Great News. Okay, so how much for 400+ million loyal Skype users worldwide? And for the the market leadership position in VOIP? Lots of value for sure. Will it be more than the $2bn they paid for Skype? That’s we can’t say yet. But we can say this: its probably a good time to buy EBay stock, because they will surely earn back a good amount on Skype.
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Yahoo has reported a loss in the final three months of 2008 as the economic downturn hit sales of online ads.
It reported a loss of $303 million compared to a profit of $205 million last year.
The results come as Carol Bartz takes over from Jerry Yang as the firm’s new chief executive.
Some analysts feel Yahoo has weathered the downturn better than expected, with the loss mainly due to one-off costs.
We don’t think so. The downturn is far from over, and Yahoo will see a very aggressive Google in the coming months, because Google is also facing pressure on their revenues.
Yahoo has a similar global people reach as Google, of about 450 million people, or 30% of global Internet user base, but the lack of revenue producing assets makes the difference. Yahoo has no strong answer to Google Adwords even today after 3 years.
Yahoo does have a few strong assets:
But on the advertising side, Yahoo has difficult times ahead as Google continues to eat into its user base worldwide — both English and non-English. Their ad network doesn’t work anywhere near Google’s quality, and that explains the lower revenues.
Yahoo has to make some hard decisions on revenue generation and partnerships.
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Hi Folks, how are you doing? As we near the end of year 2008, I am happy to share this star project of MyOrbit with you. It has been in the works for a while, and now getting ready to go live soon in 6-8 weeks.
GSIBM: Graham School of Investing & Business Management
It could be considered as an online b-school that’s very practical in its approach, and aims to build business leaders. The program is based on successful business teachings by Ben Graham (and followed by Warren Buffet to produce financial results we all know).
The program has been carefully designed after extensive market research on the business knowledge needs of working professionals at various levels, and it will address a large unmet need.
The program will help working professionals in their career growth with the wide coverage planned: from Finance & Investing, to Sales & Marketing, and Legal Contracts, etc.
You are the among first to get this news, and it will be great if you can share it with others who may be interested, and also bookmark the website: http://GSIBM.com
Best Wishes,
Shankar AVSB for MyOrbit Team