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Yang Sheds Crocodile Tears, Does Ballmer Care?

Written on: May 6th 2008
Author: Kathleen

ADOTAS – Jerry Yang feels bad about the whole Microsoft thing … really! But is Microsoft hearing it? In a spate of interviews following a severe industry-wide tongue-lashing and dramatically plummeting stocks yesterday, Yahoo Inc.’s chief played the victim card and signaled that he was still open to a deal [...] more...

Yahoo Shares Plunge After Microsoft’s exit

Written on: May 5th 2008
Author: Reuters Group

Yahoo Inc.’s shares tumbled as much as 20% today after Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $47.5 billion takeover offer, wiping about $7.6 billion off the Internet company’s market capitalization and piling pressure on its leadership. In the aftermath, Internet search leader Google Inc. seemed poised to reap the gains of the missed [...] more...

UPDATE: Microsoft and Yahoo in Talks

Written on: May 2nd 2008
Author: Kathleen

ADOTAS – It’s official: Microsoft and Yahoo are in active merger talks, The New York Times’ DealBook reports. Microsoft has reportedly increased its bid “by several dollars” per share — a move that has been expected by many industry watchers. Yahoo shareholders told DealBook that top executives from both companies were calling [...] more...

Microhoo: The Deafening Sound of Silence

Written on: May 2nd 2008
Author: Kathleen

ADOTAS – No word yet on a Microhoo deal. The deafening sound of silence could mean anything, but if Jerry Yang and Steve Ballmer’s past behavior is any indication, their newfound reticence likely means the companies are finally knee-deep in talks. Ballmer yesterday reassured Microsoft’s increasingly jittery employees that he was [...] more...

Will Ballmer Make Yang Cry “Uncle?”

Written on: April 28th 2008
Author: Kathleen

ADOTAS – By quietly letting D-Day pass without a deal, Yahoo Inc. handed Microsoft Corp. a ticking bomb …. So what will famously explosive CEO Steve Ballmer do? Launch a proxy war? Walk away? Ballmer told Yahoo that if it didn’t come to some sort of deal in Microsoft’s unsolicited $44.6 [...] more...

Microsoft Leans Away From Yahoo Buy

Written on: April 24th 2008
Author: Kathleen

ADOTAS – Microsoft Corp. shareholders and employees are increasingly reluctant to commit to the potential $44.6 billion take over of Yahoo and Steve Ballmer is taking their reticence to heart. Microsoft’s stock has dropped more than 3% in Nasdaq trading since Ballmer made its bid for Yahoo, and his threat of [...] more...

Microsoft Defends Yahoo’s Honor

Written on: April 22nd 2008
Author: Kathleen

ADOTAS – Times are a changin’! Like a cuckolded lover, Microsoft Corp. is suddenly defending Yahoo Inc.’s quarterly results before they’re even out as Yahoo makes eyes at other potential mates. Microsoft said it will hold firm on its $43.2 billion offer for Yahoo as D-Day closes in on Jerry Yang: [...] more...

Yahoo One Step Closer To Google Ad Deal

Written on: April 17th 2008
Author: Kathleen

ADOTAS – Yahoo Inc. is one step closer to outsourcing its search advertising biz to Google Inc. after an initial test of the system, the Wall Street Journal reports. The ad partnership could give the increasingly desperate Yahoo some leverage as it attempts to send Microsoft Corp. and its unwanted advances [...] more...

ValueClick’s a Bargain

Written on: April 14th 2008
Author: Kathleen

ADOTAS – Insiders are saying that now is the time to stock up on stock in one of the last major independent online advertising companies … and ValueClick’s stock is quite a bargain. Its stock is hovering around $17 today and observers are saying now is the time to snap [...] more...

Higher Antitrust Bar for Yahoo-Google

Written on: April 14th 2008
Author: Reuters Group

Yahoo Inc.’s attempt to form an alliance with Google Inc. to stave off Microsoft Corp. could run into more trouble with antitrust regulators than Microsoft’s unwelcome takeover bid. While Yahoo is seeking a business partnership with Google — unlike the outright merger that Microsoft wants — legal experts say any deal [...] more...

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