27 Quotes by Scott Kessler

The point is that Yahoo continues to invest very, very significantly in this area, and is doing good things, and will continue to do good things, which steps up the pressure.

MSN was the one that may have been a logical acquiring company but they are clearly building as opposed to buying,

More detail to allow analysts to better understand and engage in forecasting would be great. There's a grey area where they're not providing guidance, but they can give us more information.

I can't imagine that Microsoft would be worried as a result of this. On the other hand, it's something that probably has attracted their interest.

For some time now Western Union has been the crown jewel of this company.

I think a lot of people are rationalizing the fourth quarter as a one-time tax hit. I don't agree. This indicates the company's need to focus on and invest in its ability to more effectively forecast, manage and execute its international operations.

I think a lot of folks who were at that meeting felt pretty chagrined, I would argue this is still pretty material information, given the high profile nature of this company and the emergence of click fraud as a high-profile subject.

I think that you can, as a company, be very, very focused on the long term, while also providing helpful and detailed information to the investment community on a recurring basis. And I think that is ultimately what one of the company's goals has to be for 2006.

People are ready and able to pay for such services. For free isn't always the case anymore.