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Yahoo Responds; Hangs Tough

Late Thursday Yahoo released the text of the letter it sent to Carl Icahn telling him he’s misguided and that the current Yahoo board knows better what...

0 replies - 15 views - 05/15/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Icahn Moves To Force Microsoft & Yahoo Together

Corporate raider Carl Icahn started his proxy fight for control of Yahoo this morning, beginning with the classic Icahn opening, the letter of reproach to the...

0 replies - 13 views - 05/15/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Icahn Reportedly Gonna Pull the Pin on Yahoo

The curtain is rising on the next installment of the Yahoo soap opera. We now know why Yahoo didn’t crash and burn after Microsoft walked out and slammed...

0 replies - 20 views - 05/14/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Yahoo! How Like the Virgin Mary!

 So how does it feel to have witnessed one of technology’s little miracles this week? I mean Yahoo’s stock price successfully defying...

0 replies - 51 views - 05/09/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Yahoo Pays the Piper

Yahoo’s stock dropped roughly 19%-20% this morning at the open, shaving $8.7 billion off its value, its first installment on the price of its independence...

0 replies - 52 views - 05/05/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Yahoo's Press Release

Below is the press release Yahoo issued this evening after it rejected Microsoft's sweetened offer. Its stock, which was up Friday to close to $30 on the...

0 replies - 81 views - 05/03/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Microsoft Walks

Microsoft has abandoned its pursuit of Yahoo after raising its bid by $5 billion to $33. Yahoo wanted $37 a share. Below is its press release, issued this...

0 replies - 125 views - 05/03/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

No Decision Yet: Ballmer

 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is on the horns of dilemma about what to do about Yahoo since Yahoo ignored his Saturday deadline to deal or be acquired by...

0 replies - 54 views - 05/01/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Microsoft Willing To Sweeten the Deal

 

0 replies - 53 views - 04/30/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Microsoft May Shattered the Silence Today: WSJ

 

0 replies - 51 views - 04/30/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Latest Reports from the Yahoo Front

When last seen Yahoo was experimenting with letting Google deliver ads alongside Yahoo’s search results and trying to cut a deal to fold AOL into Yahoo, a...

0 replies - 86 views - 04/12/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Now Yahoo’s Doing a Deal with AOL & Microsoft-News Corp Plot Joint Yahoo Bid: WSJ

Well, so far today Yahoo has managed to antagonize Microsoft into considering its options – like lowering its bid and girding for a hostile takeover – by...

0 replies - 141 views - 04/09/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Yahoo Plays Google Card; Microsoft Thunders ‘Unfair’

Yahoo says it’s going to try offloading some ad placement to Google, experimenting with using Google’s AdSense for Search service to deliver relevant...

0 replies - 190 views - 04/09/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Cookies May Crumble

The European Commission may crack down on Google, Yahoo, Microsoft et al and tell them they can’t keep personal search data longer than six months – and...

0 replies - 134 views - 04/09/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Yahoo Answers Microsoft’s Ultimatum

Yahoo sent an increasing impatient Microsoft a letter today (see below) in answer to Microsoft’s weekend ultimatum giving Yahoo three weeks to come to terms...

0 replies - 321 views - 04/07/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News