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by iamelgringo 6707 days ago
I doubt that Yahoo's board and shareholders will accept the deal. It would be a good way for Microsoft to spend some of it's extra cash, though without getting in to regulatory trouble.
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It's in shareholders' interest to take that huge per-share premium and run with it. Better than holding Yahoo! until it's a penny stock.
People buy stock to make money, and a 62% premium is good money. I doubt shareholders would reject the deal unless they think Yahoo is worth more than that. I doubt they would reject it because of some sort of amorphous anti-Microsoft sentiment.