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MSNBC
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Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang is convinced that the company he started in a Silicon Valley trailer 14 years ago is worth more than the $47.5 billion that Microsoft Corp. had offered for the Internet pioneer.
Now he may only have a few months to..
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SF Gate
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Yahoo Inc.'s board formally rejected Microsoft's $44.6 billion takeover today, saying that it "substantially undervalues" the Web portal, but at the same time, left the door open for a counter offer.
After evaluating the proposal, the board unanimously..
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MSNBC
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Unshaken by a two-year losing streak, Yahoo Inc. is poised to take its biggest gamble yet by rejecting Microsoft Corp.’s unsolicited bid to buy the slumping Internet icon for $44.6 billion.
Yahoo’s board decided to spurn the takeover bid, originall..
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CNN
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Software giant Microsoft said Friday it had made an unsolicited offer to buy Internet search engine operator Yahoo with a cash and stock bid worth $44.6 billion. The $31-a-share offer represents a 62 percent premium for shareholders above the closing pric..
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BusinessWeek
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The CEOs behind such hits as Guitar Hero and World of Warcraft talk about the potential of the $18.9 billion tieup: namely, a new No. 1 video game company
Jean-Bernard Lévy and Robert Kotick have had a busy holiday season. On Dec. 2, Lévy, the chief..
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BusinessWeek
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Despite reliable growth, Microsoft's unsexy stock has often failed to attract jaded investors. Its spectacular first-quarter earnings have changed that
For the last several years, Microsoft (MSFT) has made good on a promise to beat the "law of large nu..
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Inquirer
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FOR MONTHS, Canadian coppers have been claiming that software piracy costs the country $30 billion.
The figure has been used by countless lobby groups to get the Canadian authorities to bring in some tougher anti-piracy laws.
US Ambassador to Canada..
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CNET
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In what is claimed to be the biggest music promotion in Europe's history, Coca-Cola has teamed up with iTunes to give away two billion music downloads to lucky European Coke drinkers. The promotion will run between May and August of this year and with Cok..
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New York Times
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Google reached an agreement today to acquire DoubleClick, the online advertising company, from two private equity firms for $3.1 billion in cash, the companies announced, an amount that was almost double the $1.65 billion in stock that Google paid for You..
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Yahoo News
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Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire the online meeting company WebEx Communications Inc. for about $3.2 billion in cash.
Cisco, the leading maker of routers and switches that direct data over computer networks, said it will p..
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MSNBC
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MTV owner Viacom Inc. sued the popular video-sharing site YouTube and its corporate parent, Google Inc., on Tuesday, seeking more than $1 billion in damages on claims of widespread copyright infringement.
Viacom claims that YouTube has displayed more t..
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Yahoo News
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Two of YouTube's founders stand to divide shares of stock now valued at around $650 million, Web search leader Google Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday detailing the payout from its $1.65 billion acquisition...
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ZDNET
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Is Google destined to be the defacto leader in the $31 billion global local search and online classified advertising market opportunity?..
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MSNBC
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U.S. sales of video game hardware and software were $1.12 billion in May, up 37 percent from a year earlier, with Take-Two Interactive Software's "Grand Theft Audio 4" the best-selling title for the month, market researcher NPD said in a report on Thursda..
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BusinessWeek
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The Swiss drug giant's $39 billion deal for Alcon will give it fresh avenues for growth -- and further expansion into ophthalmic care
With sales of prescription drugs expected to slow, Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis (NVS) announced on Apr. 7 it wi..
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MSNBC
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A U.S. government auction of wireless airwaves ended on Tuesday raising a record $19.59 billion, but winners of the valuable spectrum were not immediately identified.
Analysts view Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications Inc. and Vo..
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BusinessWeek
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The offering may validate the on-demand software model—and make another $1 billion for Oracle CEO Larry Ellison
Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison is even wealthier after strong investor interest boosted the value of his software venture NetSuite...
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BusinessWeek
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Mobile advertising revenues aren't growing as fast as expected, and that could spell trouble for a bunch of venture-funded startups
Ads on cell phones have long been hailed as the next big thing. But flipping through industry forecasts, Didier Kuhn say..
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BusinessWeek
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A $2.5 billion cash infusion from Citadel helps relieve the firm's toxic debt problem. But the bailout comes at a high price
E*Trade Financial (ETFC) will unload $3 billion in risky debt and bid goodbye to its CEO in a deal designed to regain the trust..
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BusinessWeek
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Beijing spent some $2 billion on the renewable energy source last year, and the mainland is on track to eclipse Europe, Japan, and the U.S. in a few years
China's alternative energy market is growing in gusts. Beijing has set the ambitious goal of havi..
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