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BUSINESS / NEWS Tue May 20, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

BusinessWeek -- The latest talks clearly suggest Microsoft lacks a Plan B to compete with Google in search, while Yahoo is feeling the heat from Carl Icahn When Microsoft announced May 3 that it was dropping its $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo (BusinessWeek.com, 5/3/08),.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Mar 31, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

BusinessWeek -- As investors fear falling ad revenue, the search giant pushes ahead with its bid to boost quality clicks Can fewer clicks on its search ads lead to more revenue for Google? That is the question investors, analysts, and the company itself are trying to.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Jan 9, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Can Microsoft's acquisition of a company that sells specialized search engines help it close the overall Web search gap with Google? Ever lagging in the lucrative business of Internet search and related ads, Microsoft (MSFT) is dipping into its cash re.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Wed May 30, 2007 @ 10:43am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Uncle Sam's scrutiny likely won't derail Google's $3.1 billion deal, but it may result in some limits on the search king There was little doubt that the Federal Trade Commission would thoroughly investigate Google's (GOOG) planned acquisition of Double.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri May 4, 2007 @ 10:38am neoform

Forbes -- Software maker Microsoft Corp. asked search engine operator Yahoo Inc. to re-enter formal negotiations for an acquisition that could be worth $50 billion, the New York Post reported on Friday. Microsoft is feeling increasing pressure to compete with Go.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Mar 6, 2007 @ 9:49am mrmdc

The Register -- Microsoft executive Tom Rubin will use a speech to the American Association of Publishers, which is suing Google, to slag off the search engine's attitude to copyright. The comments might sound a little rich coming from a company which just last month.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Apr 28, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

BusinessWeek -- As more consumers browse the Web on their cell phones, the No. 1 search engine must cope with less space to place ads Google's biggest threat may not be Microsoft (MSFT) or Yahoo! (YHOO). No, one of the most formidable challenges facing Google (GOOG.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Apr 18, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Despite analyst nay-saying and fewer paid ad clicks leading up to its first-quarter earnings announcement, the search giant reports solid growth The Google bears are scurrying back into the woods. On Apr. 17, Google quelled concerns that the slowing ec.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Mar 5, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

MSNBC -- In a dramatic about-face, Ask.com is abandoning its effort to outshine Internet search leader Google Inc. and will instead focus on a narrower market consisting of married women looking for help managing their lives. As part of the new direction outlin.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Feb 8, 2008 @ 8:11am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Whether Microsoft gets Yahoo or not, some investing pros see money to be made long-term on the kings of software and search With Microsoft (MSFT), Google (GOOG), and Yahoo! (YHOO) ensnared in troika-like machinations, how should investors approach this.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Nov 16, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Now that John Thain has accepted the top job at Merrill, Citigroup will have to look farther afield for a new chief Now what about Citi? With John Thain's decision to become chief executive at Merrill Lynch has lost a leading candidate in its own CE.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Tue Jun 12, 2007 @ 12:11am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Is the search titan's complaint against Microsoft and its Windows Vista desktop search overblown? The bloggers debate News of Google's claim that Windows Vista desktop search breaks Microsoft's antitrust agreement broke Saturday in The New York Times (.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu May 31, 2007 @ 10:20am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- Trying to chip away at Google Inc.'s Web search empire, a new Santa Monica company is pitting human against machine. While Google has thousands of computers crunching complex algorithms to sift through the Web, Mahalo Inc. employs about 40 people to ha.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Fri Mar 23, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Its stumbles on the Web could open the door for rivals to come after its core business Time has always seemed to be Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) ally. In the company lore, the software giant takes three cracks at a market before establishing supremacy. The.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Sun Dec 17, 2006 @ 12:30am neoform

www.shoemoney.com -- Microsoft sat back while Google showed everyone how to take a search engine from 2 kinds having fun to a top 20 American company. How did they do it? Well just look at there revenue numbers and you will see a massive percentage comes from the Adwords & Ad.. Read More