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Yahoo! investor demands Microsoft talks reopen

News co-founder and chief executive Jerry Yang, who wanted $37 per share. Financier Carl Icahn launched a proxy battle on Thursday to force Yahoo! to reopen buyout talks with Microsoft, saying the Yahoo! board had acted "irrationally" in refusing its...

Tags: board, microsoft, yahoo

[16 May 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 09.05.08

Round-Up Yet, after all the negotiations came to an end, Yang admitted that despite all the hoo-ha about Yahoo! Yang blames Microsoft. CEO Jerry Yang, the sticking point came over the valuation of the internet giant.

Tags: yahoo, microsoft, governement

[09 May 2008]

Yahoo! - Microsoft walks away

News Yang said: "We were negotiating a way to find common ground and then on Saturday they chose to walk away. chief Jerry Yang signalled a more open stance towards Microsoft yesterday, saying he had been seeking common ground when the software maker...

Tags: bid, yahoo, microsoft

[06 May 2008]

Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned

News Chief executive Jerry Yang told investors on a quarterly conference call: "We are totally committed to maximising the value of this asset. posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit yesterday but failed to deliver the outstanding results its...

Tags: profit, microsoft, yahoo

[23 Apr 2008]

Yahoo! CEO: Business 'grey areas' are international obstacle

News chief executive Jerry Yang, whose company helped identify a Chinese dissident who was later jailed, said yesterday that legal "grey areas" overseas made doing business internationally difficult. Yang, whose family emigrated from Taiwan when he was...

Tags: china, yang, yahoo

[04 Apr 2008]

Photos: Microsoft Surfaces in Vegas

Photo Here, Jerry Yang, the poker professional (not the Yahoo! Microsoft's Surface tabletop computer got a one-night gig on the Las Vegas Strip at Harrah's casino last week at the National Heads-Up Poker Championship drawing party.

Tags: microsoft, surface, entertainment, credit

[07 Mar 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 08.02.08

Round-Up Atkins: "I thought Jerry Yang said that the Yahoo! Twenty minutes and just one system crash later and it was on its way to Jerry Yang and the rest of the Yahoo! I've already spoken with Yang and his guys and offered another olive branch.

Tags: microsoft, steve ballmer, google, yahoo

[08 Feb 2008]

Microsoft/Yahoo! - should Google be afraid of the big bad bid?

News s board of directors and CEO Jerry Yang… Microsoft announced its much-rumoured bid for Yahoo! at the end of the last week, sparking a flurry of speculation as to what such a partnership would mean for the future of the web.

Tags: yahoo, google, microsoft, money

[06 Feb 2008]

Can Microsoft/Yahoo! deal take on Google?

News s "ongoing struggles and uncertain future" will persuade CEO Jerry Yang to accept Microsoft's offer this time. would help both companies fight Google in the online advertising and services market but it also faces some major challenges and obstacles.

Tags: microsoft, merger, google, web

[01 Feb 2008]

Steve Ballmer's $44.6bn letter to Yahoo!

News s board of directors and CEO Jerry Yang: Microsoft today made a $44.6bn offer for web giant Yahoo! valuing the company 62 per cent higher than its latest stock value. According to Microsoft, the bid is intended to better position the two companies...

Tags: microsoft, web, ads, yahoo!

[01 Feb 2008]

Yahoo! profits fall

News Co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang said in a statement: "I am focused on doing everything we need to do to strengthen our business, capture long-term growth opportunities and create increased value for our shareholders.

Tags: profits, yahoo!

[18 Jul 2007]

Google boss eyes the future

News co-founder Jerry Yang, but Schmidt refused to be drawn: "It would be very presumptive of me to give advice to Jerry - he is a very smart guy. Google CEO Eric Schmidt has acknowledged that providing applications and other services to business...

Tags: eric schmidt, google

[20 Jun 2007]

Yahoo! gives in to 'Google envy'

Comment put Jerry Yang back in charge. has had a hard time adjusting to a Google-dominated internet - but bringing back Jerry Yang is a baffling response, says Charles Cooper. CEO Terry Semel has stepped down - and co-founder Jerry Yang will take over.

Tags: yang, semel, google, yahoo

[19 Jun 2007]

Semel quits as Yahoo! CEO

News chief executive Terry Semel stepped down on Monday and handed the reins of the struggling search company to co-founder Jerry Yang after six years on the job. The Technology group, which has been searching for a unit head since the departure of...

Tags: yahoo

[19 Jun 2007]

The Yin/Yang Web: A Unified Model for XML Syntax and RDF Semantics

whitepaper XML is the W3C standard document format for writing and exchanging information on the Web. RDF is the W3C standard model for describing the semantics and reasoning about information on the Web. Unfortunately, RDF and XML - although very close to...

Tags: xml, semantics, unified, document

[06 Dec 2006]

The Yin/Yang Web: XML Syntax and RDF Semantics

whitepaper XML is the W3C standard document format for writing and exchanging information on the Web. RDF is the W3C standard model for describing the semantics and reasoning about information on the Web. Unfortunately, RDF and XML - although very close to...

Tags: xml, semantics, unified, format

[06 Dec 2006]

Dan's China diary - day 15

Comment I'm to meet her down at Xiang Yang Market (known as the fake market) but I'm finding it hard to summon the energy in my current state. In May 2006, silicon.com senior reporter Dan Ilett travelled to China, seeking to get behind some of today's most...

Tags: shanghai, china

[24 Jun 2006]

$2.4m spam ring shut down

News The deal, which does not include an admission of any wrongdoing, was reached with Optin Global, Vision Media, Qing Kuang "Rick" Yang and Peonie Pui Ting Chen, the FTC said in a statement released last week.

Tags: spam

[10 Apr 2006]

Lenovo CEO steps down

News Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo's chairman, said in a prepared statement: "With our integration of IBM's PC Division on track and our organisational integration complete, we are accelerating our planning for our next phase of growth.

Tags: amelio, lenovo, ibm, lenovo

[21 Dec 2005]

Gates still world's richest

News s David Filo and Jerry Yang, also made it into the top 100. Tech industry billionaires loomed large in Forbes' latest list of the wealthiest people in the US, with Bill Gates and his $51bn fortune again topping the list.

Tags: forbes, wealthiest, richest, rich list

[27 Sep 2005]

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