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Antitrust expert Sanford Litvack to examine Google-Yahoo deal

By A. James Memmott   |   September 11, 2008 at 10:15am   |   0 Comments

In a move that could signal its intention to go to court against two Internet giants, the U.S. Justice Department has hired the former head of its antitrust division to look at a revenue-sharing deal between Google and Yahoo Inc.

Microsoft confirms it could renew its effort to buy all of Yahoo!

By Gary Jacobson   |   July 7, 2008 at 10:41am   |   0 Comments

As dissident shareholder Carl Icahn warned that Yahoo! is “moving toward a precipice” and “it is time for a change,” Microsoft said today it could renew its effort to buy Yahoo! The catch: First Yahoo! shareholders must vote in a new slate of directors at their Aug. 1 meeting.

Rate your boss on Glassdoor.com

By Emily Morgan   |   June 12, 2008 at 3:24pm   |   0 Comments

Wouldn’t you love to know what you’d earn if you worked for your employer’s biggest competitor?

Icahn blogs on Securities and Exchange Commission site

By Laurie Bennett   |   June 11, 2008 at 9:40am   |   0 Comments

We wish we had said it first. The Wall Street Journal’s Deal Journal made the observation Monday that investor Carl Icahn has adopted the Securities and Exchange Commission as his personal blog.

Microsoft hires lobbyists to help with Yahoo acquisition

By Laurie Bennett   |   April 21, 2008 at 10:13am   |   0 Comments

Microsoft has brought in a Washington lobbying firm, Bryan Cave Strategies, to help in its drive to buy Yahoo.

Will Smith invests in PluggedIn, new music video site

By Emily Morgan   |   April 17, 2008 at 12:13pm   |   0 Comments

Three of the biggest companies in the music industry will be providing content for web-newcomer PluggedIn, which offers high-definition music videos and concerts to be streamed online for free.

A closer look at Yahoo leadership

By Laurie Bennett   |   February 18, 2008 at 10:08am   |   0 Comments

Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo has put a harsh spotlight, perhaps too late, on the company’s board.

Kara Swisher, writing on All Things Digital this morning, predicts that the directors’ response to the unsolicited buyout attempt may simply be inertia.

Yahoo-Maven deal opens another path for Microsoft

By Laurie Bennett   |   February 13, 2008 at 11:20am   |   0 Comments

Being pursued by Microsoft hasn’t deterred Yahoo from its own pursuits of smaller fry.

Yahoo announced yesterday that it had paid $160 million for Maven Networks, a firm that sells video-management systems for online advertising. Maven’s customers include such major media outfits as Gannett, Scripps and Fox News.

Google goes to Washington

By Laurie Bennett   |   February 5, 2008 at 11:25am   |   0 Comments

Can Google maintain the company motto - “Don’t be evil” - while building a powerful lobbying machine?

That’s just one of the challenges facing the internet giant. Another is Microsoft, a competitor not only on the web, but in the courts and the halls of Congress.

Microsoft offers $44.6 billion for Yahoo!

By Gary Jacobson   |   February 1, 2008 at 7:31am   |   1 Comments

Such a deal has long been speculated about because of Yahoo’s sagging prospects. This morning Microsoft made it a reality by offering $44.6 billion ($31 a share) for Yahoo! That’s more than a 60 percent premium over Yahoo’s closing price Thursday.


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