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Welcome to Camp Mogul

Paul Krassner | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business

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Paul Krassner

I went to spy on a summer camp for billionaires: The 26th annual gathering of the nation's most powerful executives and their trophy wives in Sun Valley, Idaho, hosted by Herb Allen.

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Yahoo's Microsoft Letter To Shareholders: We're Still Right

Epicenter | Betsy Schiffman | Posted 06.26.2008 | Business

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Yahoo hopes to appease whining shareholders (specifically Carl Icahn) with a dishy letter that discloses the lame terms of Microsoft's recent offer. ...

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Spurned Microsoft Only Had Eyes For Yahoo

Reuters | Matt Daily | Posted 06.20.2008 | Business

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Microsoft Corp's CEO said the company will not seek to make a spate of other Internet acquisitions in the wake of its failed bid for Yahoo Inc, the Fi...

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Google CEO Says He Prefers Independent Yahoo

InfoWorld | Paul Krill | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business

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San Francisco - Google believes an independent Yahoo is better for the marketplace than one that becomes part of Microsoft, Google Chairman/CEO Eric ...

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Microsoft, Yahoo Documents Shed Light On Dealings

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 06.02.2008 | Business

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SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang pushed for an employee severance program that made it more expensive for Microsoft Corp. t...

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The Microhoogle Scene: An Analysis

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.29.2008 | Business

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Mike Bonifer

By playing its aggressive game with Yahoo, Microsoft has dominated the dialogue, and has painted the Yahoo brand as an overvalued poser and an insincere tease.

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Yahoo Is Not the Problem - Microsoft Is

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business

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Margaret Heffernan

The spectacle of Microsoft trying to buy Yahoo feels like watching two dinosaurs trying to mate: painful and irrelevant. It is revealing not in its denouement but in its genesis.

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Yahoo Exec: I Need Some Prozac"

All Things Digital | Kara Swisher | Posted 05.05.2008 | Business

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Be careful for what you wish for, Jerry Yang. Because after talking to a dozen Yahoo execs over the weekend after the Microsoft takeover deal cratere...

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Deal Dead: How Low Will Yahoo Stock Go?

Huffington Post | Posted 05.04.2008 | Business

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The New York Times reports in Monday's paper that Yahoo stockholders will be wondering Monday how low the internet company's stock will go, and how lo...

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Microsoft Abandons Bid For Yahoo

All Things Digital | Kara Swisher | Posted 05.03.2008 | Business

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After a months-long standoff, Microsoft (MSFT) has abandoned its bid for Yahoo (YHOO), people involved in the discussions said today. Microsoft confi...

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Microsoft, Yahoo In Negotiations, Bid Increased "Several Dollars" Per Share

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 05.02.2008 | Business

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The WSJ has confirmed our earlier assumption: Microsoft has been silent because Microsoft and Yahoo are now negotiating seriously about consummating a...

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Microsoft May Go Hostile In Bid For Yahoo, Says Report

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.02.2008 | Business

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SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp. finally dangled a higher takeover bid in front of Yahoo Inc. Friday, hoping to reach a friendly deal after weeks...

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Tells Employees: Yahoo Announcement In "Very Short Order"

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 05.01.2008 | Business

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Steve Ballmer held a Town Hall conference call with Microsoft (MSFT) employees today--reported minute-by-minute by our Vas Sridharan. Not surprisingl...

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Report: Microsoft board still mulling next Yahoo move

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 04.30.2008 | Business

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SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp.'s directors met Wednesday to consider raising the software maker's $41.9 billion bid for Yahoo Inc. instead of p...

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Microsoft Takeover Deadline For Yahoo Passes With No Deal

AFP | Glenn Chapman | Posted 04.27.2008 | Business

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A Microsoft deadline for Internet service company Yahoo to accept its 44.6 billion-dollar (28.5 billion-euro) acquisition offer expired at midnight Sa...

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Microsoft Quarter Weaker Than Expected, Will Make Yahoo! Deal More Difficult

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 04.24.2008 | Business

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Summary: Quarter was mixed--not the blockbuster Wall Street was looking for. FQ3 revenue was slightly below consensus (surprising). Operating income a...

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Microsoft CEO Threatens To Walk From Yahoo Merger

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 04.23.2008 | Business

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Microsoft (MSFT) responds to Yahoo's earnings by raising the ante again in one last-ditch, trans-Atlantic attempt to get Yahoo (YHOO) to cave. Speakin...

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Google-Yahoo-Microsoft: Analysts React

PaidContent | Joseph Weisenthal | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business

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With the Microsoft-Yahoo-Google (NSDQ: GOOG) dance so fluid, analyst reports are going stale pretty fast. Whereas just a couple days ago, most analyst...

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Internet, Media Stars Line Up for Yahoo

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business

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SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc.'s last-ditch efforts to avoid a takeover by Microsoft Corp. appear to be setting the stage for a dramatic finale feat...

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Microsoft Said To Be In Talks With News Corp Over Joint Yahoo Bid

Huffington Post | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

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The New York Times is reporting that News Corporation and Microsoft are in talks to make a joint bid for Yahoo: Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is ...

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Yahoo-Google Search Test: Brilliant Counter-Move That Should Extract Higher Price From Microsoft

Henry Blodget | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

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Henry Blodget

If Yahoo and Google appear headed toward a full-blown search deal, Microsoft needs to buy Yahoo even more now -- if only because it will then be able to fire Google as Yahoo's search partner.

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Microsoft Gives Yahoo A Deadline On Buyout Offer

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 04.05.2008 | Business

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SEATTLE — Microsoft set the clock ticking for Yahoo to accept its $41 billion buyout offer in a letter to the Internet pioneer's board Saturday,...

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Microsoft-Yahoo Takeover Glitch: Can't Find Dissident Yahoo Board Members

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business

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One of the next steps in the Microsoft-Yahoo melodrama (MSFT) (YHOO) is for Microsoft to nominate a slate of directors to replace the ones it will try...

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Yahoo: We're Worth More Than $42 Billion

Los Angeles Times | Joseph Menn and Jessica Guynn | Posted 03.19.2008 | Business

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Yahoo Inc.'s top executives Tuesday began a weeklong campaign to convince major shareholders that the Web powerhouse is worth more than the $42 billio...

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Google's Schmidt Softens Ludicrous Stance on Microsoft-Yahoo

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business

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In an interview with Portfolio, Eric Schmidt reiterated Google's absurd fear-mongering about the Microsoft-Yahoo deal (MSFT) (YHOO). His rhetoric wasn...

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