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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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Microsoft backs Icahn's bid to oust Yahoo board
(AP) AP - Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to dump Yahoo Inc.'s board, saying Monday that a successful shareholder rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its bid to buy Yahoo's Internet search engine or possibly the entire company. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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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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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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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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Yahoo letter to shareholders slams Microsoft, Icahn Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock on Thursday sent a letter to shareholders that slams Microsoft and investor Carl Icahn, who want Yahoo to sell part or all of the company to Microsoft."Your Board of 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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Update: Report says Microsoft readying new try for Yahoo Microsoft is seeking partners including Time Warner and News Corp. in a new bid to acquire Yahoo's search business, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.Microsoft wants to acquire Yahoo search, with the pa Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Partial Microsoft-Yahoo deal won't appease investors The big money interests behind the scenes of the Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. drama -- or in the case of activist investor, Carl Icahn , stridently in front -- are unlikely to be happy with any revived talks between the two companies short of Microsoft's making a fu Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft says it would deal with new Yahoo board In a statement Monday, Microsoft confirmed that it would be interested in resuming talks with Yahoo with a new board of directors, both to buy the search business or the entire company.Billionaire investor Carl Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo: Microsoft deal would put Yahoo out of search business Yahoo's management on Monday filed a presentation to shareholders aiming to cast doubt on Microsoft's sincerity in negotiating to buy the company, while defending its own actions.Yahoo's board of directors face Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Icahn, Microsoft team up for action on Yahoo The call goes out for Yahoo investors to oust the current board and elect Carl Icahn's dissident slate instead. Microsoft says yeah, we'd talk with a new board. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |
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Top 10: Microsoft mania, AT&T goes 3G, IT awards It felt like all Microsoft, all the time this week. CEO Steve Ballmer was attacked by an egg-throwing Hungarian, the company said it will support ODF and PDF in Office next year, and it started the week by pitching another deal to Yahoo that involves buying assets and 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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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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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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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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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 |