Published on 19 May 08
Well, i was expecting to hear this. According to Microsoft’s press release, it seems that they are thinking again at the acquisition of Yahoo! Inc.
“In light of developments since the withdrawal of the Microsoft proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft announced that it is continuing to explore and pursue its alternatives to improve and expand [...]
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Published on 09 May 08
After refusing Microsoft’s offer of $31 a share, a 62 percent premium on current prices at the time of the offer, and after Microsoft withdrawed their offer, is looks like Yahoo is now hoping to receive another offer from the same bidder.
The company announced only 48 hours after Microsoft dropped its bid that it would [...]
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Published on 05 May 08
Time have passed and the battle for Yahoo’s aquisition is now over. Microsoft is tired of receiving negative answers at their offers. After several negociations and offers, the two companies were unable to come to an agreement and Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer had announced the following :
“We continue to believe that our proposed acquisition made [...]
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Published on 15 Apr 08
“We believe we have made a very fair offer to Yahoo. Now it is up to the Yahoo board to decide.”
That’s what Microsoft’s Kevin Turner declared at a news conference in Mumbai. The goal of the conference was to discuss regarding the launch of strategic initiatives with India’s HCL Infosystems.
As we might have expected, the [...]
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Published on 07 Apr 08
This morning, Yahoo has responded Microsoft’s ultimatum. Jerry Yang (CEO) and Roy Bostock (chairman) responded to Steve Ballmer : , “we will not allow you or anyone else to acquire the company for anything less than its full value.” They go on to state that, “We consider your threat to commence an unsolicited offer and [...]
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Published on 03 Apr 08
Yahoo! wishes to integrate the mobile search on cellphones. The application is called oneSearch and its great advantage is that you won’t have to type the words when you perform a search, just to tell it what you?re looking for.
The motto of the program is “search. out loud” which tells us that we should prepare [...]
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Published on 11 Feb 08
Well, we lived to see this one. It seems that Yahoo! don’t want Microsoft’s money, help, time or friendship. At least, that’s what they officially declared. Oh and Jerry Yang said he is not interested in a week-long round of bruncing with Steve Ballmer. So, from what you can see for yourself, it seems that [...]
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Microsoft Other Yahoo
Published on 13 Nov 07
The Silicon Valley-based Internet company has struck new deals to offer mobile phone Web services through nine network operators across Asia. They’ve also declared on Tuesday that the company introduced a mobile service called Yahoo Go in Taiwan. These deals build on six earlier Asian carrier partnerships announced in June.
“Those 16 deals will give us [...]
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Published on 05 Sep 07
Yahoo did it again by allowing the Yahoo Mail users to send SMS messages. This service might be a good idea to get back in the game. Yahoo Messenger is being used by the same young audience that floods the networks with messages about the latest, coolest gadgets around, messages sent to their friends and [...]
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Industry Other Yahoo
Published on 21 Jul 07
Yahoo, the second most used search engine in the world, has posted a net quarter profit of 161 million dollars, on a downfall compared to 164 million dollars profit registered last year at the same period, according to the financial reports of the company. The profit registered by Yahoo in the second quarter [...]
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