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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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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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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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Yahoo News
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NetSuite Inc.'s shares surged more than 36 percent in their stock market debut Thursday as investors latched on to the online business software service backed by billionaire Larry Ellison.
The run-up built on the momentum of NetSuite's initial public o..
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BusinessWeek
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The tech giants' annual meetings exposed shareholder rifts over controversies including stock options and policies in China. The bloggers weighed in too.
True believers made the pilgrimage to Silicon Valley on May 10, as both Apple (AAPL) and Google (G..
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BusinessWeek
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The BlackBerry maker saw its sales soar, but it still fell shy of Wall Street forecasts; an SEC probe of stock options casts a pall on shares
By the Associated Press, with BW Staff
There are lots of new BlackBerry thumb-peckers out there. Research I..
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The Register
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One gets the feeling that Patrick Byrne, the boss of the online excess inventory dealer Overstock.com, would have an argument with himself if he were the only person in the room...
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