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If you’ve been following any kind of tech news this week, you’ll probably be aware that Microsoft have bid $44.6 billion for their internet rivals, Yahoo.
While many analysts feel this is way above the real worth of Yahoo and the shareholders are rubbing their hands with glee, there seems to be one small fact that has been forgotten.
That is: Yahoo own a stake in Google. Despite selling a chunk of their shares in August 2004, as far as I can see Yahoo still owns plenty of stock in Google.
Microsoft buying Yahoo would effectively mean that Bill Gates’ company will own a stake in Google.
How the guys at the Googleplex would feel about this isn’t recorded, but I think we can guess.