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RSS yahoo talksTime Warner to split AOL in two?
News Once the separation of AOL's advertising-content and dial-up businesses is concluded, it may aid potential suitors like Yahoo! Yahoo! AOL has continued to talk with Yahoo! as the on-again-off-again Yahoo! [05 Aug 2008]
Yahoo!'s board gets shareholder backing
News Seeking to counter attempts by some to blame Yang for talks collapsing, chairman Roy Bostock said Yahoo! Yahoo! Investors holding nearly 76 per cent of Yahoo! Executives and board members tried to soothe dissenting investors, insisting Yahoo! [04 Aug 2008]
Microsoft, Yahoo! talks: In the "off-again" phase
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday that its on-again, off-again talks with Yahoo! He repeated his familiar refrain that Microsoft will ultimately be able to rival Google with or without Yahoo! At the right price and with the right speed of... [25 Jul 2008]
Microsoft and Time Warner making plans?
News The talks are linked to Microsoft's abortive attempts to buy Yahoo! Yahoo! According to the newspaper's sources, Microsoft and Time Warner have been in "casual talks" for several months. itself is also reportedly in talks with AOL. [18 Jul 2008]
Microsoft: Yahoo! talks to reopen?
News Microsoft has said it would be willing to reopen talks to buy all or part of Yahoo! Microsoft, which broke off talks in early May to buy the internet company for $47.5bn, said it would enter into talks immediately if a new board were elected at Yahoo! [07 Jul 2008]
Microsoft, Yahoo! chatting up old flames?
News Meanwhile, talks have continued for months between Yahoo! Microsoft and Yahoo! Microsoft - rebuffed this year in efforts to buy all of Yahoo! and Time Warner over a potential merger of AOL with Yahoo! [03 Jul 2008]
Microsoft, Yahoo! talks break down
News Microsoft's plan to establish a strong footing in online advertising suffered a big blow on Thursday as merger talks with Yahoo! signalled a real rift between the two after their agonising on-again, off-again talks, and Yahoo! [13 Jun 2008]
Yahoo! vs Icahn: War of words
News Yahoo! Yahoo! president Susan Decker trumpeted new ad partnerships with Wal-Mart Stores and others as Icahn, an activist investor, stepped up pressure on Yahoo! She said some form of deal with Microsoft could still come about, sending Yahoo! [05 Jun 2008]
Yahoo! said no to Google before Microsoft bid
News Yahoo! The position came to light in a complaint filed by lawyers representing two Michigan pension funds in a shareholder lawsuit that aims to revoke Yahoo! We are focused on long-term value creation rather than short-term gains," said a Yahoo! [03 Jun 2008]
Microsoft-HP deal plans to boost Live Search
News Microsoft shelved its offer over disagreement on price but restarted talks with Yahoo! The agreement, which takes effect next January for new PCs in the US and Canada, displaces a similar one HP has with Yahoo! [03 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.05.08
Round-Up So it's all over between Microsoft and Yahoo! According to an open letter from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo! Yet, after all the negotiations came to an end, Yang admitted that despite all the hoo-ha about Yahoo! [09 May 2008]
Google execs defend a Yahoo! ad deal
News Google's top executives have given a glimpse into how it might try to deflect antitrust concerns of a possible ad-sharing deal with rival Yahoo! Co-founder Larry Page also specifically said Yahoo! When Yahoo! [09 May 2008]
Profits reports equal big week for Microsoft/Yahoo!?
News In the latest in the Microsoft/Yahoo! takeover bid, the software maker has set a Saturday deadline for Yahoo! Colouring the state of things will be profits reports from both Microsoft and Yahoo! Yahoo! [22 Apr 2008]
Yahoo! tests the Google route to advertising bliss
News Yahoo! will test the use of Google advertisements on some of its search pages, the companies have said, a move that raises the possibility of a significant departure from Yahoo! With the prospect of a proxy fight looming after Microsoft chief... [10 Apr 2008]
Microsoft deals Yahoo! an ultimatum
News Microsoft has issued an ultimatum to Yahoo! The software giant threatened to launch a proxy fight to unseat Yahoo! s board of directors, as well as take its case straight to Yahoo! And as a further prod in securing a deal, Microsoft threatened to... [07 Apr 2008]
