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Microsoft Makes a $44.6 Billion Bid for Yahoo
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On February 1, 2008, Microsoft — with Bill Gates as chairman — launched an unsolicited $44.6 billion bid (about $31 per share, a 62% premium) to acquire the struggling internet pioneer Yahoo, hoping to combine forces against Google in search and online advertising. Yahoo's board rejected the offer on February 11 as undervaluing the company, and after months of public wrangling the deal collapsed. It would have been by far the largest acquisition in Microsoft's history; Yahoo's stock later fell well below the spurned price, and the failed bid is often cited as a turning point in the Google-dominated search era.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2008/02/01/wow-microsoft-offers-446-billion-to-acquire-yahoo/
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