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But, if cagey Carl buys too much stock and there's no deal, his position would turn to Megasoft. Then, i would say, Yahoo!
(TWA: RIP)
Icahn likes money, pure and simple. I've been asking myself, ever since this news broke: why would he do this *now* when the deal appears dead?
I can think of only one reason: Icahn stood to make a truly enormous amount of money on Yahoo if it sold out to Microsoft. He'd been buying stock in the company anticipating some kind of deal.
Then Yang screwed the deal completely. I'd bet Icahn is doing this just to mess with Yang. Icahn has to be absolutely livid that Yang nixed the deal by being too greedy. Or just asked more from Microsoft than he knew they were willing to pay because he didn't really want to sell.
This is a blood-feud between two billionaires...no more, no less. In Medieval times they'd have had a joust or a sword-fight and one of them would have died. Pretty much the same thing.
Wow, that's pitiful. Fricken' money grubbing, dirty ass, greed mongering twit. This is probably some guy that lives in a loft in Manhattan and doesn't have a clue what the word culture means, despite being immersed in it.
Not getting my vote.
