Comments on: Should Microsoft buy Yahoo?

By: Daniel Scocco

Daniel Scocco — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:21:07 +0000

Yeah I agree, most of the big mergers destroyed value at large scale. Examples include AOL/Time Warner, Daimler/Chrysler and Pfizer/Warner-Lambert.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:37:40 +0000

What you said about innovation struck me – I don’t personally think that Yahoo is still innovative and all that Microsoft would be buying is an established customer base and resources. Not a new path. That’s just my quick reaction (very quick!).

By: niblettes

niblettes — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:44:57 +0000

I think this would be disasterous for both (of course what do I know about M&As).

Check out Rob McEwen’s talk at the 2006 Denver Gold Forum. Its about gold, but its not about gold. Its really about how large M&A’s actually destroy value for nearly everyone except senior management:

http://events.onlinebroadcasting.com/denvergold/092506/index.php (His talk is the keynote at 12:00)