Random Stew It seemed like a good idea at the time.

1Feb/080

Something foul in Denmark

Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox in the movie Wall Street.A little over an hour ago, Microsoft announced it is making an unsolicited bid to buy Yahoo. Microsoft is bidding $44.6 billion dollars for Yahoo, or $31/share -- a 60% premium over Yahoo's closing price of $19 on Thursday. Michael Douglas as Gordon 'Greed is Good' Gekko in Wall Street.Yahoo's stock price opened at $28 this morning, before the offer was announced -- obviously a case of insider trading. But I guarantee the SEC will turn a blind eye to Yahoo's overnight 50% stock jump on the eve of their largest news announcement ever. It seems that unless your name is Martha, you will never be a investigated target for insider trading. How much more blatant can it be?