Rating the big takeover news

Microsoft gave up on Yahoo!
Good — ♣♣♣/♣♣
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Icahn’s moving forward to usurp the Yahoo! Board
Very Good — ♣♣♣♣/♣
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CBS is set to buy News Corp’s CNET for $1.8 billion
Terrible ♣/♣♣♣♣
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GE prepping to ditch its appliaces biz
Not pleasant, but necessary ♣♣♣/♣♣
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♣♣♣♣♣ == highest TBT rating of deal, product, announcement

i.e. ♣♣♣/♣♣ == 3/5 rating

~ by Tyler on May 15, 2008.