商业报道:微软再度被雅虎拒之门外

Yahoo rejects Microsoft, again 1:53 微软再度被雅虎拒之门外

Yahoo dismissed Microsoft's latest takeover overture¹, saying its deal with Google is financially superior.

Well, the bickering² in tech land continues, Microsoft is after Yahoo again. On Friday, Microsoft renewed its bid to buy the Internet giant's search engine, while adding an unwelcome nuance³, turning over the rest of the company to a new board controlled by Carl Icahn. In a take-it-or-leave-it bid with a 24-hour time limit, Microsoft went after Yahoo's search division, only to be shot down with fighting words from Yahoo. Yahoo's chairman Roy Bostock issued a statement over the weekend, calling it, "ludicrous" , to think that Yahoo would accept Microsoft's "erratic⁴ and unpredictable behavior", knocking down the bid, saying it is not in the best interest of Yahoo shareholders⁶.

Yahoo listed the factors for its decision . First, its commercial agreement with Google, saying that provides superior financial value and less risk than the Microsoft Icahn proposal. Secondly⁷, the Microsoft Icahn proposal would block a potential sale of all of Yahoo for a full and fair price. Third, the majority of Yahoo would be overseen⁸ by Icahn's slate⁹ of board members, which has virtually no working knowledge of Yahoo's business. And finally, Yahoo believes the ousting¹⁰ of its board would destabilize the company for up to the one year it would take to gain regulatory approval for the deal.

But also included in its response, Yahoo reiterated¹¹ its willingness to sell the entire company for Microsoft's elevated 33 dollar a share or 47. 5-billion-dollar / offer, which was pulled from the table back in May. But Microsoft did not buy it. Back in May also, Microsoft offered Yahoo one billion dollars for its search division, and said it would spend eight billion dollars for a 16% stake in Yahoo's remaining operations. As for the latest offer, Yahoo said it contained a number of improvements, but still was not good enough. Yahoo holds its annual shareholder⁵ meeting on August 1st, and we'll see then if Icahn gets its way when it comes to the board seats.

1 overture   

n.前奏曲、序曲，提议，提案，初步交涉

参考例句：

• The opera was preceded by a short overture.这部歌剧开始前有一段简短的序曲。
• His overture led to nothing.他的提议没有得到什么结果。

2 bickering   

v.争吵( bicker的现在分词 )；口角；（水等）作潺潺声；闪烁

参考例句：

• The children are always bickering about something or other. 孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。
• The two children were always bickering with each other over small matters. 这两个孩子总是为些小事斗嘴。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 nuance   

n.(意义、意见、颜色)细微差别

参考例句：

• These users will easily learn each nuance of the applications they use.这些用户会很快了解他们所使用程序的每一细微差别。
• I wish I hadn't become so conscious of every little nuance.我希望我不要变得这样去思索一切琐碎之事。

4 erratic   

adj.古怪的，反复无常的，不稳定的

参考例句：

• The old man had always been cranky and erratic.那老头儿性情古怪,反复无常。
• The erratic fluctuation of market prices is in consequence of unstable economy.经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。

5 shareholder   

n.股东，股票持有人

参考例句：

• The account department have prepare a financial statement for the shareholder.财务部为股东准备了一份财务报表。
• A shareholder may transfer his shares in accordance with the law.股东持有的股份可以依法转让。

6 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

7 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

8 overseen   

v.监督，监视( oversee的过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was overseen stealing the letters. 他被人撞见在偷信件。 来自辞典例句
• It will be overseen by ThomasLi, director of IBM China Research Laboratory. 该实验室由IBM中国研究院院长李实恭(ThomasLi)引导。 来自互联网

9 slate   

n.板岩，石板，石片，石板色，候选人名单；adj.暗蓝灰色的，含板岩的；vt.用石板覆盖，痛打，提名，预订

参考例句：

• The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
• What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢？

10 ousting   

驱逐( oust的现在分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• The resulting financial chaos led to the ousting of Bristol-Myers' s boss. 随后引发的财政混乱导致了百时美施贵宝的总裁下台。
• The ousting of the president has drawn widespread criticism across Latin America and the wider world. 洪都拉斯总统被驱逐时间引起拉丁美洲甚至全世界的广泛批评。

11 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。