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May 3, 2008
Breaking: Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Bid; Walks Away From Deal (Updated)
Michael Arrington
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Microsoft will announce shortly that they have withdrawn their offer to acquire Yahoo. Talks between the two companies and their advisors broke down earlier today, according to a source close to Microsoft, after a failure to come to agreement on price [...]
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May 2, 2008 7:25 PM PDT
The Silicon Valley triangle: Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft
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It’s Friday night and still no word from the Microsoft or Yahoo bunkers. The headlines for today tell the story (see Techmeme).
The Wall Street Journal, which appears to be a conduit for the [...]
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Posted in yahoo on April 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Special Report March 18, 2008, 5:56PM EST
Yahoo’s Mixed Message
An optimistic announcement is meant to show the Internet portal doesn’t need help from Google, News Corp., or AOL. Do shareholders buy it?
by Catherine Holahan
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Here’s the message Yahoo! (YHOO) wanted to convey with its unscheduled update to investors: We’re sticking by [...]
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Posted in Microsoft, yahoo on April 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Windows is ‘collapsing,’ Gartner analysts warn
The researchers damn Windows in current form, urge radical changes
By Gregg Keizer
April 10, 2008 (Computerworld) Calling the situation “untenable” and describing Windows as “collapsing,” a pair of Gartner analysts yesterday said
In a presentation at a Gartner-sponsored conference in Las Vegas, analysts
“For Microsoft, its ecosystem and its customers, the situation is [...]
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Posted in Microsoft, yahoo on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Yahoo Answers Microsoft With Yet Another No
By MIGUEL HELFT
Published: April 8, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — After their top executives traded recriminations in an exchange of letters, Microsoft and Yahoo continued their stalemate, with Yahoo shareholders expected to play an increasingly large role in the takeover battle.
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Microsoft and Yahoo’s Courtship Continues
Another Monday, another round of stories about how this deal is still up in the air somewhere. The latest developments: On Saturday, Microsoft sent a letter to Yahoo’s board of directors, telling them to take the offer on the table in the next three weeks or be [...]
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Posted in Microsoft, yahoo on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
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• Yahoo Reiterates Stance After Threat by Microsoft
Yahoo Reiterates Stance After Threat by Microsoft
Search Engine Says Buyout Bid Is Low
Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang, shown at Consumer Electronics Show, is resisting a threat from Microsoft to accept its buyout offer or be taken over. (By Paul Sakuma — Associated Press)
By [...]
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Posted in Microsoft, Money, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Web 7.0, WebOS (4.0), Weblogs, yahoo, tagged Money, Web Searching on March 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Is venture capital’s love affair with Web 2.0 over? | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
“Silicon Valley remains the hotbed of Web 2.0 activity, but the hipness of start-ups with goofy names is starting to cool in the face of economic reality.
Dow Jones VentureSource on Tuesday released numbers of venture capital activity [...]
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Yahoo!/Microsoft Execs Meet For Round Two
Posted by Zonk on Sunday March 16, @03:21PM
from the ready-steady-fight dept.
psychosmyth writes “Microsoft’s deal to Yahoo! is apparently back on the table. Yahoo execs met again with Microsoft early this past week to re-discuss the deal that fell through earlier. ‘The gathering, first reported by The Wall [...]
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Yahoo Sets Bullish Financial Targets
By Shira Ovide
Word Count: 526 | Companies Featured in This Article: Yahoo, Microsoft, Google
Yahoo Inc. sought to paint a rosy picture of its financial future as the Internet company pitches its rationale for turning down a takeover offer from Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft in February lobbed a hostile bid to buy Yahoo, a [...]
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