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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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Citigroup: Microsoft likely to raise bid for Yahoo Microsoft will most likely increase its initial $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, according to a Citigroup Investment Research analyst."We believe that a Yahoo sale to Microsoft -- at a price higher than the initial Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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UPDATE 1-Investors eye Yahoo's alternatives to Microsoft - Reuters Earthtimes (press release)UPDATE 1-Investors eye Yahoo's alternatives to MicrosoftReuters - 38 minutes agoBy Michele Gershberg and Anupreeta Das NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, May 4 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) faced growing pressure on Sunday to fi Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Microsoft's offer to Yahoo's board In a letter to Yahoo's board, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer offered to acquire the company for a per-share price of $31 in cash or 0.9509 of a share of Microsoft common stock -- a 62 percent premium above the Jan. 31, closing price of Yahoo -- and cited the broad rang 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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Yahoo weighs options as Microsoft drama continues Yahoo is weighing its options to accept a buyout by Microsoft or consider tie-ups with other companies, in particular a reported plan to join forces with AOL, as a way to stave off the software giant's advances. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft makes Mundie responsible for Unlimited Potential Microsoft has moved its Unlimited Potential Group (UPG) to Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie's organization and confirmed leadership changes to the group, which oversees Microsoft's efforts to provide technology and education in developing countries. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft to offer Web-streamed Office Worried by the small but growing number of small businesses and consumers switching from Microsoft Office to cheaper or free online alternatives such as Google Apps, Microsoft plans to arm a key cohort of its formidable legion of partners to help fight the threat Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Ballmer: Yahoo still in Microsoft's sights Microsoft still has its eye on Yahoo, but CEO Steve Ballmer would not say Monday whether the company plans to pursue a proxy fight to remove Yahoo's board.Ballmer confirmed "a range of dialog" and "alternative Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft plans to 'fix' its online branding Now that a Yahoo acquisition is off the table, Microsoft is moving quickly to "fix" its online branding problem, an executive said Tuesday.Microsoft has been criticized for the introduction of the Live brand, pa Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for around $44.6 billion in cash and shares, to better compete with Google in the market for online services.CEO Steve Ballmer made the offer in a letter to Yahoo's board of di Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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DealBook: Alternatives for Microsoft and Yahoo Microsoft and Yahoo have been holding separate talks with other potential media partners after their negotiations with each other broke down, Reuters reported citing unnamed sources. Microsoft is talking about alternative deals with Time Warner, which owns AOL, and News Corporation, parent of MySpac Home > Rss Directory > General > NY Time |
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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 |
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Yahoo buys time with Microsoft by board move NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc extended a deadline to nominate board directors, buying the company time to pursue alternatives to Microsoft Corp's $41.7 billion offer, while also giving Yahoo room to negotiate a friendly deal with Microsoft. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Reuter |
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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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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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Windows XP SP3 still AWOL, but resides on Microsoft servers While Microsoft makes users wait for the official version of Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3), the update has been widely distributed on pirate sites and can still be found and downloaded from Microsoft's servers. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft opens Server 2008 licensing a smidge Apache warrior Microsoft plans to cut web server licensing restrictions from Windows Server 2008 to better compete against open-source alternatives, according to CRN.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Microsoft letter hopeful, vague on Yahoo deal In a letter to employees, Microsoft put an upbeat spin on its attempt to take over Yahoo.While noting that no acquisition agreement is in place, Kevin Johnson, president of Microsoft's platforms and services di Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Gaps found in Microsoft Exchange API documentation Companies providing alternatives to Exchange are expressing concern over missing information in recently published APIs for Microsoft volume server products. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |