[Info-vax] OT: IBM Offering $9-10 Per Share for Sun

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <49e7ce0b$0$90272$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
	=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
> Tom Linden wrote:
>> On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:57:35 -0700, Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> 
>> wrote:
>>> Bill Gunshannon schrieb:
>>>> Why?  Do you think HP is going to offer more per sahre than IBM did?
>>>> Not likely.  The thing to do now is to watch the market.  If the stock
>>>> goes up breaking down talks was a good idea.  If the stock goes down
>>>> they will be back a tthe bargaining table pretty quick.
>>>
>>> and here we go:
>>>
>>> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=a_Cd1zoHX4cs
>> 
>> Out of date
>> http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/42048/118/
> 
> But does IBM really mean it?
> 
> I find it hard to believe that the regulatory situation has
> changed so much in a couple of weeks.
> 
> Maybe they are also just playing hard to get.

I expect they really mean it.  Why play hard to get?  Based on the current
value of Sun Stock they could offer much less for it.  As I said earlier,
I really don't see what IBM was going to get out of buying Sun but
considering its two main assets would be worthless to IBM and probably
dumped, I can see the potential for regulator scrutiny.  Of course, if
IBM doesn't buy them they will probably go belly up and it would cause
the exact same problem the regulators would be upset with except they
won't be able to blame IBM.

bill

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