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Yahoo! Restructuring, Jorgensen Out

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 02.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Microsoft Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Yahoo Microsoft, Yahoo-Search-Deal, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Microsoft Yahoo Takeover, Yahoo, Computers, Internet Companies, Business News

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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Microsoft: Outlook Dreary, Competition From Google, Apple

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 02.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Microsoft Yahoo, Apple Inc, Apple, Apple Computers, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Microsoft, Apple Stock, Business News

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

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Ballmer Dismisses Yahoo Buyout But Open On Search

AP | Posted 11.19.2008 | 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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David Einhorn, Famed Hedge Fund Manager, Done With Microsoft, Ballmer

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 10.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Greenlight Capital, Lehman Brothers, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Wall St Crisis, Yahoo, Microsoft, David Einhorn, Steve Ballmer, Finance, Economy, Personal Finance, Business News

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

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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

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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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Carl Icahn May Give Up On Yahoo! After Google Deal

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business

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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

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

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.04.2008 | 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 05.03.2008 | 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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Google CEO: Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Would Short-Change Consumers94955

CNBC | Posted 04.30.2008 | Business

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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

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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

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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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Google Sits Pretty As Rivals Tussle Over Yahoo

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 04.11.2008 | 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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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

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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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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
Jayne Lyn Stahl

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
Esther Dyson

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

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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
Robert Schlesinger

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

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Jake Brewer

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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