Swisher: MSFT Execs 'Exasperated,' 'Surprised.' Will They Lower YHOO Bid?

Yhoo does not have much ground to bargain. Yhoo better take what they can as soon as they can. Everyone thinks their company and hard work is worth more than what the market sees as a fair value. MSFT can play hard ball, and possibly get a lower price for Yhoo. They should take what they can as soon as they can.

What's her qualification? She looks like she's been out jogging or walking the dog.

Yahoo & Microsoft are a natural pairing. It would be efficient that they be one.

Wouldn't a big company like Microsoft have already thought this through? I have to think that they have spent lots of cash already on everything from late-night-lattes to suites from strategic-take-over-companies. I am sure that they would have been smart enough to come out of the gate with alot lower bid, if they knew about Yahoo's future news. I don't think that they don't already have a really good idea of what Yahoo is going to report this quarter. In fact; they probably already have sank enough math, books and brilliance in work-hours to figure what Yahoo will do on their own for the next several quarters going into 2008. You guys should think about maybe bringing on a strategic take-over expert and quiz them on this deal. The Schupak Group or some other strategic shake-down firm out for hire. At least they would have some real-historical "takeover" data to go on, and not just deep-thoughts.

Blodget is a fraud just like Sarah Lacy. Yahoo needs to fire these nut cases, stay away from the hippie farm and hire some NY writers or sell to MSFT already! They'll fix the problem.

most of yahoos programs don't work well and never have. Auctions groups etc. Wrote them many times but they never fixed anything.

CANT THEY AFFORD A SECOND FLOOR OFFICE?

You can't WIN when dealing with Billy (William Gates). It’s like knife fighting in the dark alley with both ends blocked up. You are DOOOOM when Billy is looking at you.

thats a man baby

Microsoft should announce that it will lower its bid by 50 cents for every week that Yahoo stalls.

I say let them both drag each other into the toilet. Yahoo needs to FOCUS and Microsoft is already way to spread out to consider focussing. Google? They're next, well, maybe not "next" but we'll see them struggling to identify what the heck they do before long.

go ahead and buy yahoo msft. and dilute your shares by turning it into turd like you've done with all the others.

This proposed purchase by MS is not about "search clicks" contrary to all the pundits comments, its about content! With the advent of browsers that allow multiple tabs open at the same time, I have a tab for Yahoo and a tab for Google. Google is certainly superior in searching, but Yahoo content blows Google away!

The same Kara swisher thought (in an earlier video) "caring about executives and employees not shareholders" is a virtue of Google but that is a bad virtue for Yahoo". You be the judge whether this woman deserves a camera! She will have shave her head if MSFT buys yahoo for a higher bid or if Yahoo exceeds earnings expectations. All these talkheads talk as if yang is making the decision even though we know for a fact that both companies have hired experts to make decisions for them (may be henry blodget's internal emails will acknowledhe these facts)

Yahoos market tracker doesnt work most of the time. When you tell them that they ask you multiple questions and then tell you to reinstall JAVA. Then it still doesnt work. Microsoft must be nuts.

Relax folks the game has just begun for yahooooooo!!!!!! The chess match is on when yahoo reports and goes to $18 and stock holders are screaming lawsuits for the big BOSS to leave.I see a bid of $25. Now you know the rest of the story. BUY msft who has BILLIONS $$$$$ and will keep their billions when the dust has settled.If yahoo says no the stock goes to $14.Maybe MFST will buy SPRINT,now thats BIG NEWS!!!!!!

I hope Yahoo tells Microsoft where to stuff it. Microsoft is pure evil.

After the last insult to users from Yahoo...forced upgrade to a very pathetic messenger, I hope Yahoo crashes. They have no respect for users, and should be forced out!

Henry Bloget, please stop your show. You are wasting everyones time.

yahoo doesn't want microsoft to buy them, nor does either companies stockholders.....so what exactly does microsoft see that makes them want yahoo so badly???....go away microsoft!!!...we really don't need spying and tracking anymore about "us" the yahoo users...than you already do!!!