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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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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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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 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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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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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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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 shareholders eye board ouster after failed Microsoft bid Summer fireworks displays traditionally take place July 4 in the U.S., but this year Yahoo's board of directors could be treated to some fireworks of their own at the company's annual shareholders meeting on July 3. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's options, post-Yahoo Poor Steve Ballmer. Having yanked his offer to buy Yahoo, Microsoft Corp.'s CEO is left to run a $57 billion company that is on track for its annual orgy of profits and continues to dominate several software spheres. And he still gets to decide how -- or even if -- th Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft still keen on Yahoo bid Microsoft is willing to again talk to Yahoo about a possible takeover if the search firm has a new board of directors. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Microsoft still keen on Yahoo bid Microsoft is willing to again talk to Yahoo about a possible takeover if the search firm has a new board of directors. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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Microsoft still keen on Yahoo bid Microsoft is willing to again talk to Yahoo about a possible takeover if the search firm has a new board of directors. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > BBC |
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Google, Microsoft trade barbs over Yahoo bid Google has made its first official comments on Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Yahoo, saying that the deal raises "troubling questions" and that the underlying principles of the Internet stand to be tested by the proposed deal. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft GM to Yahoo: Good-bye to you While Yahoo would have given Microsoft's Internet business an immediate boost, Microsoft has closed that chapter and is focused on moving forward, a Microsoft official said Tuesday."We have a lot of opportunity Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Ozzie hints at Microsoft's search future, downplays Yahoo Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie on Wednesday suggested that Microsoft has its own clear ideas on the next direction it will take in Internet search, downplaying any deal the company might still make with Yahoo in favor of highlighting Microsoft's own ambi Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Despite Yahoo drama, Microsoft forges ahead with search Microsoft is pushing ahead with plans to expand its enterprise and Internet search offerings even as its quest to purchase Yahoo remains uncertain and could get uglier.On Wednesday, Fast Search and Transfer ( 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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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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Microsoft executive shakeup prepares for Yahoo acquisition Microsoft confirmed a number of high-level executive changes, moves that could be designed to better position the company to digest an acquisition of Yahoo, an analyst said.In addition to a number of executive Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo bid could backfire lest Microsoft changes ways Microsoft's $44.6 billion offer to purchase Yahoo is a dramatic statement from a company that delayed acknowledging the importance of emerging Web business models for so long, it faced becoming an also-ran in the Web 2.0 economy. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |