Yahoo physically reminds me of the comedic fool wandering about in a field of rakes, continually hitting himself in the face. Yet again, up comes the rake...
You mean Homer Simpson? or was that episode a reference to an existing metaphor?
I thought that was Sideshow Bob's gag on the Simpsons.
Oh yes, that is correct
Let's go with metaphor. I've seen it happen to Homer and in old cartoons, on some movies, and even once in real life. It's quite a striking visualization, at least to me.
that fool had a net income of over $213M last quarter.
Profit or not, it would be incredibly foolish for I or any other person to buy Yahoo stock given their decade+ pattern of behavior of expending exorbitant amounts of money to buy companies that a) are not worth that much and b) eventually killing the companies they purchase. If Groupon is to succeed, I think they are best to remain independent at least for a few years and really try to grow their company. Personally, I'm tired of seeing potentially long-term successful companies being purchased and mangled by bigger companies that can't successfully expand or incorporate those startups.
Microsoft, Google, and Apple have profit margins that are roughly 3-4 times that of Yahoo.