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13. Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo search business

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May 21, 2008
        
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Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo search business BOSTON: 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... [read full story]                    

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Google, Yahoo Partnering: What About Panama?

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May 22, 2008
        

New Yahoo search ad system a failure? Google CEO Eric Schmidt thinks an ad deal with rival and potential Microsoft ally, Yahoo, could work without incurring the wrath of antitrust investigators. Yahoo shareholders should be the wrathful ones. Soft and fluffy Google as evil, dare we suggest...

Microsoft turns to cash to beat Google

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May 22, 2008
        

said it will pay a certain percentage of the cost of a product that a consumer buys using the company’s search engine. Users need to set up an online account and can receive their rebates via a check, direct deposit or PayPal, eBay Inc.’s online payment system. Microsoft said it has signed up...

Is Microsoft's New Deal Proposal Really a Signal to Yahoo Shareholders?

orglex.com
May 22, 2008
        

My colleague Jay Greene, who covers Microsoft out of Seattle, had some thoughts on Microsoft's surprising May 15 announcement that it's talking with Yahoo about a deal short of a full acquisition. Here's his take on what's really behind the[...] [ Business Week ] -...

Ballmer keeps to script on Yahoo

onekit.com
May 22, 2008
        

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is sticking to the company line of give-me-a-piece-of-Yahoo-but-not-the-whole-enchilada. That was the word he conveyed while in Israel to mark the opening of a new R&D facility, according to a Reuters report. Ballmer's comments on Wednesday basically reiterated the...

                   

Want cash from Microsoft?

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May 22, 2008
        

San Francisco - The move highlights Microsoft's ongoing bid to aggressively expand online, where it faces stiffer competition from Google. The initiative also follows Microsoft's failed bid to buy Yahoo which rejected the company's blockbuster acquisition offer. Bill Gates, Microsoft's co-founder...

Microsoft Offers Reward

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May 22, 2008
        

By Jessica E. Vascellaro and Robert A. Guth Word Count: 535 | Companies Featured in This Article: Microsoft, Google, Yahoo Microsoft Corp. announced a plan to pay consumers who buy items they find through the software company's search service, the latest in a series of moves to gain ground on...

Hungry Microsoft prowling for buys: Venture capitalists

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May 22, 2008
        

NEW YORK: Microsoft Corp's bid for Yahoo Inc indicates an acquisition hunger that could prompt it to gobble up a chain of smaller companies, venture capitalists said on Wednesday. The VCs participating in the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit see new deals for the next 12 to 18...

No Further Yahoo Bid, Microsoft's Ballmer Reaffirms

tmcnet.com
May 22, 2008
        

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday reaffirmed the company's position on acquiring Yahoo: It's no longer interested. "We are not bidding to buy Yahoo," said Ballmer, at a launch event for Microsoft's new research and development center in Herzliya, Israel, according to Reuters. Ballmer also...

Microsoft's LiveSearch promo will impact Yahoo more than Google

goingon.com
May 22, 2008
        

Microsoft's plan to pay online shoppers who buy things they find using its LiveSearch service shows just how serious the company is in its quest to take search ad business away from Google. But it also reveals how much of Microsoft's strategy is based on thinking that helped it win battles fought...

[$$] Microsoft Offers Reward (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

yahoo.com
May 22, 2008
        

By Jessica E. Vascellaro and Robert A. Guth Word Count: 574 | Companies Featured in This Article: Microsoft, Google, Yahoo Microsoft Corp. announced a plan to pay consumers who buy items they find through the software company's search service, the latest in a series of moves to gain ground on...

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