The author of this piece obviously has no idea what he is talking about. His entire argument hinges on the fact that YHOO is trading blow $31. But the $31 offer was half cash and half stock. MSFT shares have declined significantly since the offer. The equivalent offer today, assuming a static exchange ratio, is worth a little less than $29 per share. As such, the company's current trading price of close to $30 indicates a premium over the offer price, and investors are expecting a bump.

I wonder intensively why there is so much attention to this deal -- esp here on Moneybox. It hardly matters one way or another. No impact on elections, resources, healthcare, inflation, globalism, wages, R-O-I, trade.

Obviously nabobs at MSN are pissed about Google. But this deal will hardly save face.

Perhaps Yahoo has some kind of product that would cut into cable-TV or allow girls to do more YouTubing.

MSN once took over WebTV and let it dawdle.

I suspect that "software" has shot its load.