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Yahoo! - Microsoft walks away
News After three months of negotiations, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer raised his offer for Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned Ballmer on Yahoo! In a letter to Yang over the weekend, Ballmer warned that any deal between... [06 May 2008]
Microsoft board meets over Yahoo! - but no decisions
News Ballmer had said last week that Microsoft was considering walking away from the deal. Meanwhile, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, who is also a member of the board, has appeared ready in recent days to abandon the offer since Yahoo! [01 May 2008]
Microsoft dashes Yahoo!'s hopes of higher bid
News He was echoing a public threat made by chief executive Steve Ballmer at a conference near Milan on Wednesday that Microsoft would withdraw its cash-and-stock offer, originally for $31 a share, if Yahoo! [25 Apr 2008]
Ballmer on Yahoo!: Microsoft prepared to walk away
News if the two sides can't agree on a price, chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday. Speaking at a technology conference near Milan, Ballmer said Yahoo! Ballmer said: "We're prepared to move forward without a merger with Yahoo! [24 Apr 2008]
Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned
News Ballmer said yesterday during a visit to Morocco, in comments first reported by Reuters: "I wish Yahoo! Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer had signalled before the report's release that nothing Yahoo! [23 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.02.08
Round-Up Ballmer: "Better than that, I just wrote 'Dear Members of the Board.in Word and the paperclip appeared and said: 'Looks like you're trying to write an unsolicited acquisition proposal. Ballmer: "They said they had confidence in the 'potential... [08 Feb 2008]
Microsoft bids $44.6bn for Yahoo!
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said a tie-up will allow the two to offer an "increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers" and allow them to be "better positioned to compete in the online market". [01 Feb 2008]
Ballmer ushers in the Vista era
News CEO Steve Ballmer said at a press conference at the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York: "This is the biggest launch in the company's history. Ballmer said this will be the most widely marketed launch of any set of products that Redmond has ever done. [01 Dec 2006]
Microsoft hypes Vista, Office launch bash
News The software behemoth also plans to tout the launch of Exchange 2007 at the "New Day for Business" event, to be held at the Nasdaq stock exchange and starring CEO Steve Ballmer. However, in March, Microsoft said it would delay the mainstream launch... [02 Nov 2006]
Gates gives up Microsoft day job
News Ballmer said at the press conference: "Certainly Bill and I had begun that discussion. Ballmer acknowledged the company has "an opportunity to do better in some of the areas" in which it has products but defended Redmond's overall record. [16 Jun 2006]
Microsoft plans "long-term investments"
News Ballmer said that the increased investment plans came as a surprise to Wall Street: "The change in our stock price reflects this. In a memo sent to all employees late on Friday, Ballmer said the investments are needed to ensure the company's future. [02 May 2006]
Microsoft profits pip estimates
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sounded an upbeat note in an email to employees sent shortly after Microsoft's profits report. Ballmer pointed to a flurry of upcoming product launches as well as some recent examples of customers choosing Windows over... [28 Oct 2005]
Microsoft bags Wal-Mart exec for COO role
News Ballmer said in a statement: "Over the past 13 years, Kevin Johnson has had an immense impact on the success we have realised at Microsoft. I think it's a good and necessary move for Microsoft, as Steve Ballmer had a lot of direct reports, and... [05 Aug 2005]
Tax break boosts Microsoft profits to $3.7bn
News There had been some speculation that the report might be particularly good, given some upbeat comments that chief executive Steve Ballmer made at a partner conference, as well as a recent pay raise given to sales chief Kevin Johnson. [22 Jul 2005]
Ballmer: 'I could have been a car insurance salesman'
News But Ballmer was quick to note that by that measure, he was twice as successful the last time he spoke, given that Microsoft's stock has fallen roughly 50 per cent from its peak. I decided that anti-discrimination in the workplace was mission... [13 May 2005]
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