Microsoft Yahoo Deal

Microsoft, Yahoo Reach Web Search Deal

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE and JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media


SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft finally persuaded Yahoo to surrender control of the Internet's second most popular search engine and join it in a daun...

Microsoft And Yahoo Said To Be In Talks On Ad Deal

New York Times | Miguel Helft | Posted 05.11.2009 | Business


Yahoo and Microsoft, which held a marathon series of fruitless merger and partnership negotiations last year, have restarted discussions, this time ov...

Microsoft CEO: I Still Want Yahoo!

ft.com | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business


Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive officer, has increased the pressure on Yahoo to hand over control of its search business to his software co...

Insider Calls Reported $20 Billion Yahoo-Microsoft Deal "Total Fiction"

AllThingsD | Posted at 9:40 PM PT on November 29, 2008 | Posted 12.31.2008 | Business


A report in the Times of London in which Microsoft would buy Yahoo's search business in a convoluted $20 billion deal that would include well-known In...

Report: Microsoft In $20 Billion Yahoo Deal

Times Of London | John Waples | Posted 12.30.2008 | Business


SOFTWARE giant Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo's online search business for $20 billion (£13 billion). The proposal forms the centrepiece of ...

Ballmer Dismisses Yahoo Buyout But Open On Search

AP | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business


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

Microsoft, Yahoo In Talks For Alternative Deal

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.27.2008 | Business


SAN FRANCISCO — Just two weeks after breaking off merger talks, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have been pulled back to the bargaining table by ...

Deal Dead: How Low Will Yahoo Stock Go?

Huffington Post | Posted 05.12.2008 | Business


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...

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

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.12.2008 | Business


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...

Steve Ballmer: Catching Google Is Our Goal

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) Chief Executive Steve Ballmer pledged on Thursday he will gain share against Google Inc (GOOG.O) in online advertising and Web...

M&A Bankers On Yahoo-Microsoft: Done Deal

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


We canvassed a couple of Wall Street M&A moguls last night for their thoughts on how the Microsoft-Yahoo (MSFT/YHOO) deal would play out. Their though...

Google Tells Employees: No Talking To Press On MSFT-YHOO Deal

Valleywag | Owen Thomas | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Google PR uberfuhrer Elliot Schrage has issued a diktat, we hear: No comment! Google employees are forbidden to comment "officially or unofficially" o...