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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 good...

0 replies - 195 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 - 196 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 the...

0 replies - 190 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 - 222 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 - 229 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 - 267 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 - 285 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 - 210 views - 05/01/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Microsoft Willing To Sweeten the Deal

 

0 replies - 195 views - 04/30/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Microsoft May Shattered the Silence Today: WSJ

 

0 replies - 195 views - 04/30/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

OLPC’s Founder Ready To Climb in Bed with Microsoft

 

0 replies - 214 views - 04/27/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Microsoft’s ‘Big Sync’ Goes ‘Live’

 Remember that Mesh stuff that Microsoft chief architect Ray Ozzie was hinting around about a few weeks ago?  Well, Microsoft’s new contribution to...

0 replies - 231 views - 04/25/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Google & Salesforce Clouds Collide over Redmond

The widely rumored mating of Salesforce.com and Google Apps has taken place.

0 replies - 217 views - 04/14/08 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 - 221 views - 04/12/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News

Microsoft Posts More Protocol Documentation

Microsoft has posted 14,000 pages of what it called “preliminary versions” of technical documentation covering the protocols in Office 2007, SharePoint...

0 replies - 820 views - 04/12/08 by Maureen O'Gara in News