Icahn Should Replace Microsoft's Board, Not Yahoo's

If a CEO cares so little about his company's shareholders, as to not attend his company's conference calls, then maybe he should be replaced by a CEO that does. If Carl Icahn aspires to be a shareholders advocate, maybe he should consider replacing Microsoft's (MSFT) Board of Directors, instead of Yahoo's (YHOO).

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MSFT since Ballmer  became CEO:

Chart created using thinkorswim ProphetCharts. Used with permission.

Disclosure: Long YHOO

Comments

[quetzalcoatl:]

Nice chart. I wish I were an accomplished chartist.

2008 Jul 20 06:12 PM

[GBowe:]

As a holder of both YHOO and MSFT, I like Yahoos long term share performance prospects better than Mircosofts. Why cant Microsoft invest the BILLIONS in developing a better performing search than whats out there today? Balmer's Microsoft doesnt think or operate that way. They never have, never will.

2008 Jul 20 07:31 PM

[marketwatchr:]

Microsoft has $40,000,000,000+ in cash. What is the cash position of Yahoo? Cash comes from earning and investments. This is what a business is to do, make a profit.

2008 Jul 20 07:49 PM

[bowonwing:]

They don't call MSFT "The Dark Side" for nothing.
IMHO MSFT was been a disaster for personal computing.
What they could not buy, they crushed, all for the worst.
Now, current management is too big and too fat, believing their own B.S., but then again, if you are a billionaire you can get away with it!?
Thank goodness for Apple.
End of my rant.

2008 Jul 21 01:47 AM