Microsoft Yahoo Merger

Yahoo! Restructuring, Jorgensen Out

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.29.2009 | Business


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...

Microsoft: Outlook Dreary, Competition From Google, Apple

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.27.2009 | Business


Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Tuesday outlook for the company would remain dreary through its fiscal year ending in June. The stock t...

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...

David Einhorn, Famed Hedge Fund Manager, Done With Microsoft, Ballmer

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business


Famed hedge-fund manager David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital), the man who shorted Lehman Brothers, has been clobbered along with other Wall Street star...

Microsoft Wants To Deal With New Yahoo Board, Yahoo Doesn't Want A New Board

Huffington Post | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business


Carl Icahn's saber just got louder. The Associated Press reports that Microsoft has indicated that it would be interested in negotiating a deal with Y...

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

Reuters | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business


(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 ...

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

Epicenter | Betsy Schiffman | Posted 07.04.2008 | Business


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

Carl Icahn May Give Up On Yahoo! After Google Deal

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business


The drubbing Carl Icahn took last week may just have beaten the stuffing out of him. The raider "hinted" that he might not press forward with his camp...

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...

Microsoft Abandons Bid For Yahoo

All Things Digital | Kara Swisher | Posted 05.11.2008 | Business


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

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

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 05.10.2008 | Business


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

Google CEO: Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Would Short-Change Consumers94955

CNBC | Posted 05.08.2008 | Business


In an exclusive interview with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo to air Wednesday afternoon, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that a Microsoft-Yahoo! merger would de...

Why Steve Ballmer And Microsoft Will Keep Chasing Yahoo

New York Times | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business


Why is Microsoft taking it sweet time showing its next move in the battle for Yahoo? I suspect it is simply arranging the forces for its next attack. ...

Microsoft Takeover Deadline For Yahoo Passes With No Deal

AFP | Glenn Chapman | Posted 05.05.2008 | Business


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...

Google Sits Pretty As Rivals Tussle Over Yahoo

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business


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

Microsoft Gives Yahoo A Deadline On Buyout Offer

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 04.13.2008 | Business


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,...

Microsoft Readies Yahoo Proxy Battle

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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 ...

Yahoo Board to Spurn $44B Microsoft Bid

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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

Yahoo Running Out Of Options

Los Angeles Times | Jessica Guynn, Thomas Mulligan, Joseph Menn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


It looks as if Yahoo will be dragged down the aisle by its suitor, Microsoft, no matter how loudly Google speaks its piece. On Monday, other potentia...

News Corp Says "No Yahoo Bid"

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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&...

Google Assails Microsoft Over Yahoo Deal

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. raised the specter of Microsoft Corp. using its proposed $42 billion acquisition of Yahoo Inc. to gain illegal contr...

News Corp Also Trying To Mount Yahoo Bid

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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...

Steve Ballmer To Microsofties: "Full Stream Ahead!"

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Message from Microsoft execs to employees: "Yes, we've just kicked off a year-long $45 billion acquisition, and yes, your lives are going to be turned...