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January 10, 2008

rumor: ebay being acquired by yhoo

The Wall St. Buzz is that msft and yhoo are bidding for eBay. My source tells me that Yahoo! Has bid 1.76 shares for ebay ($40-41) and is expected to win at that price.

Looks like yBay!, eHoo! Could happen in 08!

**Update: Several people have emailed saying the economics don't make sense because ebay has a larger market cap ($41b) than Yahoo! ($46b) so the acquisition should be other way or it will be massively dilutive for Y! shareholders (thus the 1.76 y/e shares).

I agree that it may not make sense, but I've heard it from a pretty good source so wanted to alert folks that at least it's out there making the rounds, no matter how unlikely.

Posted by at 09:02:52 AM in Random musings

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Comments

I thought eBay was already ran by yahoos?

Posted by: Harleyglasses | January 11, 2008 at 05:13 PM

Not going to happen

And if it was true then why didn't ebay stock price jump to 35-36 today?

Posted by: Monte | January 10, 2008 at 06:57 PM

No? Seriously?

Posted by: Patti | January 10, 2008 at 10:27 AM

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