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Google Rebuffs Microsoft Takeover Bid

Posted by timothy on from the money-to-be-made-somewhere dept.

Chris Gondek writes "The Sydney Morning Herald has posted that Internet search leader Google has rejected a takeover bid from Microsoft in favour of selling its shares directly to the public. According to The New York Times (Login Required), Google wishes to sell only about $US2 billion worth of shares to the public."

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  1. Yipee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Frost piss. And stuff.

  2. Google sucks (Socre: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    G00GLE SUCKS!

    1. Re:Google sucks (Socre: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      LOL. Don't follow this. False moderation.

      +5 for new troll technique.

      AC

  3. Re:Thank God... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What a naive little punk you are. People buy stock to make money, not to "show support". You have NO CLUE how the world works. Try moving out of your mom's basement, taking a shower, and getting a job. Lamer.

  4. Re:It's questionable by netbornmusic · · Score: 0, Troll

    Remains to be seen how real the takeover offer was in the first place. Microsoft has thousands of employees and 50 bil in the bank, which pretty much allows them to develop any search technology they want and hire the best people in the industry. Seems that's not enough for them, since they still can't build good OS...

    --
    We could have saved sixpence. We have saved fivepence. ... But at what cost? (Samuel Beckett)
  5. Re:Thank God... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dear dumbass, if it were so easy to predict the stock market we would all be rich wouldn't we? DUH

  6. Re:good move by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is the exact reason that I'm glad they did "rebuff" the offer. After looking over the numbers posted on an insider's personal site, I became very concerned for google's future. particularly the future of google groups.

  7. On a related note by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Timothy has announced he is giving discount head, this is something we can all benefit from!

  8. Re:Evil by Davak · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't completely believe that Microsoft is evil. Microsoft helps my parents get online, have email, print pictures, and surf the web. There's no other easy software package out there expect that produced by microsoft that allows them to do it.

    While I appreciate their products, it's hard to argue that they are not borg-like in their actions.