Saturday, April 26, 2008

Yahoo’s Directors Could Be Close to Deciding on the Final Fate of the Microsoft Bid

With a strong earnings statement in its favor, Yahoo Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO) could be less vulnerable to a buyout by Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) at a price that Yahoo, and the company’s the Board of Directors, considers to be unacceptably low.

"Yahoo’s chief executive, Jerry Yang, said that the company’s solid performance reaffirmed the board’s conviction that Microsoft’s unsolicited takeover offer undervalues Yahoo," The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

But Yang still left the door open for a new buyout deal with Microsoft:

"Still Mr. Yang said Yahoo remained open to ‘any and all’ alternatives, including a deal with Microsoft," The Times article added.

Yahoo’s comments indicate that the company’s Directors could be close to striking a deal with Microsoft.

NewsVisual created an IntellectSpace Knowledge Map in order to illustrate the business connections of Yahoo’s Board of Directors as a method for assessing their knowledge of business and for determining whether they can make a wise decision on how to resolve the buyout issue with Microsoft.

The Knowledge Map shows that Chairman Roy Bostock also serves on the board of Morgan Stanley and is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Northwest Airlines Corp.

The following Yahoo Directors also have strong board room experience:

Director Eirc Hippeau is also a Director for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Inc; Director Robert Kotick is also the CEO/Chairman of Activision Inc; CEO/Co-Founder Jerry Yang also sits on the board of Cisco Systems Inc and Alibaba Inc; and Director Edward Kozel also serves on the board of Network Appliance Inc.

Click here for a fuller and an interactive version of this IntellectSpace Knowledge Map.


newsvisual.com

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