Richard Waters, West Coast Managing Editor, Financial Times

Yang's Options Shrinking Fast

February 4, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Jerry Yang must be starting to understand how Alfred Chuang of BEA Systems felt when Larry Ellison of Oracle came calling last year. Like Chuang, the Yahoo boss has just been landed with a takeover offer at such a big premium that he can’t possibly just ignore it. Also like Chuang, the options for other deals–or for staying independent–are shrinking fast. Here are the other partnerships or alliances that Yang could have grabbed at in the last year or so, and the chances that he can turn to them again now as he looks for an alternative to Microsoft …

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Tagged with: Alfred Chuang, BEA Systems, Financial Times, Jerry Yang, Larry Ellison, Microsoft, Oracle, Richard Waters, Yahoo

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