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Sound Off: Is the Yahoo Bid All about Ego?
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Managing Editor, CNBC.com
Would Microsoft walk away from a Yahoo takeover? Would Yahoo run into the arms of Google to fend Microsoft off?
Doubtful on both counts, I think. It's that ego thing. Others might think differently. (Do you? )
But Yahoo working with Google [GOOG
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I'm not the only one thinking that way. "A lot of it has to do with egos, politics and personalities," Jeffrey Sonnenfeld of the Yale School of Management told the folks on "Squawk Box" this morning.
Now, would Microsoft walk away if Yahoo put up too much resistance. Well, I can't imagine CEO Steve Ballmer giving up. He strikes me as a man given to obsession. Remember the Monkey Boy video? I could easily see him going Captain Ahab over Yahoo.
Still, some folks think that Microsoft could walk away, especially since Yahoo is already in rejection mode. That puts the Yahoo board [YHOO
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"That would incite a shareholder ... well let's call it a discussion," said Jordan Rohan, RBC Capital Markets, who also appeared on "Squawk."
And there aren't many alternatives to Microsoft [MSFT
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