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

Huffington Post | Posted 07.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Steve Ballmer, Yahoo, Microsoft, Yahoo Buyout, Carl Icahn, Yahoo Board, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Yahoo Shareholders, Jerry Yang, Business News

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...

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

Reuters | Posted 07.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft Yahoo Takeover, News Corp, Time Warner, Yahoo, Microsoft, Yahoo Google Deal, Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Google, Business News

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

Epicenter | Betsy Schiffman | Posted 06.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft Yahoo, Microsoft, Yahoo, Carl Icahn, Carl Icahn Yahoo Takeover, Why Is Jerry Yang Not Fired, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, How Is Jerry Yang Still Employed, Jerry Yang, Business News

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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Carl Icahn May Give Up On Yahoo! After Google Deal

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Google Yahoo!, Carl Icahn Jerry Yang, Carl Icahn Gives Up, Corporate Raider, Carl Icahn Yahoo, Carl Icahn Yahoo Takeover, Yahoo!, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Jerry Yang, Google, Business News

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...

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Deal Dead: How Low Will Yahoo Stock Go?

Huffington Post | Posted 05.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Deal, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Yahoo Google Deal, Yahoo Google Partnership, Yahoo Merger, Yahoo Deal, Business News

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

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft, Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Microsoft Yahoo Deal, Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Business News

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 05.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Microsoft Abandons Yahoo Bid, Microsoft Abandons Yahoo Merger, Business News

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

Read More: Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Microsoft Yahoo, Yahoo, Microsoft, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Business News

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

CNBC | Posted 04.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Eric Schmidt Microsoft Yahoo, Eric Schmidt, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Microsoft-Yahoo Merger, Google Microsoft Yahoo, Business News

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...

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Why Steve Ballmer And Microsoft Will Keep Chasing Yahoo

New York Times | Posted 04.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Steve Ballmer Yahoo, Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Yahoo Microsoft, Micoroft, Business News

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. ...

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Microsoft Takeover Deadline For Yahoo Passes With No Deal

AFP | Glenn Chapman | Posted 04.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Steve Ballmer, Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Microsoft Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Takeover, Business News

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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Google Sits Pretty As Rivals Tussle Over Yahoo

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Yahoo, Microsoft, Microsoft Yahoo Google, Google GOOG, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Microsoft Bid, Business News

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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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 Readies Yahoo Proxy Battle

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 02.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft, Microsoft Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Bill Gates, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Jerry Yang, Steve Ballmer, Business News

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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Welcome to Rupert Murdoch's America

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 02.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, News Corp, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Yahoo, Media News

Who is Rupert Murdoch endorsing? The smart money says that (s)he will be the next president.

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Release 0.9: Don't Cry For Me, MicroHoogle!

Esther Dyson | Posted 02.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Merger, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Internet, Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Microsoft Yahoo, Online Advertising, Advertising, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Microsoft Yahoo Takeover, Media News

The big news is already old news. It's not that traditional online advertising will go away, but its profitability will suffer as it becomes diminishing-returns efficient.

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Yahoo Board to Spurn $44B Microsoft Bid

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 02.09.2008 | 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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Yahoo Running Out Of Options

Los Angeles Times | Jessica Guynn, Thomas Mulligan, Joseph Menn | Posted 02.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Microsoft, Yahoo, Yahoo Microsoft, Bill Gates, Jerry Yang, Microsoft Yahoo Takeover, Google Microsoft Yahoo, Google, Business News

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...

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Google v. Micrsosoft: The K Street Factor

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Google, Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Microsoft Yahoo, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Anti-Trust Laws, Microsoft, Yahoo. Microsoft Bid Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Microsoft Yahoo Takeover, Politics News

The clash of the computer titans: Google versus Microsoft, with Yahoo at stake as either a prize to be claimed or defended. Who are the lobbyists deploying on the issue?

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Would Microsoft Buy A Company Without Its Top Talent? ...or Any Talent?

Jake Brewer | Posted 02.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Microsoft Yahoo, Yahoo Microsoft, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Microsoft Yahoo Takeover, Microsoft, Business News

Yahoo employees are people who can make individual choices -- not mere numbers or factors in a valuation equation -- and these people in particular do not want to work for Microsoft.

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News Corp Says "No Yahoo Bid"

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 02.04.2008 | Business

Read More: News Corp Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Microsoft Yahoo, News Corp, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Microsoft, Yahoo, Dan Rosensweig, Google Yahoo, News Corp Yahoo Bid, Google, Business News

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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Google Assails Microsoft Over Yahoo Deal

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 02.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Microsoft Yahoo, Yahoo Microsoft, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt, David Drummond, Jerry Yang, Brad Smith, Business News

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

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News Corp Also Trying To Mount Yahoo Bid

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 02.02.2008 | Business

Read More: News Corp Yahoo Bid, News Corp, Microsoft Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Yahoo, Microsoft, Business News

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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Privacy Key to Yahoo Merger; Microsoft Bid Must Ensure Safeguards

Peter Swire | Posted 02.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Privacy, Microsoft Yahoo Privacy, Microsoft, Yahoo, Business News

Although more issues may emerge over time, the market for search looks like it will be the focus of privacy issues of the proposed Microsoft/Yahoo merger.

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