How do we get this idea to GOOG?
"Has anyone thought that GOOG could be buying all the shares now on the open market and could offer Ike and the remaining shareholders a price they couldn't refuse. Think about it, if their are 1.9B shares in the float and GOOG buys say 1.2B on the open market that leaves only 700M in the float. There are 300M Restricted Shares and whatever Preferred Shares owned by the Company to be purchased. So, lets say 1B shares remain in the O/S, Google could offer 500M to Ike for the Company and that would mean each shareholder would receive .50 per share. Now, if Google offered a billion dollars to Ike, then each shareholder would receive $1. This is all speculation on my part but if I was Google I would buy the entire float on the open market while it is dirt cheap and then offer Ike and the remaining shareholders and offer they couldn't refuse. Google could easily make Go800 a Household Name because they have the cash to market this and turn Go800 into a multi-billion dollar service world-wide. This in-turn would help Google blow past Facebook and every other Fortune 500 Company and make Google the first Trillion Dollar Market Cap Company. Again, this is all speculation on my part but makes sense for Google to grab this service before someone else does. One key factor in all of this though is the Patent. If GOIG gets the pending patent approval this could easily become a reality. GLTA GOIG Shareholders." quoted from jwblue74