Microsoft Spends To Make (at Minyanville.com)

yahoo.com     May 21, 2008            

As leveraged assets go down in value, the leverage multiples go up. As the technology world awaits the next salvo in the battle for Yahoo and now Carl Icahn are all squabbling over the rights to Yahoo's audience. The glut of potential deals, kicked off earlier this year by Microsoft's unsolicited... [read full story]                    

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Microsoft and Facebook will never succeed in locking down part of the web

vanelsas.wordpress.com     May 19, 2008          

I don’t usually respond so quickly to news. If you are familiar with my blog, it’s not a breaking news kind of blog. But the rumors that Microsoft might be buying Facebook are now quickly taking over TechMeme. Robert Scoble just wrote a response to these rumors. He is turning it into the battle...                    

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Microsoft, Facebook and Twispers

floridaventureblog.com     May 19, 2008          

Do you remember playing Whispers, Operator, Telephone or Chinese Whispers (UK) -- where one person whispers a phrase to another person, who whispers it another person...until the last person hears something significantly distorted from the original phrase?I've seen it play out many times in the...                    

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Why There Should Be Web Search on Facebook

readwriteweb.com     May 19, 2008          

Microsoft Live Search on Facebook is "a no-brainer [...] the technical investment is minuscule and the potential return is mammoth." That was ReadWriteWeb last October in the wake of a $240 million investment by Microsoft in the world's second biggest social network. At the time, we noted that...                    

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Microsoft Is Moving Towards Checkmate

sphinn.com     May 20, 2008          

More details are emerging on round 2 of Yahoo/Microsoft: Instead of a simple straight up acquisition, Microsoft may be able to pull off a deal where they get to pick off just what they want - search - and leave the rest of Yahoo and its troubles beh5...                    

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Microsoft Eyes Yahoo's Ad Business

seriouslymedia.com     May 20, 2008          

Microsoft has floated a proposal to acquire Yahoo's search-advertising business, an alternative that people close to Yahoo said is unlikely to win favor with its board. Some view the move as an effort to put public pressure on Yahoo not to pursue a separate search-ad deal with Google. 8...                    

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Why Microsoft Will Always Suck at Search

seo-space.blogspot.com     May 20, 2008          

So we are hearing more rumors of a second round of negotiations between Microsoft and Yahoo. It's obvious that the media, financial analysts and the like cannot live with the status quo. They need... Online marketing tips and search engine news at...                    

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Microsoft Is Moving Towards Checkmate

federatedmedia.net     May 20, 2008          

More details are emerging on round 2 of Yahoo/Microsoft: Instead of a simple straight up acquisition, Microsoft may be able to pull off a deal where they get to pick off just what they want - search - and leave the rest of Yahoo and it’s troubles behind... Permalink: Microsoft Is Moving Towards...                    

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Microsoft searching for answers

reuters.com     May 20, 2008          

The secret is out: What Microsoft wants is Yahoo’s search business. Reuters has reported that the deal now under discussion would have… 1). Microsoft buy the search operation. 2). Yahoo sell off its Asian assets. 3). Microsoft buy a chunk of what remains of Yahoo. Microsoft and Yahoo...                    

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Report: Microsoft Wants Yahoo Search

go.com     May 20, 2008          

BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has proposed to buy Yahoo Inc's search business and take a minority stake in the Web pioneer, stopping short of a full-out merger, a person familiar with the discussions said on Monday. As part of the deal Yahoo would put its Asian assets, including significant...                    

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Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook to take on Google?

chicagotribune.com     May 20, 2008          

Microsoft could pair with Yahoo, Facebook By Eric Benderoff | Tribune reporter is so far ahead of the competition for attracting Internet users that some no longer think even a megadeal between Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. would be big enough to even things up. On Monday, a day after Microsoft...                    

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