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Yahoo! Restructuring, Jorgensen Out

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.29.2009 | Business

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UPDATE: CNBC Is reporting that Blake Jorgensen is leaving Yahoo! For more on the restructuring of the company, click here. The stock is rising on th...

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Ballmer Dismisses Yahoo Buyout But Open On Search

AP | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business

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BELLEVUE, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders t...

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Microsoft Buys Powerset Search Engine

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business

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As rumored last week, Microsoft has acquired Powerset, a much-hyped semantic search engine startup. No official word on deal price, but it's rumored t...

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Microsoft's New Yahoo Plans May Include Old Allies News Corp, Time Warner

Reuters | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business

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(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is preparing a new bid for Yahoo Inc's search business and has approached other media companies about joining it in a deal ...

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Execs Resigning Yahoo Spots And Now You Can, Too

Wired.com | John C. Abell | Posted 07.01.2008 | Business

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You know you wish you could quit Yahoo. It's a drag now that the Microsoft balloon has burst. Like that was gonna make working here anything like the...

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Yahoo Investors Weighing Move To Oust Board

CNBC | David Faber | Posted 05.13.2008 | Business

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The level of aggravation among Yahoo's largest shareholders is high two days after talks between Yahoo and Microsoft broke down. Given that frustrati...

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Yahoo CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft's $47.5B bid

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.12.2008 | Business

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SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang has gotten what he wanted: a chance to prove his company is worth more than the $47.5 bill...

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Microsoft Abandons Bid For Yahoo

All Things Digital | Kara Swisher | Posted 05.11.2008 | 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 05.10.2008 | 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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Report: Microsoft board still mulling next Yahoo move

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.08.2008 | 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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Google Sits Pretty As Rivals Tussle Over Yahoo

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business

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SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp.'s attempt to take over Yahoo Inc. has become so tortured it may help Internet search and advertising leader Goog...

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Is Yahoo's Yang Just Delaying The Inevitable?

Business Week | Catherina Holahan | Posted 04.16.2008 | Business

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Yahoo's resistance to a takeover by Microsoft looks foolhardy to some investors and Wall Street analysts. But the push-back may prove effective in the...

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What People At Yahoo Are Thinking About

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.15.2008 | Business

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I personally have been part of a merger/acquisition scenario more times than I care to contemplate. It's like a flu. You feel it coming on. Then you either get it or you don't.

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Yahoo Still Wants Microsoft to Raise Bid

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 04.15.2008 | Business

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SAN FRANCISCO — Brushing aside the threat of a disruptive takeover battle that could batter its shaky stock, Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc. on Mond...

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Microsoft 'Evaluating' Its Yahoo Offer

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 04.12.2008 | Business

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SEATTLE — A person familiar with Microsoft's bid for Yahoo said Friday the software company is evaluating its offer in light of the economic cli...

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Microsoft: No Plans To Raise Yahoo Bid (Yet)

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

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Microsoft (MSFT) plans to continue to stand firm on its Yahoo (YHOO) bid, the WSJ says--a report that will likely come as a disappointment to those ho...

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Is Microsoft Ready To Pull Its Yahoo Bid?

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Kara Swisher revives an issue we raised a few weeks back: What happens if Yahoo (YHOO) blows Q1? This question has no doubt been bandied about in Micr...

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Yahoo Scrambles to Block Microsoft Deal

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo Inc. has extended a deadline for nominating candidates to its board, giving the struggling Internet pioneer more time ...

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Microsoft Readies Yahoo Proxy Battle

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. is getting ready to take its bid for Yahoo right to the Web portal's shareholders, even as analysts wait for a higher ...

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Microsoft Urged To Raise Bid By No. 2 Shareholder

Reuters | Muralikumar Anantharaman, Daisuke Wakabayashi | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O) second-biggest shareholder urged Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) to raise its $42 billion bid for the Web pioneer and warned Yahoo it has...

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Yahoo Board to Spurn $44B Microsoft Bid

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc.'s board will reject Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid after concluding the unsolicited offer undervalues t...

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Yang Finally Speaks

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang wisely emerged from his bunker today, updating Yahoo's worldwide workforce about the Microsoft offer via an email message and pat...

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Yahoo's White Knight: Microsoft Shareholders

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Microsoft's shareholders are unhappy about the Yahoo offer--and they're expressing their displeasure by voting with their feet. As they do, they're dr...

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News Corp Says "No Yahoo Bid"

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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A News Corp spokesman says it is not putting together a competing bid for Yahoo--which makes sense, given that it can't afford Yahoo. Time Warner, AT&...

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News Corp Also Trying To Mount Yahoo Bid

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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TechCrunch reports that News Corp is also frantically trying to put together a competing bid for Yahoo, with the help of private equity firms*. This m...

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