good point, it probably does. So I guess the stock price increase is from people who have a trigger set on that ratio. I guess I just don't see why AOL even still exists. As for the patents, good question and I don't know. I am having trouble imagining what they even are. If I get a chance later on maybe I'll look it up. I only skimmed the headlines on this.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 12:01 PM, PT <cft...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It might improve their asset (cash) to liability ratio. The more cash > they have, the more likely they can pay their bills if their debts get > called early, for whatever reason. Were they generating any kind of > revenue from those patents? > > On 4/9/2012 2:31 PM, Dana wrote: > > > > my tech stock wtf of the weekend: Microsoft is buying patents from AOL. I > > am rather curious as to what patents AOL might have that are actually > worth > > that sum, but on the whole, hey, good for AOL. Why, however, would this > > make the stock price go up? It's not like AOL is going to be creating any > > kind of value ever again and presumably even less so if they're selling > off > > their intellectual property.... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349650 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
