Microsoft has done something it has never done before, it sold bonds to raise capital; a lot of capital. While banking on its premium credit rating Microsoft was able to sell the bonds at only a slight premium to those sold by the government.Microsoft pulled in $3.75 billion dollars but what it will be used for is anyone's guess. While Microsoft has not stated why it needed to raise capital a strong possibility would be for a cash acquisition.
Microsoft does not need the money for operating costs with approximately 25 billion in cash according to their last 10-Q filing; an acquisition seems quite probable. Could this be related to its potential bid for Yahoo? Only the folks in Redmond know the answer to that but they just received a boatload of cash and no one seems to know for what purpose.
nah , MS walked away from them .
Back when Steve Jobs first came back. MS bought $500mm of non-voting Apple shares.
Apple has something like $20 billion in the bank. They're probably better off than all other IT companies, save for MS right now.
If I remember correctly Apple paid it back in a couple of months too. Still ultimate humiliation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxOp5mBY9IY...player_embedded
Just a thought on the rumour recently that apple was going to buy them.
What better way for Microsoft to have a better advantage over gaming for the pc and xbox.
Acquiring EA is like volunteering to receive a fatal cancer. Microsoft is already a leader in PC and XBOX games. EA doesn't really give them much to compete against.
Acquiring EA is like volunteering to receive a fatal cancer. Microsoft is already a leader in PC and XBOX games. EA doesn't really give them much to compete against.
MS a leader in games? did you recently got hit in the head with a shovel?
Did you GOT hit in the head with a shovel? O and E aren't even close on the keyboard.
Anyway, MS doesn't exactly have terrible franchise. In house studios hold, Halo, Fable, Conker, Banjo-Kazooie, Forza, Perfect Dark none of which are terrible franchises, yeah some of them have had terrible games but they are still great franchise.
Anyway, MS doesn't exactly have terrible franchise. In house studios hold, Halo, Fable, Conker, Banjo-Kazooie, Forza, Perfect Dark none of which are terrible franchises, yeah some of them have had terrible games but they are still great franchise.
Half of those nintendo helped with. YEs I know rare but they where with nintendo and we all know that nintendo usually has a helping hand.
Half the RARE franchises don't mean a lot now days but. They still could be put to good use but so far they've fallen pretty flat and if it wasn't for memories of the 90's titles on the N64 I doubt anyone would have payed Perfect Dark or Banjo any attention.
Also EA would be a HUGE buy for any console manufacturer. If MS was to buy EA they could basically deny the Playstation access to any sports titles instantly not to mention all the other franchises they would pick up in the process. Honestly I think having EA could really put MS in a position to slaughter the playstation over the next few years given EA does have a pretty large foothold in gaming, especially sports titles.
They'd also get Peter Moore back
That is insignificant compared to EA's franchises.
No, Microsoft already walked away from that.
Closer to $200B
Just do a quick browse on the projects and products they have and the smart brains behind all the research projects.
Yahoo has a bigger value than the visible consumer plattform...
Very true.
Can't buy Apple.
I've always wondered about that; If something is disliked by a majority of people than how can it be overrated? Personally I use Google Services (Search, Gmail, Translator, ETC) and think it's overrated.
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