Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

October 7, 2008 11:07:46 PM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

Stories related to: Yahoo

Stories

Stories 21 - 40 of 204

<< Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 11 Next >>
  • July 2008

    • Icahn: Microsoft Will Only Negotiate With Me

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 7, 08 10:04 AM CDT

      Icahn: Microsoft Will Only Negotiate With Me

      (Newser) - Carl Icahn says Microsoft is still in the hunt to acquire Yahoo, but only if the board is replaced, the Wall Street Journal reports. Icahn says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer “made it abundantly clear” to him that he wouldn’t talk with Yahoo’s current board, which he fears will run the company into the ground before antitrust authorities agree to a merger. More »

      Tags

      Microsoft  • Yahoo  • mergers and acquisitions  • Carl Icahn  • Steve Ballmer

    • Adobe Lets Web Spiders Snag Animation

      MIT Technology Review  |  Jul 3, 08 1:30 PM CDT

      Adobe Lets Web Spiders Snag Animation

      (Newser) - For years, web developers have faced a tough choice: Make their pages pretty with Flash animations, or optimize for search engines? Now, Flash maker Adobe has tried to make that choice easier, by giving Google and Yahoo the software to read and index Flash files. “For end users, they're going to see a lot more results, and a lot better results,” says Flash’s project manager. More »

      Tags

      Internet  • Google  • Yahoo  • search engine  • Adobe  • Flash  • websites

    • Yahoo Looks to Time Warner, News Corp.

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 3, 08 11:49 AM CDT

      Yahoo Looks to Time Warner, News Corp.

      (Newser) - Yahoo—back in the sights of Microsoft—is trying to keep its fate in its own hands, launching talks with potential partners, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Internet company reopened talks with Time Warner about a deal that would make AOL part of Yahoo and give Time Warner a minority interest in the new venture; Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is also in the mix. More »

      Tags

      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • mergers and acquisitions  • Time Warner

    • Feds Probing Google-Yahoo Deal

      Washington Post  |  Jul 2, 08 9:24 AM CDT

      Feds Probing Google-Yahoo Deal

      (Newser) - Google’s agreement to provide Yahoo with advertising for some of its searches in the US and Canada has prompted the Justice Department to launch a formal antitrust investigation into the deal, the Washington Post reports. "They don't do it without having identified significant issues," one lawyer said of the action, which goes beyond the voluntary review the search giant expected. More »

      Tags

      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • antitrust  • Justice Department

    • Microsoft Preps a New Run at Yahoo

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 2, 08 8:18 AM CDT

      Microsoft Preps a New Run at Yahoo

      (Newser) - Microsoft is back in pursuit of Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports, with the company in talks with both News Corp. and Time Warner as potential partners for a restructured deal to buy the search giant . Yahoo has been in Microsoft’s sights for nearly six months, but initial efforts to buy the entire company collapsed, and Microsoft has since been looking instead to acquire the search business and spin off the rest. More »

      Tags

      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • Carl Icahn  • takeover bid

  • June 2008

    • Yahoo's Defensive Stance: Microsoft 'Inconsistent' in Bid

      MarketWatch  |  Jun 30, 08 4:34 PM CDT

      Yahoo's Defensive Stance: Microsoft 'Inconsistent' in Bid

      (Newser) - As it tries to fend off investor Carl Icahn's attempt to replace its board of directors, Yahoo today presented its version of buyout negotiations with Microsoft to shareholders, MarketWatch reports. Yahoo portrayed Microsoft as “unresponsive, inconsistent,” and loose on logistic details of the proposed merger. "The record casts doubt on whether Microsoft was ever committed to a whole company acquisition," its report said. More »

      Tags

      Microsoft  • Yahoo  • Carl Icahn  • proxy battle  • takeover bid

    • Angry Worker Blasts Yahoo in Email

      Fortune Magazine  |  Jun 27, 08 8:05 PM CDT

      Angry Worker Blasts Yahoo in Email

      (Newser) - A sarcastic Yahoo employee slammed the company in an email sent to Fortune today, taking aim at futile executives and lousy decision-making. In the wake of Yahoo's latest shakeup, "things could not be better," the email says: True, past "reorgs" were sparked by pointless executive shifts, but eight execs really did quit this week to be "with their families," and "as for the Google deal, HOORRAY!" More »

      Tags

      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • mergers and acquisitions  • Fortune  • employee

    • Yahoo Regroups, Again

      New York Times  |  Jun 27, 08 8:52 AM CDT

      Yahoo Regroups, Again

      (Newser) - Reeling after Microsoft’s failed takeover bid and bracing for a fight with financier Carl Icahn over board control, struggling Yahoo is once again restructuring itself, the New York Times reports. “Any organization change is disruptive,” said Yahoo’s president, but “the flip side of disruption is the opportunity for renewed growth.” But analysts say it’s all talk. “It changes nothing,” says one. More »

      Tags

      Internet  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • restructuring  • Susan Decker

    • When Is A Facebook Friend Just A Friend?

      MIT Technology Review  |  Jun 27, 08 8:12 AM CDT

      When Is A Facebook Friend Just A Friend?

      (Newser) - There’s a movement among some social Web services, from MySpace and Yahoo to Plaxo, to let users share data, the MIT Technology Review reports. Take Google’s new Friend Connect, a service that lets users transport profiles and connections among sites. But Facebook, for one, is swimming against the tide, working to control its users’ data and arguing that control protects their privacy. More »

      Tags

      Google  • Yahoo  • Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • privacy  • Friend Connect  • Plaxo

    • Yahoo Defends Rejection of Alternate Microsoft Offer

      MarketWatch  |  Jun 26, 08 8:09 AM CDT

      Yahoo Defends Rejection of Alternate Microsoft Offer

      (Newser) - Yahoo yesterday launched an offensive against billionaire Carl Icahn’s attempt to displace the board, detailing in a letter to shareholders why accepting Microsoft’s alternative $8-billion search-only deal would have diminished Yahoo’s value and hurt the company strategically, reports MarketWatch. CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock said the proposal, in which Microsoft would have invested $8 billion in Yahoo, would have tied Yahoo to Microsoft for 10 years. More »

      Tags

      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • Jerry Yang  • Carl Icahn  • Roy Bostock

    • Yahoo, Microsoft Talks On Again

      Fortune Magazine  |  Jun 25, 08 3:05 AM CDT

      Yahoo, Microsoft Talks On Again

      (Newser) - A deal may still be in the works between Microsoft and Yahoo—but not for a full acquisition of Yahoo, according to Fortune . Microsoft may be after Yahoo's search business, which the software giant needs to tackle competitor Google. Yahoo is also under investor pressure to revive talks. Its shares dropped 18% after buyout talks ended and have been falling steadily since. More »

      Tags

      Microsoft  • Yahoo  • acquisitions  • Steve Jobs

    • Ad Execs Feel Besieged by Google & Co.

      New York Times  |  Jun 23, 08 3:22 PM CDT

      Ad Execs Feel Besieged by Google &amp; Co.

      (Newser) - Advertisers are spooked at net giants like Google and Microsoft throwing their weight around in the world of online advertising, the New York Times reports. With its ad deal with Yahoo drawing fire at conference in Cannes, Google “clearly wants to replace the advertising industry in its totality," says the former CEO of a big New York agency. More »

      Tags

      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • advertising

    • Amazon Kept Laughing After Dot-Com Bust

      Economist  |  Jun 20, 08 4:45 PM CDT

      Amazon Kept Laughing After Dot-Com Bust

      (Newser) - Yahoo, eBay, and Amazon emerged from the dot-com bust as a mighty triumvirate, but only Amazon has kept its mojo in the decade's latter stages, the Economist reports. Yahoo, the oldest of the lot at 14, shooed away Microsoft, surrendered part of its business to Google, and failed to stay current. It survives, “but on the web’s equivalent of life support." More »

      Tags

      Internet  • Google  • Yahoo  • eBay  • Jerry Yang  • Amazon  • Jeff Bezos  • John Donahoe