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Steve Ballmer stories: 42 news summaries

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Yahoo Still Open to Offers: Yang

CEO, facing shareholder backlash, says Microsoft 
'wouldn't negotiate'

May 6, 08 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though Microsoft's courtship of Yahoo came to an unhappy end, Yahoo is still open to suitors, even Microsoft—at the right price, insists CEO Jerry Yang. Yahoo is in talks with other companies about ways to boost its value, and while Yahoo isn't in a rush to sell, executives are... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • Jerry Yang • Steve Ballmer

Ballmer's Competitive Streak Drove Yahoo Bid

Microsoft CEO once vowed to 'kill Google'

May 4, 08 7:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft's Yahoo bid put CEO Steve Ballmer to the test: How much would he pay to fulfill his promise to "(expletive) kill Google"? Forty-seven billion bucks was too high, but many say he'll try again—and may have a tough time convincing investors it's all cool calculation. Microsoft... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • Bill Gates • online advertising • takeover • online ads • Steve Ballmer • takeover bid

Post-Microsoft, What's a Yahoo to Do?

Google deal risky, but analysts say company must prove its value

May 4, 08 5:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - High-fives broke out at Yahoo yesterday after Microsoft revoked its buyout bid, but founder Jerry Yang and colleagues may want to hold off on celebrations, the New York Times reports. Analysts expect the stock to tank tomorrow, shareholders are mulling legal action, key workers may walk, and an alliance... More »

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Yahoo • AOL • Microsoft • Jerry Yang • Steve Ballmer

 Microsoft Retracts Yahoo Offer 

CEO Steven Ballmer refuses to pay $37 per share

May 3, 08 7:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft withdrew its latest offer to buy Yahoo today after the companies' chief execs haggled over price at a Seattle meeting, the New York Times reports. Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer offered $33 per share, but Yahoo's Jerry Yang wanted $4 per share more in the blockbuster deal. More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • Jerry Yang • shares • Steve Ballmer • share price

Microsoft
Edges Toward
Hostile Bid

Ballmer, still on fence last night, expected to move on Yahoo  today

May 2, 08 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft appears to be edging closer to a hostile bid for Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports; an announcement of the company's next move is expected today. Price will be a key factor: CEO Steve Ballmer told employees yesterday he won't pay a "dime above" what he thinks Yahoo... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • hostile takeover • merger • Steve Ballmer

Microsoft Still Pondering Yahoo Options

Decision to go hostile, raise bid, or walk away up to CEO Ballmer

May 1, 08 9:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft's board met yesterday to discuss the next move in its bid for Yahoo but didn't make a decision, the Wall Street Journal reports. Directors have given CEO Steve Ballmer broad leeway to decide between going hostile or walking away from the bid, and insiders say it could still go... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • hostile takeover • merger • Steve Ballmer

ANALYSIS

Ballmer May Seek Middle Path on Yahoo

Microsoft could nominate proxy slate, wait on hostile offer

Apr 30, 08 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Steve Ballmer's next move on Yahoo is expected momentarily, and one option is to nominate a proxy slate for the board of directors, the Wall Street Journal reports, but hold off on making a new hostile bid for the company. Microsoft could buy time for setting a new price for... More »

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Yahoo • Internet • Microsoft • hostile takeover • Steve Ballmer • proxy battle

Startup Flops Leave Little Trace Beyond For-Sale Sign

Execs, pursuing new capital, quick to wipe failures off resumes

Apr 28, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - A failed start-up doesn't spell purgatory for entrepreneurs with the right connections, the Boston Globe reports. Take Mort Rosenthal, who struck gold in the 1980s as a software entrepreneur, only to launch two flops—one in alternative medicine, the other in cell-phone retail—with millions in lost venture capital. Now... More »

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Microsoft • venture capital • startup • Steve Ballmer • Mort Rosenthal

OPINION

 Slumping 
 Microsoft 
 Needs Yahoo 

Slow quarter spurs push for acquisitions

Apr 25, 08 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft's first quarter saw flat sales and dipping profits, all the more reason to make nice with Yahoo, Aaron Ricadela writes in BusinessWeek. Steve Ballmer has said he is ready to walk away from the attempted takeover, but with most of Microsoft's revenue coming from smaller divisions and overseas interests,... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • profits • Steve Ballmer • quarterly profits • takeover bid

 Ballmer to Yahoo:
 That's Our Final Offer 

CEO not impressed by Yahoo's Q1 profits

Apr 23, 08 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft won't raise its $44.6 billion takeover bid for Yahoo despite the Internet firm's strong first-quarter earnings, Bloomberg reports. "We are prepared to go forward without a merger," said CEO Steve Ballmer, who has threatened a proxy shareholder revolt to push the deal through, possibly at a... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • Jerry Yang • acquisition • buyout • Steve Ballmer • search advertising • display advertising

Microsoft Syncs Phone, PC Data with 'Live Mesh'

The house Gates built joins cloud computing trend

Apr 23, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft is testing a new product that will allow users to link data across multiple electronic devices through the internet—so the picture you took on your phone can be in the digital picture frame in your home within minutes. It’s a big step for Microsoft, which until now... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • Steve Ballmer • cloud computing • Ray Ozzie

 Yahoo, AOL May Merge; 
 Murdoch-Microsoft In Talks 

Two Internet-shaking deals stem from Microsoft-Yahoo talks

Apr 9, 08 10:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two groundbreaking Internet deals are in the works, both related to Microsoft's desire to take over Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports. In one, Yahoo is considering combining its online operations with Time Warner's AOL. In the other, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is in talks to join Microsoft in its... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • Rupert Murdoch • hostile takeover • merger • Jerry Yang • AdSense • Steve Ballmer • proxy battle • takeover bid • Legg Mason

Yahoo Investor Calls Microsoft Threat a Blunder

Stakeholder Legg Mason will support Yahoo if Microsoft tries to drop price

Apr 9, 08 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo received a tepid endorsement from its second-largest shareholder yesterday as its takeover battle with suitor Microsoft continued to heat up, the Wall Street Journal reports. Legg Mason, which holds a 7% stake in Yahoo, said it would back an independent Yahoo before it would sell its stake at a... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • acquisition • Steve Ballmer • proxy battle • takeover bid • Legg Mason

Yahoo Says Microsoft Is
at Fault on Stalled Talks

Yang fires back after Ballmer ultimatum

Apr 7, 08 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo execs fired back a response this morning to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's weekend ultimatum giving the Yahoo board a deadline of 3 weeks to avoid a hostile takeover. CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock reiterated that the Microsoft offer is still too low—it has declined in value... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • acquisition • Steve Ballmer • proxy battle

Microsoft Threatens Hostile Takeover of Yahoo

Corporation promises proxy battle, threatens lower buyout price

Apr 5, 08 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo has 3 weeks to accept Microsoft’s takeover before things get hostile, Microsoft warned in a letter to Yahoo execs today. “The substantial premium reflected in our initial proposal anticipated a friendly transaction,” wrote Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who promised a proxy director battle and implied a... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • hostile takeover • mergers and acquisitions • Steve Ballmer • proxy battle

Yahoo, Microsoft Execs
Meet to Discuss Buyout

Gates' team explains its vision; no negotiations take place

Mar 14, 08 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the first time since Microsoft made an unsolicited—and unwelcome—$44.6 billion bid to take over Yahoo Jan. 31, executives for the two companies sat down this week to discuss what a post-merger company might look like, reports the Wall Street Journal. No negotiations took place, the... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • Jerry Yang • Steve Ballmer • News Corp

Microsoft CEO Takes Aim
at Google

Ballmer says Google's Internet-ad dominance won't last

Mar 7, 08 10:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer did an animated, sometimes antic, on-stage interview yesterday at Mix, Microsoft’s annual conference for web developers, emphasizing that he has every intention of taking some of Google's advertising business and using Yahoo to do it, the Seattle Times reports. "Advertising on the Internet is... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • Apple • Steve Ballmer • Internet advertising • Guy Kawasaki • web services

OPINION

Microsoft’s Yahoo Bid 'Ridiculous'

Investment manager dismisses deal, doubts Ballmer's acumen

Feb 18, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Investment manager Joe Rosenberg takes a swipe at Microsoft's bid for Yahoo in this week's Barron's, disparaging both the deal and CEO Steve Ballmer's financial acumen, Reuters reports. "It's a bad reflection on Ballmer that he's willing to pay a ridiculous price for Yahoo,” says Rosenberg. “Microsoft... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • finance • shares • investment • Steve Ballmer • tech industry • Joe Rosenberg

Yang Justifies Rejected Microsoft Bid

Says Yahoo uniquely positioned in growing online ad market

Feb 14, 08 2:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Jerry Yang believes Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo was too low because it does not take into account the company's “unique position” in the growing online advertising market, the New York Times reports. In a letter sent to shareholders today, Yang inventoried Yahoo’s advantages: its... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • online advertising • Jerry Yang • search engine marketing • acquisition • buyout • search engine • Steve Ballmer

Microsoft's Big Yahoo Offer
May Be a Ruse

PC leader aims only to block a Yahoo-Amazon alliance, analyst says

Feb 7, 08 7:26 PM CST
(Newser) - One possible reason for Microsoft’s massive bid for Yahoo: It’s a ploy to block a Yahoo-Amazon team-up, one analyst says. The $44.6 billion offer will never make it past regulators, Trip Chowdhry explains to MarketWatch. But Microsoft insists otherwise: Chowdhry’s report “is completely incorrect,”... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • Bill Gates • mergers and acquisitions • Jerry Yang • Steve Ballmer

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