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Yahoo Doesn’t Share Market Enthusiasm for Icahn’s Plan

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May 16th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – It was so NOT that time of the month: Yahoo Inc. chairman Roy Bostock rejected billionaire Carl Icahn’s assertion that the company acted “irrationally” when it recently rejected Microsoft’s $47.5 billion takeover bid. Bostock added that Yahoo is open to negotiating a deal with Microsoft or another buyer – [...] more...

Yahoo Puts Finger in the Dam With WPP

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May 16th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Beleaguered Yahoo Inc. has just penned a multi-year deal with advertising big gun WPP Group, enabling the company to buy ads on Yahoo’s interactive advertising exchange and place them on Yahoo and its partner sites. While observers say the deal had been in the works for months, it’s just [...] more...

Icahn to Yahoo Board: Buh Bye!

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May 15th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Let the battles begin! Er, continue! Carl Icahn has launched a proxy battle to force Yahoo into talks (again) with Microsoft, the activist shareholder said in an open letter addressed to Yahoo’s chairman, Roy Bostock. Icahn said Yahoo’s board members behaved “irrationally” and contrary to their best interests, when [...] more...

Will Icahn Bring Microhoo Back to Life?

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May 14th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – The boisterous billionaire Carl Icahn thinks he can (which means there’s a good chance he will) take control of Yahoo’s board and force it into talks with Microsoft again. The activist shareholder has reportedly told associates that he bought about 50 million shares of Yahoo (worth a cool bill) [...] more...

Microsoft Gets Chatty in Ad War

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May 12th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Will a new chat feature lead to a bigger payday for Microsoft Corp.’s Internet advertising division? The software giant sure hopes so: it has introduced software called Messenger TV to allow users to exchange messages while watching online videos, Bloomberg reports. Instant-messaging and video software will allow users to [...] more...

Powerset Hopes To Overpower Google

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May 12th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Powerset has uncovered a fancy new set of tools for searching the sometimes tough to pin down Wikipedia (keyword searches only go so far, especially if they’re imprecise). Conversational phrasing is now an option — Powerset’s technology will parse the search words, queries and sentences to figure out [...] more...

Google Sends Valentine to Lonely Yahoo

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May 9th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – The slapped around and beleaguered Yahoo Inc. can finally dry its weepy eyes. It looks like Google Inc. will step up and extend its two-week search/ad deal with the Internet pioneer. Yesterday, Google chief Eric Schmidt and co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page held a press roundtable at which [...] more...

Microsoft Frees Yahoo Alt. Board Members

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May 9th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS –Microsoft’s drawn-out blow-off of Yahoo continues unabated: the software giant told its alternative board members (in the event of a hostile takeover) that their services would no longer be needed. The law firm Sullivan & Cromwell delivered the news via e-mail, according to The Wall Street Journal. The unhappy couple [...] more...

Google To Ditch Yahoo in Wake of Microhoo Flop

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May 8th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Is Google less interested in pursuing a search/advertising deal with Yahoo? Widespread reports and industry watchers say … “yes.” For one thing, regulators at home and abroad have already derided the potential deal as violation of anti-trust regulations. Also, cynics say Google was only feigning interest in an attempt [...] more...

Increasingly Desperate Microsoft Courts Facebook

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May 8th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – The heat is on! Microsoft Corp. is under serious pressure to come up with a strategy to compete with Google. And its latest tactic in the ongoing (and seemingly endless) war is to quietly circle Facebook Inc. to see if the social networking company is interested in teaming [...] more...


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