Whoa! Hey – How Does This Work?

Everyone is calling Microsoft’s takeover bid “hostile.” Despite my not seeing it that way and excited at all the possibilities, I still cannot wrap my head around this;

Another Potential Deal For Yahoo!s Chairman

No, not the obvious – how many items are on Roy Bostock’s plate, this -

“It’s also worth mentioning that Mr. Bostock’s other board appointment may provide some deal-making guidance to Yahoo and Northwest as well. He also serves as a director at Morgan Stanley, a position he obtained in part through his friend, fellow Duke University alumnus and golfing buddy, John J. Mack.

And to bring things coming full circle, Morgan Stanley is advising Microsoft in its Yahoo bid.”

Say… what??? He’s on the board of the outfit that initiates a takeover bid and he’s on the board of the company being asked to be taken over?

Is that a bit hinky to anyone?