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Yahoo! 'Boss' offers up search to build on
News faced with intense shareholder pressure and a hostile takeover attempt by Microsoft, has tried to hitch itself to Google through a search-ad deal with its rival. and Microsoft - but that collectively the smaller players offer more alternatives... [10 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! vs Icahn: War of words
News to rescind anti-takeover defences and merge with Microsoft, writing "even I am amazed at the length Jerry Yang and the Yahoo! The company labelled as "patently untrue" key assertions contained in the complaint filed by lawyers for two US pension... [05 Jun 2008]
Yahoo! said no to Google before Microsoft bid
News executives dismissed a search-advertising deal with Google due to antitrust concerns, one day before Microsoft made its takeover offer earlier this year, according to court documents made public on Monday. [03 Jun 2008]
Microsoft considered Facebook move
News Microsoft gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition after the software giant's failed takeover attempt of Yahoo! The newspaper reported on its website that Microsoft's bankers put out subtle signals to Facebook, the social networking... [08 May 2008]
Microsoft board meets over Yahoo! - but no decisions
News over its takeover bid but failed to reach a decision on what to do next, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Microsoft's board met yesterday to discuss its stand-off with Yahoo! Microsoft's board of directors is still weighing whether to... [01 May 2008]
Google: Yahoo! tie-up not anti-competitive
News is exploring alternatives to Microsoft's $42.7bn takeover offer, which the web pioneer has rejected as being too low. By contrast, Google thinks a takeover by Microsoft of Yahoo! For its part, Microsoft has said a Yahoo! [29 Apr 2008]
Microsoft dashes Yahoo!'s hopes of higher bid
News no hope of a higher takeover price, and said it is ready to go hostile or even call off its bid if Yahoo! s board of directors: that Microsoft would consider cutting its bid, now worth about $44bn, and take its case to Yahoo! [25 Apr 2008]
Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned
News posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit yesterday but failed to deliver the outstanding results its shareholders hoped might force Microsoft to raise its takeover bid. to strike a deal or face a hostile takeover battle and a lower offer. [23 Apr 2008]
Profits reports equal big week for Microsoft/Yahoo!?
News takeover bid, the software maker has set a Saturday deadline for Yahoo! Those reports are all the more significant in that Microsoft's bid - so far - is half stock. In the latest in the Microsoft/Yahoo! [22 Apr 2008]
Microsoft and Yahoo! in 'informal' merger talks
News This adds further clarity to comments Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made at the CeBIT tech trade show a couple of weeks ago, in which he said "'there is a range of dialogue' for both companies about the proposed takeover," as cited in an Associated... [14 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.02.08
Round-Up takeover bid. It's an interesting and brave move by Microsoft but the open source community probably shouldn't be too relaxed about the new sleeping arrangements just yet. Big, bad Microsoft has had a quite staggering change of heart. [29 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.02.08
Round-Up takeover bid is about advertising isn't it? For more chinwaggin' on the takeover bid, get an earful of the silicon.com podcast. The office of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. We only launched them to annoy Microsoft. [08 Feb 2008]
Video Cheat Sheet: Microsoft/Yahoo! takeover
Video has got the tech industry buzzing and if it goes through could represent a real challenge to Google's online dominance.silicon.com deputy editor Andy McCue and reporter Tim Ferguson discuss why Microsoft is pursuing a takeover and how it compares... [08 Feb 2008]
Microsoft/Yahoo! - should Google be afraid of the big bad bid?
News has said its response to Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6bn takeover bid will not be immediate… The potential Microsoft takeover of Yahoo! would consider a business alliance with Google as one way to rebuff a $44.6bn takeover proposal by Microsoft… [06 Feb 2008]
Top five takeovers that shook the tech world
News Microsoft last week launched a hostile $44.6bn takeover bid to buy web giant Yahoo! When tech services and hardware group HP bought PC maker Compaq, the move was hailed as the biggest takeover in the history of the sector. [04 Feb 2008]
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