That changes everybody’s perspective, I think. And we think we can be opportunistic.
那會改變很多人的立場,我覺得我們可以做一個機會主義者。
We have not bought back stock. Right now our stock is very cheap, but we think having our cash position is more important.
我們沒有回購股票,我們的股票現在很便宜,但我覺得保持充足的現金更重要。
We are very focused on scaling, and it is important to be able to be in a financial position to do so if opportunities come up.
所以,我們對保持規模很看重,保持好的財務狀況等待機會很重要。
And how is your relationship with Carl Icahn going?
你現在和卡爾?伊坎的關系怎么樣?
Carl is fine and he has got a lot on his plate as well.
卡爾還好,他得到的也夠多了。
But he has been a very useful person to have on the board and, of course, it is a different role for him than before.
他曾是董事會非常有用的人,當然他現在的角色不同了。
For the most part, he is very constructive, but he is still Carl and he doesn’t hesitate to share what’s on his mind.
多數時間,他富于建設性,但卡爾畢竟是卡爾,有話就說,從不客氣。
What is the status of the talks with the Justice Department over your search ad deal with Google?
你們和谷歌搜索廣告的事在司法部進展如何?
I don’t have a lot of new things to say. We're still talking, as I have said, and hope to get things resolved.
沒有什么新東西可談,我們仍在談,我希望能解決事情,
We have not started it, but no one has walked away.
我們還沒開始,但沒有人愿意離場。
What about your relationship with Microsoft; what did you think of CEO Steve Ballmer’s comment last week about doing a search deal?
你和微軟的關系怎么樣,史蒂夫? 鮑爾默上周提到的搜索合作你怎么看?
I don’t have anything new to report there either.
也沒有什么新東西可說,
As we have always said,we are willing to listen to them, to talk to them about anything.
正如 我們一直表示的那樣,我們愿意聽他們的意見,愿意和他們談任何事。
You have been attacked a lot recently for not selling Yahoo to Microsoft, Yahoo’s low stock price and your management of the company—
你最近被頻頻攻擊,因為沒有將雅虎賣給微軟,也因為雅虎現在的低股價,以及你的管理方式,
why do you think you are the best leader for Yahoo going forward?
為什么你認為自己是雅虎最好的領導人。
I think if you look at what the company is doing and what we have been going through and the story we have been telling,
如果你看看雅虎現在所做的事,我們的經歷,我們所講的故事
we have done most, if not all,of what we set out to do, starting last year.
你會知道,從去年開始,我們想做的絕大多數都實現了。
My dream is to transform Yahoo as a platform and product company and I think we are on the way to really doing that.
我的夢想是將雅虎轉變成一個平臺和產品公司,我們正在這樣做,
And a lot of what we have been doing is starting to translate into value一whether it is our front page, our profiles, our e-mail or our APT ad platform.
不管是我們的主頁、用戶資料、電子郵件還是我們的APT 廣告平臺,我們所做的很多事已經開始轉換為價值。