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BusinessWeek
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Though beset by restive shareholders and pressure from Carl Icahn, Yang has his reasons to push for a better deal from Microsoft
For more than a month, Yahoo (YHOO) co-founder and Chief Executive Jerry Yang has endured a withering attack by shareholder..
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BusinessWeek
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Carl Icahn is leading a charge to replace the board at the Internet icon and push for a deal
Every day it looks more likely that Yahoo! (YHOO) co-founders Jerry Yang and David Filo will lose control of the company they built into the Net's first iconic..
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BusinessWeek
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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),..
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MSNBC
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Microsoft is not privately haggling with Yahoo over the software maker’s rejected $31-per-share buyout offer for the slumping Internet pioneer, Bill Gates said in an interview.
“We sent them a letter and said we think that’s a fair offer. There�..
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MSNBC
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Yahoo may be reluctant prey for Microsoft. But that doesn’t mean the former Internet wunderkind has a lot of choices.
Yahoo Monday formally rejected Microsoft’s $44.6 billion offer. But in many ways, Yahoo’s hands may be tied in escaping Microsof..
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MSNBC
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Yahoo Inc. would consider a business alliance with Google Inc. as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with Yahoo's strategy said on Sunday.
Yahoo management is considering revisiting talks it held with Go..
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MSNBC
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Yahoo Inc.’s financial funk deepened at the end of 2007, prompting the slumping Internet icon to draw up plans to lay off 1,000 workers.
The Sunnyvale-based company disclosed the upcoming 7 percent reduction in its 14,300-employee work force Tuesday..
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BusinessWeek
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Semel's out; Yang and Decker are taking the top spots. Can this duo revive the struggling company?
Except for the sudden timing, Yahoo!'s announcement June 18 that Terry Semel is leaving as chief executive was remarkable only for how few people were su..
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Bloomberg
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Microsoft Corp.'s plan to buy AQuantive Inc. for $6 billion increases the likelihood that the software maker will also buy Yahoo! Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analyst Anthony Noto said today.
Yahoo would plug a ``strategic hole'' at Microsoft that is..
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Forbes
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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..
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The Register
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Yahoo! has become leakier than a sieve. Typically this is a sign of an unhappy place to work - which Yahoo! may or may not be, we hesitate to judge...
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BusinessWeek
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In the wake of criticism that the Internet portal is spread too thin, CEO Semel is revamping operations and putting more on Sue Decker's plate...
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Bloomberg
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Google Inc. said third-quarter profit almost doubled, beating analysts' estimates, as the world's most- used Internet search engine sold more advertising and extended its lead over Yahoo! Inc. The shares rose 6.6 percent...
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BusinessWeek
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Shares have slipped well below Microsoft's buyout price, and that presents a great opportunity for investors
The Street has turned against Yahoo (YHOO) since Microsoft's May 4 announcement that it would walk away from its proposal to buy the Internet g..
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BusinessWeek
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Hoping to renew its growth, the social network will let users transport their profiles to other sites, such as Yahoo and eBay
MySpace is moving into your space. Users of the social network will soon be able to transport their MySpace profile pages to s..
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BBC News
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Yahoo's German-listed shares plunged 17% after software giant Microsoft dropped its three-month-old bid to buy the internet firm.
Analysts expect Yahoo's US shares to fall by a similar margin when Wall Street begins trading later.
The deal collapsed..
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BusinessWeek
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Lackluster quarterly results reinforce the software maker's need for growth through acquisitions and suggest it ought to raise a rebuffed takeover bid
During a speech in Milan Apr. 23, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said he's prepared to walk away from th..
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BusinessWeek
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Its first-quarter profit and revenue numbers beat Wall Street's estimates, but they may not be sufficient to prompt Microsoft to boost its offer
Yahoo's (YHOO) first-quarter results reinforce the company's view that Microsoft's $31-a-share takeover off..
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MSNBC
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As Microsoft campaigns to take over Yahoo, the Internet icon is strengthening its hand. Yahoo has made a series of maneuvers in the past few weeks to shore up its stock price, and as a result the newest wrinkle in the ongoing takeover saga is that Microso..
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MSNBC
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Here's a question for Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer: Is Yahoo really worth all this hassle?
After more than two months of waiting to negotiate with Jerry Yang and company, you finally got frustrated over the weekend and sent a strident letter..
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