Posted on 02/04/2008 4:04:58 PM PST by SmithL
Bay Area cable provider Comcast Corp. and San Jose-based eBay Inc. may be potential bidders for Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, as Microsoft Corp.'s offer for Yahoo Inc. threatens to knock out the two most likely suitors for the Internet unit, Pali Research said.
There's a lack of buyers for AOL, Richard Greenfield, an analyst at Pali Research, said Monday in a note. Still, Comcast Chief Executive Officer Brian Roberts may be interested in AOL to get its advertising network and Web site, he wrote. Roberts is unlikely to pay more than $10 billion, according to Greenfield. In 2000, AOL purchased Time Warner for $164 billion.
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It might be worth it at $500 and a used Plymouth Voyager.
Seriously, in my business if I am dealing with someone who gives me an aol email address, I sigh because I know that my dealings with that person are going to generally suck.
What? You don’t need training wheels on your Internet?
> I stopped doing that, because I didn't want to accidentally use an important CD as coaster and ruin it.
NO MORE AOL CDs !
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