Clock ticking between Microsoft and Yahoo!
Microsoft just released their letter to Yahoo! about their plan to acquiring the company with date line given. Due to their offer in February was rejected because underpricing the price. Now, Microsoft come with the idea to do hostile takeover from the stakeholder approach if Yahoo! didn’t accept this second offer for $41 Billion.
This pressure from Microsoft to Yahoo! will impact for their shares in the market as investor perception about this hostile takeover, where Microsoft will give a bad offer if Yahoo! rejected the offer this time. What Yahoo! can do to protect this kind of threat is by staggering their board of director, so they still have some kind of “invisible hand” for the company, which I don’t know is it any regulation that regulate about this issues in US.
What will be the questions now? Do this takeover will bring a positive impact for the two company? especially from their stockholder value? What competitive advantage will Microsoft get after acquiring Yahoo! despite their search engine and market share for their well known Yahoo!Mail? As an Investor its time to watch and see, what will happen next for this two big company will struggle for the take over impact.
US economy facing the hard truth
US number one banker in the Federal Reserve, Bernanke, gave his report to the capitol as of today US have face a recessions possibility starts in the second quarter of this year. “The worst will come first before the growth” Bernanke said. Since US have a great impact to the global economy, this will spread to other major world economic conditions as a whole.
Who Is Boediono?
Born February 25, 1943 in Blitar, East Java. Boediono currently being promoted to be one of the candidate for Governer of Central Bank of Indonesia. He had an amazing economic and political careers. Get his Bachelor of Economics from Western Australia University in 1967, the next five years achieve Master Degree from Monash University, also finished his Phd. from Wharton School, Pennsylvania University.
What make him as a person to have so many chances to be in so many important government duties? Was it because his characters? Intelegence? Political support? or he just “The right man in the right time”?
V Festival 2008, Can’t Wait!!
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS co-headline V Festival 2008. Having last toured Australia a decade ago and freshly reformed, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS remain the kings of elegiac, accomplished, ambitious alt-rock, with their best-selling albums “Siamese Dream” and “Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness” remaining the soundtracks for a generation. After some years pursuing other musical paths, founder members Billy Corgan and James Chamberlain burst back onto the scene with last year’s Top 10 album ‘Zeitgeist’. Joined on the road by Jeff Schroeder (guitar), Ginger Reyes (bass) and Lisa Harriton (keyboards) THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have performed the world over with true vigour, described by the Los Angeles Times as an “enveloping epic force” (Los Angeles Times). With a stunning light show and a set bursting with manic intensity, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS will not disappoint. (more…)
Mahalnya Sebuah Pengakuan di Jakarta
Suasana kota Jakarta yang semakin ramai dan padat digelumuti para pencari nafkah baik itu di pagi hari, siang hari, atau malam hari, seakan tidak mengenal lelah. Keramaian tersebut menggambarkan betapa berkembang dan maju nya standard kehidupan dan gaya hidup yang semakin global.
Meskipun hal tersebut hanyalah segelintir kecil yang terlihat dari kehidupan di Jakarta, tidak dipungkiri kebobrokan serta jarak simpang antara yang kaya dan miskin tergeletak di pinggir jalan lampu merah mengadu nasib antara kelaparan hari ini atau mati di esok hari, sebagai perwakilan kelompoknya masih merupakan mayoritas di kota ini.
Simbol sebagai kota metropolis yang dipenuhi dengan gedung-gedung bertingkat, kawasan perkantoran serta niaga, lalu lalang eksekutif muda berdasi serta mobil-mobil mewah bersandar di ibukota tercinta ini.
Salah seorang teman penulis pernah berkata saat berkunjung ke Jakarta, ”Wow, hebat sekali yah Indonesia (Jakarta), gedung-gedung bertingkat serta mobil mewah dimana-mana, tidak seperti yang saya bayangkan”. Memang benar, sebut saja merk-merk mobil mewah ternama seperti BMW, Mercedes Benz, Jaguar.Mungkin 3 dari 10 mobil yang berada di jalan-jalan utama Jakarta merupakan merk mobil tersebut.
Ambilah contoh salah satu price list mobil mewah tersebut di link berikut ini, series 7 yang tersedia di mobil berlambang dominan biru hitam tersebut bisa mencapai Rp 2.5 Milyar. ”Gila gak tuh?!?”. Gak kok, gak sama sekali, malah akan sangat mudah menemukan nya di jalan-jalan besar kota Jakarta. (more…)
