Posts Tagged ‘Yahoo Inc.’

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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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Jun30

Rhapsody to challenge iTunes by embracing the iPod

by admin on June 30th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Posted In: Internet / Mobile, News & Articles

NEW YORK: Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple’s iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday. The songs will be sold in MP3 format, which means users of the Rhapsody service will be able to play them on iPods. […] ↓ 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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Jul14

Yahoo rejects joint proposal from Microsoft, Icahn

by admin on July 14th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Posted In: Internet / Mobile, News & Articles

Yahoo Inc. has rejected Microsoft’s latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a “take or leave it” proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its Internet franchise. As described by Yahoo in a statement released late Saturday, Microsoft packaged its latest offer with activist investor Carl Icahn, a billionaire who is seeking to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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