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Thursday, 21 August 2008
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Microsoft-Yahoo deal seen adrift
Yahoo will appoint activist investor Carl Icahn and two of his nominees to its board, settling a proxy battle and making an immediate transaction with Microsoft less likely.
21 Jul 2008 |
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AOL talks with Microsoft and Yahoo heat up
Time Warner Inc's discussions to merge or sell its AOL Internet division with Microsoft Corp or Yahoo Inc have taken on new urgency ahead of Yahoo's Aug 1 shareholders meeting, a source familiar with the discussions told Reuters on Tuesday.
16 Jul 2008 |
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Microsoft willing to restart Yahoo talks
Microsoft said on Monday it would be willing to reopen talks to buy all or part of Yahoo, but only if a new Yahoo board is elected - a big boost for financier Carl Icahn's board slate.
08 Jul 2008 |
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Gates leaves Microsoft to focus on philanthropy
Sensing the start of a personal computer revolution, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to start Microsoft Corp and pursue a vision of a computer on every desk and in every home.
27 Jun 2008 |
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Microsoft said slow to fix document glitches
Microsoft Corp was criticized on Tuesday for being slow to resolve problems in the technical documentation it was required to provide to rival software makers as part of its 2001 antitrust settlement.
25 Jun 2008 |
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Yahoo shares yo-yo on buyout talks
Shares of Yahoo rose as much as 11 percent on Tuesday, reversing earlier declines, after contradictory reports on whether buyout talks with Microsoft were heating up again.
25 Jun 2008 |
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Microsoft offered $9 bln for Yahoo stake
When Yahoo turned down the latest offer from Microsoft this week, it walked away from $9 billion (4.6 billion pounds) in cash and $1 billion a year in additional operating profit, Microsoft said on Friday.
14 Jun 2008 |
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