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http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/tumblr-deal-was-a-pri...
Slap-happy state
  05/20/13
Good. Fuck bankers
saffron space
  05/20/13
http://i.imgur.com/PELYqNV.jpg I am good at dealing with ...
Slap-happy state
  05/20/13
"The only bigger transactions were the company’s takeov...
pungent beady-eyed turdskin queen of the night
  05/20/13
You can't always (ahem, ever) win.
Slap-happy state
  05/20/13
Cuban: The fuck I can't. http://i.imgur.com/yl5LRDJ.jpg
Slap-happy state
  05/20/13
Mark Cuban LITERALLY loling all the way to the bank
Cobalt address
  05/20/13
http://money.cnn.com/1999/04/01/deals/yahoo/
pungent beady-eyed turdskin queen of the night
  05/20/13
amazing that just 15 years ago you could sell a totally non-...
Cobalt address
  05/20/13
http://i.imgur.com/t8dZTHb.jpg
Slap-happy state
  05/20/13
"Yahoo!, one of the biggest gateways, or portals, to th...
violent main people
  05/20/13
Overture worked out for them
heady spot
  05/20/13
Geocities sooo didn't
crimson excitant french chef
  05/20/13
isn't this a good way to get pwned by a derivative suit if t...
Sepia trip piazza masturbator
  05/20/13
I'm pretty sure the board bros can say something along the l...
black odious stain
  05/20/13
depends how big of a screw-up happens i guess. if you just p...
Sepia trip piazza masturbator
  05/20/13
Couldn't they hire a valuation firm to do that for a lot les...
Cerebral grizzly location half-breed
  05/20/13
You're doing the wrong analysis. Not hiring bankers, or hiri...
irradiated bespoke double fault
  05/20/13
Dude. First of all, plaintiff attorneys would have sued the...
black odious stain
  05/20/13
And then it is a care claim and exculpated under 102(b)(7) ....
cracking internet-worthy people who are hurt plaza
  05/21/13
*no bankers on deal* *wildly overpays for acquisition* ...
high-end aggressive pit police squad
  05/20/13
The bankers that were on the deal are notoriously terrible, ...
irradiated bespoke double fault
  05/20/13
Bro could it really get any worse than it already is?
Sepia trip piazza masturbator
  05/20/13
Yes. Have you ever dealt with a woman in the 6-12 months aft...
irradiated bespoke double fault
  05/20/13
"and she's pulled a couple insane stunts already" ...
Slap-happy state
  05/20/13
How common is it for a deal over 100m+ to not involve banker...
infuriating ultramarine office
  05/20/13
Very, very uncommon, especially if there's a public company ...
irradiated bespoke double fault
  05/20/13
Doesn't Yahoo already have a few people who can use Excel?
Slap-happy state
  05/20/13
Buyers don't get sued do they?
Flickering bat-shit-crazy nursing home
  05/20/13
Ask HP.
irradiated bespoke double fault
  05/21/13
Some mega companies in tech have inhouse M&A groups that...
cracking internet-worthy people who are hurt plaza
  05/21/13
Even those companies would almost always hire bankers for a ...
irradiated bespoke double fault
  05/21/13
What do you need bankers for when there are no revenues? Th...
gay dilemma giraffe
  05/21/13
a cawg literally running a company founded by an Asian man i...
boyish at-the-ready foreskin
  05/21/13
Because an alpha aspie white dood wanted to buy it and the A...
cracking internet-worthy people who are hurt plaza
  05/21/13


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Date: May 20th, 2013 12:50 PM
Author: Slap-happy state

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/tumblr-deal-was-a-private-party-with-few-bankers-invited/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235435)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 12:51 PM
Author: saffron space

Good. Fuck bankers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235446)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 12:55 PM
Author: Slap-happy state

http://i.imgur.com/PELYqNV.jpg

I am good at dealing with people!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235466)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 12:56 PM
Author: pungent beady-eyed turdskin queen of the night

"The only bigger transactions were the company’s takeovers of Broadcast.com ($5.7 billion), Geocities ($3.6 billion) and the ad company Overture ($1.6 billion)"

JFC



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235470)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 12:57 PM
Author: Slap-happy state

You can't always (ahem, ever) win.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235475)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 12:58 PM
Author: Slap-happy state

Cuban: The fuck I can't. http://i.imgur.com/yl5LRDJ.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235481)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 12:58 PM
Author: Cobalt address

Mark Cuban LITERALLY loling all the way to the bank

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235476)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 12:58 PM
Author: pungent beady-eyed turdskin queen of the night

http://money.cnn.com/1999/04/01/deals/yahoo/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235478)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 12:58 PM
Author: Cobalt address

amazing that just 15 years ago you could sell a totally non-viable, unprofitable business for $6 Billion

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235486)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 12:59 PM
Author: Slap-happy state

http://i.imgur.com/t8dZTHb.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235490)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 1:20 PM
Author: violent main people

"Yahoo!, one of the biggest gateways, or portals, to the Internet"

rofl cuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235566)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 1:34 PM
Author: heady spot

Overture worked out for them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235628)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 1:38 PM
Author: crimson excitant french chef

Geocities sooo didn't

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235640)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 1:46 PM
Author: Sepia trip piazza masturbator

isn't this a good way to get pwned by a derivative suit if things go south

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235670)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 2:15 PM
Author: black odious stain

I'm pretty sure the board bros can say something along the lines of "it's all good, we were exercising our judgment of business" and that should've good enough.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235849)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 2:23 PM
Author: Sepia trip piazza masturbator

depends how big of a screw-up happens i guess. if you just paid over double for a company and the books are a mess and you realize afterward you just spent a billion on almost nothing -- and a banker could have easily done a valuation and told you that you were insane to pay $1 bill+ -- i'm not sure it would be enough to be like "hey bros it was my business judgment that we shouldn't engage experts to value a $1 billion+ acquisition!"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235895)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 2:56 PM
Author: Cerebral grizzly location half-breed

Couldn't they hire a valuation firm to do that for a lot less than the cost of having bankers run the deal?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23236096)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 2:26 PM
Author: irradiated bespoke double fault

You're doing the wrong analysis. Not hiring bankers, or hiring shitty ones without a name brand, is probably enough to get a judge to entertain a lawsuit. The goal in a deal like this is not to win a lawsuit, it's not to get sued in the first place.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235909)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 2:46 PM
Author: black odious stain

Dude. First of all, plaintiff attorneys would have sued them with of without the bankers. They sue them for everything conceivable. In order to get over the BJR they'd basically need to show that these guys were grossly negligent. Good f'ing luck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23236023)



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Date: May 21st, 2013 12:19 AM
Author: cracking internet-worthy people who are hurt plaza

And then it is a care claim and exculpated under 102(b)(7) ....



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23239688)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 1:56 PM
Author: high-end aggressive pit police squad

*no bankers on deal*

*wildly overpays for acquisition*

*wonders why company has been shit for 10 years*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235721)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 2:06 PM
Author: irradiated bespoke double fault

The bankers that were on the deal are notoriously terrible, too. Marissa Mayer is going to drive this company into the ground.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235793)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 2:12 PM
Author: Sepia trip piazza masturbator

Bro could it really get any worse than it already is?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235831)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 2:21 PM
Author: irradiated bespoke double fault

Yes. Have you ever dealt with a woman in the 6-12 months after childbirth? I'm all for workplace and gender equality but asking such a sack of raging hormones to "shake things up" to turn around a company seems like a colossal mistake and she's pulled a couple insane stunts already.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235886)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 11:53 PM
Author: Slap-happy state

"and she's pulled a couple insane stunts already"

Are you talking about that shitty company she bought from a teenager?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23239502)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 2:19 PM
Author: infuriating ultramarine office

How common is it for a deal over 100m+ to not involve bankers (any one party)? What about for 1bn+?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235878)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 2:22 PM
Author: irradiated bespoke double fault

Very, very uncommon, especially if there's a public company involved since the board has all kinds of duties to public shareholders. If any of you bros are plaintiff-side securities class action lawyers you should file ASAP.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23235892)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 3:13 PM
Author: Slap-happy state

Doesn't Yahoo already have a few people who can use Excel?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23236199)



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Date: May 20th, 2013 11:56 PM
Author: Flickering bat-shit-crazy nursing home

Buyers don't get sued do they?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23239520)



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Date: May 21st, 2013 12:40 AM
Author: irradiated bespoke double fault

Ask HP.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23239864)



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Date: May 21st, 2013 12:20 AM
Author: cracking internet-worthy people who are hurt plaza

Some mega companies in tech have inhouse M&A groups that function as bankers so not unheard of.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23239698)



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Date: May 21st, 2013 12:40 AM
Author: irradiated bespoke double fault

Even those companies would almost always hire bankers for a billion dollar deal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23239859)



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Date: May 21st, 2013 1:18 AM
Author: gay dilemma giraffe

What do you need bankers for when there are no revenues? This is all just wild guessing at how yahoo can monetize their base

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23240088)



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Date: May 21st, 2013 12:51 AM
Author: boyish at-the-ready foreskin

a cawg literally running a company founded by an Asian man into the ground, why?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23239946)



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Date: May 21st, 2013 12:53 AM
Author: cracking internet-worthy people who are hurt plaza

Because an alpha aspie white dood wanted to buy it and the Asian did not sell and a jew got mad and everyone ditched the Asian guy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2261167&forum_id=2#23239957)