Yahoo buys Maven Networks for $160 million

life31 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 06:22 PM

Yahoo Inc. got back to business Tuesday, announcing its first acquisition since Microsoft Corp. made its unsolicited takeover bid for the Internet company.

Yahoo bought Maven Networks Inc. for about $160 million to expand its footprint in the fast-growing online video advertising market, one of the battlegrounds with Google Inc. and other rivals.

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titaniumhijau · #2 (**permalink**) 02-14-2008, 08:24 AM

Hohoho. Its good step from Yahoo after what happen to them todays. I believe many people already believe and love Yahoo grow today. Hope they will be fine now.

hwang · #3 (**permalink**) 02-14-2008, 09:52 AM

It's kind of surprising to hear the news. Even with the much hype about takeover plan by Microsoft, they still concentrate on expanding their business. Good for Yahoo. I believe in business point of view, their main aim and purpose is to further push the share price and avoid the takeover.

titaniumhijau · #4 (**permalink**) 02-14-2008, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by hwang

It's kind of surprising to hear the news. Even with the much hype about takeover plan by Microsoft, they still concentrate on expanding their business. Good for Yahoo. I believe in business point of view, their main aim and purpose is to further push the share price and avoid the takeover.

Yap. I think they want to prove that they company still survive and can run for long time. Thats why they buy it to show that they company not have problem about money..I think must be microsoft don't like what happen.

hwang · #5 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 04:20 PM

It's more like share hedging strategies. Purchase something to push up the price and get better offer deals.

titaniumhijau · #6 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 05:14 PM

Yap. Its happen not only at big company. Its also happen at some small company. Its good strategy and i like it.

life31 · #7 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 02:41 PM

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It's more like share hedging strategies. Purchase something to push up the price and get better offer deals.

Ya thats right. Its actually their trick to grow their network at the same time increase the cost of their shares. They might have taken this step with an intension of getting a better offer from Microsoft or any other a compared to the last quote. I think they already had mentioned earlier that if Microsoft is ready to increase the per share quote then they would be intrested in thinking of the deal.

hwang · #8 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 03:03 PM

Finally someone talking in the same frequency

You see, for every penny that they invested at current moment, Microsoft has to pay more to acquire them. This is something like you invest $1 and the other party has to pay more something like $3 to match the value. Whichever their intention is, it's definitely money making time

huskies1 · #9 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 06:55 PM

I was suprised to hear about this too. Do you really think it will help Yahoo to become more competitive overall with Google or do you think things will stay the same?

hwang · #10 (**permalink**) 02-17-2008, 09:36 AM

Well if Yahoo or MSN goes one to one with Google, I doubt any of them will be able to seriously make a challenge. But if both of them combined, who knows what would happen. One has the expertise and another one has the cash to provide support.

titaniumhijau · #11 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by huskies1

I was suprised to hear about this too. Do you really think it will help Yahoo to become more competitive overall with Google or do you think things will stay the same?

So, lets see what happen to Yahoo, Google and Microsoft. Who will be the first rank this Year. See they performance..