Comments on: Yahoo rejects joint-bid for search business by Icahn and Microsoft

Yahoo announced late Saturday night it rejected a joint-buyout proposal by Microsoft and investor activist Carl Icahn, which called for the sale of only Yahoo's search business.

[joetesta70]

I want what Yahoo is smoking. I think they think it's 1999.

[protagonistic]

If you think MS and Ichan have Yahoos shareholders best interests at heart I want some of what you are smoking

[RompStar_420]

I think is a matter of trust. Few people trust Microsoft because of all the stuff they pulled over the years and are still pulling. Sell us your healthy division and we don't care what happens to the rest.

Yahoo should show a big fat middle finger to those dirty jills, sell them nothing!!! and start using your head, you can bring it around. Study what google did and why people are using them so much.

Or come up with new ideas of your own, whatever you do don't sell a damn thing to those dirty monkeys.

[technewsjunkie]

Yahoooooo!

Reject the EVIL EMPIRE.

(Sorry for this outburst)

[limefan913]

That's a very stupid deal for Yahoo. The deal breaker is Icahn board part. If Microsoft only wants the search anyhow, whats the point of Icahn's board?

[Tui Pohutukawa]

It only shows how weak and desperate Microsoft is. A weak and desperate bully.

[jodpur]

Hey Joe, did you hedge something on the Yahoo deal?

Sorry, you lose, so does Icahn. I dumped my Microsoft quite some time ago, and now it looks like Yahoo has to go too. They are going to railroad this deal through.

Microsoft will still suck as a company, and they will destroy Yahoo in the process.

Icahn knows nothing about running a tech company, but by all means, let's let him take control. Of course, he is a corporate raider. He does not give a rat's butt about keeping Yahoo together, just greed really.

My long term play on Yahoo is best if Microsoft sticks to desktop applications. OOOH, I guess that technology is going to the wayside as well. Too bad they don't know more about running an Internet company.

[benjaminstraight]

benjamin straight writes: A deal will be settled. This is just par for the course.

[Sumatra-Bosch]

You tell 'em, Jerry!

[Vegaman_Dan]

Looks like Yahoo is getting pretty desperate. They were offered $33/share before, but Microsoft said no. Then the whole deal was off. Now MS wants only the search side, but Yahoo, the company that Yang said had no interest in selling out, is now open to a $33 offer.

I'd love to see a timeline on this thihg for the dates and prices offered. Yang's on his way out, that much is clear and Microsoft is the one in control here.

I hope MS doesn't buy it. Or holds out for an offer they want instead. It's pretty evident Yahoo isn't going to survive much longer as they keep desperately trying to find a buyer. They have given up on being their own company.