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Analysts to Yahoo CEO: Where Are Those "Boatloads of Money" You Were Talking About?

in News on July 29, 2009 at 2:06 pm PT

Wall Street is finally having its say about the newly announced Microsoft-Yahoo deal, and while opinions are mixed, there is some consensus on who got the better end of the deal: Microsoft. Seems the Street would have much preferred the “boatloads of money” Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz once said she’d demand for a search deal than the “boatloads of value” she claims to have given them this morning. After the jump, a roundup of analysts’ notes issued about the deal.
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Analysts to Yahoo CEO: Where Are Those “Boatloads of Money” You Were Talking About?

in News on July 29, 2009 at 2:06 pm PT

Wall Street is finally having its say about the newly announced Microsoft-Yahoo deal, and while opinions are mixed, there is some consensus on who got the better end of the deal: Microsoft. Seems the Street would have much preferred the “boatloads of money” Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz once said she’d demand for a search deal than the “boatloads of value” she claims to have given them this morning. After the jump, a roundup of analysts’ notes issued about the deal.
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Goldman Cuts INTU, DRIV to Sell; Cautious on Software

in News on July 9, 2008 at 7:49 am PT

Expressing caution on the software sector heading into second quarter earnings report, Goldman Sachs software analysts Sarah Friar, Sasa Zorovic, Derek Bingham and Frederick Grieb this morning chopped estimates on a host of software companies. They also cut their ratings on both Intuit (INTU) and Digital River (DRIV) to Sell from Neutral.