Comments on: New Hippo Jobs Site Launched http://classifiedadventures.com/2009/06/new-hippojobs-site-launched/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:59:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: property1 http://classifiedadventures.com/2009/06/new-hippojobs-site-launched/comment-page-1/#comment-28 property1 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:03:59 +0000 http://classifiedadventures.com/?p=209#comment-28 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a business luncheon in Chicago yesterday that he's willing to invest 5% to 10% of Microsoft's operating income in search over the next five years. Bump a guy's search engine market share a few points and he goes nuts! Microsoft's (MSFT) operating income in 2008 was $22 billion, so a very rough estimate of Steve's commitment would be somewhere between $5.5 billion and $11 billion. Steve didn't specify how he'd invest all that money. Just that he's willing to spend it. "We invested in Xbox for years and now it generates nice economic returns for us," Ballmer told the crowd, according to Reuters. Microsoft has been sinking money into online for years and getting nowhere. See chart http://www.businessinsider.com/ballmer-says-hell-spend-11-billion-on-search-2009-6 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a business luncheon in Chicago yesterday that he’s willing to invest 5% to 10% of Microsoft’s operating income in search over the next five years.

Bump a guy’s search engine market share a few points and he goes nuts!

Microsoft’s (MSFT) operating income in 2008 was $22 billion, so a very rough estimate of Steve’s commitment would be somewhere between $5.5 billion and $11 billion.

Steve didn’t specify how he’d invest all that money. Just that he’s willing to spend it.

“We invested in Xbox for years and now it generates nice economic returns for us,” Ballmer told the crowd, according to Reuters.

Microsoft has been sinking money into online for years and getting nowhere. See chart
http://www.businessinsider.com/ballmer-says-hell-spend-11-billion-on-search-2009-6

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