Yahoo to Microsoft: No, Thank You
> "They tried to make me go to Redmond, I said, No! No! No!" > The WSJ is reporting that the Yahoo Board of Directors...
Performance Review: Google vs. Micro-hoo
An anonymous friend from college points out an interesting aside: There has been lots of buzz about the battle royale between Microsoft,...
Micro-Hoo!™: Desktop vs Internet
Alternative title: Who Do You Trust?, Part II Last month, we looked at the question: Who Do You Trust?. That discussion considered...
Microsoft Takeover Bid for Yahoo!
This morn, all eyes are on the takeover proposal, in a letter from Steve Ballmer to Yahoo’s Board of Directors, stating an offer of...
Monoline Insurance: There’s a New Sheriff in Town…
The monoline insurers — the firms that issued default insurance on muni bonds that never default — have been buried by more...
BoA in Talks to Buy CountryWide Financial
>Bank of America (BAC) is reportedly in advanced talks to by Countrywide Financial (CFC). This is in direct contradiction to Dennis...
Possible Improbables
Doug Kass is out with his annual list of long shot events that have a better chance of occurring than most people expect. They are, as...
New Business Model: Launch New Sites to Annoy/Sell to Apple
As a longstanding Mac guy, I’ve spent way too much time defending Apple against people who just didn’t understand them. But I...
Biggest M&A Year in History
Source:Romping Through the Biggest M&A Year in HistoryOctober 2, 2007, 4:24...
Buffett Sell Signal
Call it revenge of the rumor mongers: So far this year, Warren Buffett has been wrongly named as an acquirer seven times. In five of...