StrictNon-Conformist

Talk of AOL-Yahoo Combo Raises Its Ugly Head (Again)

I'll go out on a limb and predict that Microsoft will wind up with both, whether it be through Yahoo! first buying/merging with AOL, or a combined deal.

Then again, tying up that much capital in AOL AND getting Yahoo! at a price the Yahoo! board and stockholders will go for seems like a bit of a stretch. However, due to China having new laws/whatever in effect, Microsoft would have to sell off the Asian assets of Yahoo! which could make it all feasible overall.

Of course, it'd be simpler if Microsoft just either threw enough money for a whole Yahoo! or actually did walk away, and mean it this time.

Whatever the final result, being a pawn in the whole thing, I have hopes for one thing: that Carl Icahn loses money in the whole deal, seeing as he has zero interest in long-term benefits other than to his short-term profit prospects. After all, he doesn't know squat about the tech world, and definitely this is all out of his realm.