Comments on: No Takebacks: 5 Most Screwed-Up Tech Buys

By: An AOL and Yahoo Merger: Failure Squared?: Tech News «

An AOL and Yahoo Merger: Failure Squared?: Tech News « — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:39:25 +0000

[...] quickly started to hemorrhage billions of dollars in market value, making it arguably one of the worst business deals since the dawn of recorded history. A combination of AOL and Yahoo may not be quite that bad, but taking two old and faded Internet [...]

By: Sprint Going LTE Makes Sense, But Not a T-Mobile Merger

Sprint Going LTE Makes Sense, But Not a T-Mobile Merger — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:32:39 +0000

[...] Sprint Going LTE Makes Sense, But Not a T-Mobile Merger By Kevin C. Tofel Jul. 13, 2010, 2:32pm PDT No Comments Sprint is embracing WiMAX for now, but is considering a change over to LTE for its future next-generation mobile broadband offering, the carrier’s CEO, Dan Hesse, told the Financial Times. Sprint’s comments about a potential move to LTE are also spurring more commentary on a future merger with T-Mobile, as the smaller carrier will eventually have to offer something beyond HSPA+. A merger with Sprint would create a sizeable new carrier but also bring back shades of issues from the Sprint-Nextel deal which ultimately resulted in a $29.7 billion writedown. [...]

By: Time Warner Gives Up on AOL

Time Warner Gives Up on AOL — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:55:37 +0000

[...] huge user base that gravitated toward its content. The 2000 buy was mocked from the beginning, and led to a $54 billion write-down two years [...]

By: Sprint Might Unload Nextel to Latin American Carrier - GigaOM

Sprint Might Unload Nextel to Latin American Carrier - GigaOM — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:13:12 +0000

[...] be worth it for the carrier. The deal to acquire Nextel back in 2005 for $35 billion was one of the largest screw ups in corporate history. In February, Sprint wrote down almost $30 billion from the failed deal. If Sprint can somehow walk [...]

By: Krazd

Krazd — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:02:59 +0000

Didn’t everyone expect the devaluation of AOL?

I think facebook is on a different level than myspace in terms of innovation and what is in store for them in the future.

By: 5 Most Screwed-Up Tech Buys | WebLaunches

5 Most Screwed-Up Tech Buys | WebLaunches — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:22:19 +0000

[...] thought it was — we thought we’d revisit some of the most notable tech writedowns in historyread more | digg [...]

By: David Mullings

David Mullings — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:44:48 +0000

Microsoft paid for the right to serve ads on Facebook just like Google paid for the right to serve ads on MySpace. Getting 1.5% was added bonus and everyone has admitted that the much hyped $15b valuation is significantly more than even Facebook investors believe but the media seems to love the hype.

I have never seen an Fb investor trying to convince anyone that it’s worth $15b. Will Microsoft end up losing money on their Facebook advertising deal just like Google is on the MySpace one? I’m pretty sure, but that is far different from a write down.

By: 8 Stock Portfolio

8 Stock Portfolio — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:09:40 +0000

While the amount won’t be great relative to their size, will Microsoft be writing down their Facebook investment one day?