Murdoch Cedes Yahoo! to Microsoft By Jim Cramer About this article: Does someone want to tell me the bull case for Yahoo! up here? After listening to Rupert Murdoch last night, who never met a dot-com he didn't like, I have to say that Yahoo is Microsoft's. I have no doubt that Congress will look at the efforts of Google to stop the deal and immediately recognize that this is about monopoly, with Google playing the role of Microsoft this time around. I also find it hard to believe that anyone takes Yahoo! management seriously. Other than Alcatel-Lucent, I am hard-pressed to find a company that has done more to squander advantage, and in this case, Yahoo! had far more going for it than ALU from the start. Cramer: Who Does Yahoo! Think It Is? var config = new Array(); config"videoId" = 1398288170; config"playerTag" = "TSCM Embedded Video Player"; config"autoStart" = false; config"preloadBackColor" =... Or, call us at 1-866-321-TSCM (8726) Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET. Outside the U.S. and in Canada, call 1-212-321-5200.

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