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Jerry Yang stories: 52 news summaries

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Failed Microhoo
Deal Baffling
to Murdoch

Media mogul blames Microsoft's lack of 'big deal' experience

May 29, 08 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft’s lack of experience in “buying big things” is a major reason the company didn’t seal its buyout of Yahoo, media mogul Rupert Murdoch tells CNET, who adds he was “mystified” at the lack of a deal. An alliance between Yahoo and Google—"just gushing... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • Rupert Murdoch • Jerry Yang

Microsoft Aims for Yahoo's Search Ad Biz

But execs don't like plan, which includes breaking up company

May 19, 08 9:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft's new offer to Yahoo includes breaking up the company and buying its search-advertising business, notions that have left Yahoo execs cold, the Wall Street Journal reports. Under the plan, Yahoo would sell its Asian assets and let Microsoft buy a minority stake in what's left of the company. More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • merger • Jerry Yang • acquisition • Steve Ballmer

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

Analysis

 Yahoo Faces Lawsuits,
 Rough Ride on Wall Street 

Turning down Microsoft's sweetened bid may cost company in coming weeks

May 5, 08 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least seven lawsuits already have been filed against Yahoo for its handling of Microsoft’s bid to acquire the Internet portal and lawyers say the company is likely to face more, reports Reuters. Microsoft withdrew a $33-per-share offer Saturday—a 70% premium above Yahoo’s share price three months... More »

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Yahoo • Google • AOL • Microsoft • Jerry Yang • lawsuit • acquisition

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

 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

 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

Microsoft and Yahoo:
Second Date, Still No Kiss

The two sides meet again, but neither will budge

Apr 4, 08 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft and Yahoo execs met again this week, but the software maker refused to raise its takeover offer and the two sides failed to make progress toward an agreement. Yahoo won’t enter formal negotiations unless Microsoft increases its Jan. 31 cash-and-stock bid, then worth $44.6 billion and now... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • Bill Gates • mergers and acquisitions • Jerry Yang

Microsoft Likely to Raise Yahoo Bid: Analyst

Stock upgraded to a buy after $34-per-share offer predicted

Mar 25, 08 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Citigroup analyst upgraded Yahoo stock to a buy today, predicting that Microsoft will raise its buyout bid from $31 per share to $34, MarketWatch reports. Acquiring Yahoo is the only way for Microsoft to successfully compete with Google for online advertising, said analyst Mark Mahaney, and so “the... More »

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Yahoo • Time Warner • Microsoft • online advertising • mergers and acquisitions • DoubleClick • Jerry Yang • buyout • Citigroup analysts

(Newser) - Yahoo today restated its opinion that Microsoft’s $44.6 billion buyout bid underestimates the online giant’s “combination of unique assets,” but for the first time stated publicly the strengths it would bring to the Microsoft merger, MarketWatch reports. In an investor presentation for the SEC, the... More »

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China • Yahoo • Internet • Microsoft • Japan • mergers and acquisitions • Jerry Yang • search engine marketing • buyout • search engine • search advertising • display advertising • Internet portal

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

Yahoo Buys Time to Delay Proxy Battle

May postpone meeting to pursue talks with Microsoft,  AOL

Mar 5, 08 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Yahoo may postpone its annual meeting to delay a proxy battle with Microsoft, reports the New York Times. The move would temporarily fend off a hostile takeover bid by the computer giant, and buy Yahoo some time to weigh its options, including a negotiated deal with Microsoft and a merger... More »

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Yahoo • Google • AOL • Microsoft • hostile takeover • mergers and acquisitions • Jerry Yang • News Corp • proxy battle • annual meeting • takeover bid

Quiet on Microsoft, Yahoo Teases Debut of Digg Rival

Social news aggregator is Yahoo's latest product launch

Feb 25, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Yahoo’s top execs were tight-lipped on the Microsoft buyout bid in addresses to an online ad conference today, but hinted at a new service set to debut this week which may be Yahoo Buzz, the company’s reported social news aggregator, writes cNet. Jerry Yang said he had been... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • Digg • Jerry Yang • Sue Decker

Microsoft Talks Tough; Proxy Battle Likely

Gates says Yahoo should 'take a hard look' at $41.6B bid

Feb 20, 08 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Microsoft, at loggerheads with Yahoo over its $41.6-billion offer for the popular web portal, is talking tough, threatening a proxy battle to unseat Yahoo’s reticent board of directors, reports the Wall Street Journal. But even a win, which experts say would be relatively cheap to achieve, could cost... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • MySpace • Bill Gates • Jerry Yang • acquisition • News Corp • AT&T • proxy battle

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

Secret Yang Plan to Save Yahoo

Chief exec's hopes to deny Microsoft banking on skunkwork projects

Feb 12, 08 6:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Yahoo chief exec Jerry Yang has secret plans that he hopes will dramatically boost the internet giant's share price, insiders tell Valleywag. Yahoo has turned down Microsoft's $31 per share offer, and while rumor has it that the company's board is holding out for $36, Yang is said to be... More »

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social networking • Yahoo • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • Jerry Yang

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

Yahoo Searches for Answer to Microsoft Bid

Company would like to stay independent, but the odds look bad

Feb 6, 08 12:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Yahoo is struggling to find shareholder-pleasing alternatives to Microsoft's buyout bid, reports the Wall Street Journal. Selling Yahoo Japan is one possibility. An outsourcing deal with Google for its search ads that could boost revenue 25% is another, yet would raise regulatory issues. And shareholders would need to be convinced... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • shareholders • Jerry Yang

Google to Microsoft:
Not So Fast

Web giant steps in, offers to help Yahoo rebuff rival's advances

Feb 3, 08 9:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Google is offering to help Yahoo thwart Microsoft’s attempts at a hostile takeover, the Wall Street Journal reports. After Microsoft announced its $44.6-billion bid, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt called Yahoo’s Jerry Yang on Friday to bolster talk of an ad search alliance, support Yahoo’s... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • online advertising • antitrust • Jerry Yang • Eric Schmidt • search engine • instant messaging • web email accounts

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