Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft Corp.’

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Feb13

Major Yahoo investor urges Microsoft to raise offer

by admin on February 13th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Posted In: News & Articles

BOSTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc’s second-biggest investor urged Microsoft Corp to raise its $42 billion bid for the Web pioneer and warned Yahoo it has few options left, raising the pressure on them to seal a deal. In a quarterly letter to investors released on Tuesday, Bill Miller, the star stock-picker at U.S. asset manager […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jul08

Microsoft Open to Yahoo Deal if New Board Elected

by admin on July 8th, 2008 at 5:25 am
Posted In: News & Articles

NEW YORK – Microsoft Corp. is open to a “major transaction” with Yahoo Inc to either purchase a part or all of the company if a new board of directors is elected, billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn wrote in a letter to shareholders on Monday. Icahn, a Yahoo shareholder attempting to replace the Internet portal’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Oct03

Oracle buys Advanced Visual Technology

by admin on October 3rd, 2008 at 8:37 am
Posted In: News & Articles, Retail Software

Oracle Corp. today said it bought Advanced Visual Technology, a maker of space-planning software for retailers, for an undisclosed sum. By combining AVT’s Retail Focus software with its Oracle Retail application suite, the company hopes to help retailers boost their profits by enhancing their store layouts. Oracle expects to close the deal by the end […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar16

Comcast, Sony to open joint retail store

by retailnu on March 16th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Posted In: Convenience Store, Internet / Mobile, Marketing, News & Articles

PHILADELPHIA: Despite the poor economy, Comcast Corp. and Sony Corp. plan to open a retail store Tuesday. The cable TV operator and the electronics company will use the store to showcase new technologies and products, taking a page from Apple Inc., as Microsoft Corp. might also soon try to do. The store will be called […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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