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Update: Yahoo ends talks with Microsoft, nears Google deal Yahoo has ended its talks with Microsoft about a deal narrower in scope than a full acquisition, Yahoo revealed on Thursday. Instead, the company is nearing an agreement with Google, The Wall Street Journal repo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Icahn to Yahoo: Sell to Microsoft for $49.5 billion Carl Icahn and Yahoo's board traded barbs once again on Friday as the billionaire investor increased his pressure on Yahoo to make a deal with Microsoft, demanding that the company put itself up for sale to Microsoft for a little more than $34 a share. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo acts to discourage Microsoft's proxy fight Yahoo has lifted next week's deadline for nominating directors to its board, an attempt to discourage Microsoft from launching a proxy fight to replace the current board with members willing to approve its Yahoo acquisition bid. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Shareholder lawsuit claims Yahoo derailed Microsoft bid Yahoo has lost a battle to keep information about its operations confidential after a judge decided to unseal documents filed by shareholders suing the company over its handling of Microsoft's unsolicited acquisition offer. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Is Microsoft Weaker After Failed Takeover Bid? Microsoft is going home empty handed from its skirmish with Yahoo's Jerry Yang, but has the company been hurt or just biding its time? Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Internet.com |
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Update: Microsoft board meets over Yahoo bid Microsoft's board met Wednesday to decide how to proceed with the company's bid to acquire Yahoo, although no final decision was reached, The Wall Street Journal reported.The major stumbling block in the negotia Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Yahoo to Microsoft: Cheapskate Yahoo has dusted off a three-month-old financial plan to reinforce its contention that the company is worth much more than Microsoft has offered to pay for it.The plan, presented to Yahoo's board of directors in Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft merger rumor prompts Yahoo trading Yahoo's stock is trading more heavily than usual on speculation that the company is again holding acquisition talks with Microsoft.Citing anonymous sources within both companies, technology blog TechCrunch repor Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yang to Ballmer: Microsoft should buy Yahoo Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has a message for his Microsoft counterpart Steve Ballmer: Microsoft should buy Yahoo, and Ballmer only has to say the word and Yang will be sitting at the negotiating table."To this day I w Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Three companies Microsoft could buy instead of Yahoo Assuming that Saturday's public walkaway by Microsoft doesn't prove just to be a high-risk negotiation tactic against Yahoo -- after all, the companies are rumored to have been talking about some sort of merger or acquisition for almost three years -- then what we hav Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Under pressure, Yang still open to higher Microsoft bid Facing shareholder ire and a plunging stock price, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang said Yahoo board members would still sell the company to Microsoft or another suitor if the price is right.According to Bloomberg, Yang sai Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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What's behind Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft bid? Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's acquisition bid is likely a negotiating strategy to elicit a higher offer and shouldn't be seen as an attempt to resist a deal at all costs, according to analysts.Neither Micros Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Report: Microsoft to launch Yahoo proxy fight Microsoft plans to intensify its pursuit of Yahoo this week when it authorizes a proxy fight to oust Yahoo's board, meaning the 19-day old acquisition attempt will soon turn a darker shade of ugly, according to The New York Times. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft Very Quiet, but Something Is Happening News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio Why Airline Mergers Don't Fly Tech Observer: Amazon Selling Music on GTA IV Abandoned Homes: The Myth of the Walk Aways Subscribe to Portfolio magazine Microsoft has been radio s Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Microsoft Very Quiet, but Something Is Happening News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio Why Airline Mergers Don't Fly Tech Observer: Amazon Selling Music on GTA IV Abandoned Homes: The Myth of the Walk Aways Subscribe to Portfolio magazine Microsoft has been radio s Home > Rss Directory > Business > Wired News |
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Microsoft Very Quiet, but Something Is Happening News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio Why Airline Mergers Don't Fly Tech Observer: Amazon Selling Music on GTA IV Abandoned Homes: The Myth of the Walk Aways Subscribe to Portfolio magazine Microsoft has been radio s Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Microsoft and Yahoo: Now what? Microsoft's three-month courtship of Yahoo has ended, but it changed both companies forever and neither can expect to return to the way they were.Microsoft and Yahoo will need to deliver on promises, address que Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft cuts retail Vista prices Microsoft on Thursday said it plans to slash prices for retail copies of Windows Vista up to almost 50 percent for certain editions in poorer countries, in order to boost sales that one analyst said have failed to meet expectations. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft hints at Yahoo hostile takeover Microsoft said its $44.6 billion offer to purchase Yahoo is "fair" and hinted that it may pursue a hostile takeover of the Internet company, according to a statement Microsoft made Monday in response to Yahoo's formal rejection of its buyout offer. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: Microsoft-Yahoo, XP SP3 woes, Sprint-Clearwire WiMax deal News from and about Microsoft dominated this week from start to finish. But the dire situation caused by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, where the ruling junta cares more about oppression and domination than early warning systems or getting aid to people, tended to put eve Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |