go on, in the end, no one has the real power to stop it. Just like Cybergun in airsoft. They are good products, but they cant control the world, just something in a certain area. and has anyone ever thought of what will happen when Bill Gates dies? Will his kids want to take over his stuff? will they mess it up?

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grimxx said:

Silly Bill Gates is made of thousands of computer parts and simply cannot die

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NASA said:

Bill Gates is an alien you know. Its true. The only reason that damn UFO crashed is because it was running on windows.

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ADE said:

So it is true!!!!!!

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grimxx said:

Well if mac would only make an oem os then they could compete some more with microsoft but I do like vista's look or MACs but im more into the dark look anyways

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Rambo said:

You can already install OS X on regular PC's.

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ADE said:

So it is true!!!!!!

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