zuko105
msg:3651955 | 4:38 pm on May 16, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Good for them. I have really gained a lot of respect for what yahoo has accomplished in the past few years. Fending off a hostile takeover is no small feat either. I hope they can keep it together, successfully fend off this takeover, and regain some of their market share.
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kaz
msg:3652034 | 6:15 pm on May 16, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Cheers. Have a good weekend. Two things stick out to me. One, microsoft sure does get a lot of competitive information based on this process. err. Two, the stockholders outside of the yahoo board seem to have no understanding of the underlying business realities. I think going forward, Yahoo needs to redefine what "success" is and reposition itself based on the reality of the market and competition/google. Search may not be their 'core' business for the advertising revenue model after all is said and done, imo.
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Murdoch
msg:3652100 | 7:40 pm on May 16, 2008 (gmt 0) |
| Yahoo!’s ten-member board, comprised of nine independent directors along with Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang, remains the best and most qualified group to maximize value for all Yahoo! stockholders. |
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Sincerely,
Yahoo's board of Directors who want to keep their jobs.
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swa66
msg:3652106 | 7:48 pm on May 16, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Greedy investor.
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willybfriendly
msg:3652109 | 7:50 pm on May 16, 2008 (gmt 0) |
| the stockholders outside of the yahoo board seem to have no understanding of the underlying business realities. |
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Almost always the case. Shareholders have a short term perspective, while Directors have to maintain a long term perspective.
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BillyS
msg:3652314 | 1:34 am on May 17, 2008 (gmt 0) |
| Two, the stockholders outside of the yahoo board seem to have no understanding of the underlying business realities. |
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No, I think Mr. Icahn has a very good understanding of the business realities. In fact, everyone realizes Yahoo is a sinking ship. Google is cheering because there is one less competitor out there - Yahoo. If you think they just beat MS, with this move, you're sadly mistaken. Microsoft will still be around when people of saying "What was a Yahoo?"
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martinibuster
msg:3652429 | 6:56 am on May 17, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Awesome opinion piece by John C. Dvorak [marketwatch.com] that trashes Yahoo's current board,
| Ron Burkle, finance guy and Bill Clinton pal. Burkle's an expert in supermarkets and other things, as well as board member of Occidental Petroleum Corp. What does he bring to the party, knowledge about coal reserves? I doubt he can even use email... Vyomesh Joshi, a VP at Hewlett-Packard Co. Are you kidding me? He's from the printing division. What's Yahoo got to do with that?... Gary Wilson, another board member from Northwest Airlines. Yeah, that makes sense. I smell a drinking club! |
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Read the article and it will help you understand part of what makes Yahoo so out of touch, despite having so many talented employees. Then Dvorak rips into Icahn's choices: | ...If these guys get on the board, they will first try to package a deal for Microsoft and walk away with more money. If they cannot do that, they... will immediately parcel out and sell off the company piece by piece until Yahoo is dead. Looking at the bios of these guys tells you this is something they can do. |
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CernyM
msg:3652852 | 1:21 am on May 18, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Boards of public companies are chosen by and beholden to management and the idea that Yahoo's board is "independent" is laughable. They turned down the Microsoft offer because Yang wanted them to. The idea that the board represents shareholder interests is just so much PR silliness. Shareholders only get to vote on the directors put forth to them.... by management. It takes the financial resources of a Carl Icahn to have any hope of a proxy fight that can replace management boards with shareholder boards. Icahn is the hero working to maximize shareholder value here, but for whatever reason will be cast as the villain.
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