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Why We Are Here => Economics & Investing => Topic started by: Mackin USA on March 24, 2016, 02:22:31 PM

Title: Not that is matters much, BUT
Post by: Mackin USA on March 24, 2016, 02:22:31 PM
Starboard to Start Proxy Fight to Remove Yahoo's Board

Hedge fund says in letter that board and management have failed to live up to promises.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/starboard-to-start-proxy-fight-to-remove-yahoos-board-1458789958?mod=e2fb&mg=id-wsj
Title: Re: Not that is matters much, BUT
Post by: rcjordan on March 24, 2016, 02:37:15 PM
read a headline yesterday that approx said that Wall St was bullish on Y for some unfathomable reason
Title: Re: Not that is matters much, BUT
Post by: Brad on March 24, 2016, 05:31:04 PM
Yahoo made itself irrelevant when it gave up it's own search.  Nothing has changed from that.
Title: Re: Not that is matters much, BUT
Post by: littleman on March 24, 2016, 05:33:41 PM
They gave up their own search and their own PPC technology.
Title: Re: Not that is matters much, BUT
Post by: Rumbas on March 24, 2016, 06:28:14 PM
..and hired and obnoxious arrogant CEO.

They should've kept their tech and core business imo.
Title: Re: Not that is matters much, BUT
Post by: Mackin USA on March 28, 2016, 03:06:47 PM
The title of "Worst Run Technology Company" has been such a hotly contested battle between Yahoo and HP for so long, I can't even remember a time when it was otherwise. Those two names are so far ahead of the pack in the losing field, I don't think I could come up with a third in their class if my life depended on it.

https://beta.finance.yahoo.com/news/yahoos-leap-curse-123300230.html
Title: Re: Not that is matters much, BUT
Post by: littleman on March 28, 2016, 04:39:39 PM
> I can't even remember a time when it was otherwise.

Well, there was Netscape/AOL/Time Warner mess.
Title: Re: Not that is matters much, BUT
Post by: littleman on March 28, 2016, 05:08:36 PM
Oh, and we can't forget about Inktomi.  Of course they ended up being bought by Yahoo, so I guess you could say that they are part of the same story.
Title: Re: Not that is matters much, BUT
Post by: Mackin USA on March 29, 2016, 01:09:20 PM


https://beta.finance.yahoo.com/news/yahoo-sets-april-11-deadline-013749690.html
Title: Re: Not that is matters much, BUT
Post by: Mackin USA on April 07, 2016, 03:44:19 PM
https://beta.finance.yahoo.com/news/yahoo-expects-2016-revenue-drop-15-percent-code-193036475--finance.html
Title: Re: Not that is matters much, BUT
Post by: Mackin USA on April 11, 2016, 02:27:38 PM
U.K.'s Daily Mail Explores Bid for Yahoo Backed by Private Equity

http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-s-daily-mail-explores-bid-for-yahoo-backed-by-private-equity-1460324999

ADDED: Website no-one uses to be acquired by newspaper everyone hates!!