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Microsoft Wants Yahoo

"Long-term, a Microsoft-Yahoo! combination could pose a greater competitive risk to Google. But, near-term, we'd be skeptical that search users' overwhelming preference for Google would change." -Mark S. Mahaney

Look out Google: Microsoft is keen to compete, with its offer to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion in cash and stock. The deal was shot down, but Microsoft has made it clear that it will stop at nothing to take over the company. Such a move could redraw the landscape in Internet consumer services, where Microsoft and Yahoo have long stayed in Google's shadow.

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March 2008
- Even Google Not Immune in Downturn
  
  Los Angeles Times | Mar 5, 08 6:48 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - After a hitting record high in November, Google shares have fallen 40%, reports the Los Angeles Times. Investors are concerned that a downturn in consumer spending could slow Google's growth—previously thought to be recession-proof. "Now the shine is off Google, whether deservedly or not," one media analyst said of the pioneering search giant. More »
- Yahoo Buys Time to Delay Proxy Battle
  
  New York Times | 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 or joint venture with Time Warner’s AOL. Microsoft’s bid currently is worth $41.2 billion. More »
- Yahoo Debuts 'Smart' Mobile Bookmarking Tool
  
  Reuters | Mar 4, 08 3:25 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Yahoo, keeping up its relentless pace of product launches, announced the debut of a Web bookmarking service for cell phones intended to help users organize their mobile Internet experience, Reuters reports. Called OnePlace, the tool allows users to mark not just individual sites but a collection of 'smart' content feeds providing updates tailored to the nature of a user’s favorite topics. More »
- Come See the Softer Side of Microsoft
  
  San Jose Mercury News | Mar 2, 08 8:18 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Yahoo executives, take note: Microsoft is trying to shed its bully reputation in Silicon Valley in favor of a kinder, gentler, hands-off approach to the smaller start-ups it acquires, the San Jose Mercury News says. Company officials want it known that this isn’t your older brother’s Microsoft—the one that suffocated Netscape, intimidated venture capitalists, and allegedly swiped competitors’ ideas. More »
February 2008
- Higher Bid Could Rattle Yahoo Holders
  
  MarketWatch | Feb 27, 08 9:24 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A new Microsoft bid to take over Yahoo will do little to quash Yahoo holders' worries— primarily because many of them have greater holdings in Microsoft itself, reports MarketWatch. Eighteen of Yahoo's top shareholders—comprising 42% of its shares—have greater investments in the software Goliath "and could likely be hurt by a higher offer," says analyst David Hilal. More »
- Asia May Be Yahoo's Trump Card
  
  Wall Street Journal | Feb 27, 08 8:37 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A revised Microsoft bid for Yahoo may be heavily influenced by Yahoo’s Asian interests, reports the Wall Street Journal. Microsoft execs toured Asia in December and concluded that they needed a local partner there. Yahoo holds large stakes in a Korean auction site, a major Chinese search engine, and Yahoo Japan. These footholds, while passive investments now, may be the key to success in Asia, which an analyst calls "an underdeveloped but massive market." More »
- Quiet on Microsoft, Yahoo Teases Debut of Digg Rival
  
  CNET | 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 talking the proposal over with company board in order to ensure that Yahoo makes the right decision. More »
- Microsoft Talks Tough; Proxy Battle Likely
  
  Wall Street Journal | 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 Microsoft in the form of Yahoo employee animosity and attrition. More »
- Microsoft to Engineer Proxy Fight for Yahoo's Board
  
  New York Times | Feb 19, 08 12:49 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Rather than raise its $44.6 billion hostile takeover bid, Microsoft will start a proxy fight at Yahoo, with an eye to nominating a slate of directors for the board by mid-March. The hardball tactic will cost less than upping the bid—$20 million or $30 million will pay a proxy solicitor and buy shareholder mailers—but it comes with real downsides, the New York Times reports. More »
- Microsoft’s Yahoo Bid 'Ridiculous'
  
  Reuters | 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 is not going to earn anything like a reasonable rate of return in Yahoo." An increased bid, which Yahoo is seeking, would be even worse, he says. More »
- Yang Justifies Rejected Microsoft Bid
  
  New York Times | 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 widely-known name, its monthly traffic of 500 million visitors, and its dominance of the display ad market. More »
- News Corp. Talks Deal With Yahoo
  
  Wall Street Journal | Feb 13, 08 2:36 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - News Corp. and Yahoo are in talks over combining MySpace and other News Corp. entities with Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports today. The deal, which could fend off Microsoft's $44.6 billion hostile takeover bid, would allow Yahoo to remain independent while giving the Murdoch-run company a stake of roughly 20%. An acquisition by Microsoft still seems the most likely outcome, but Yahoo is scrambling for other options. More »
- Yahoo Loses Leverage as Google Ad Deal Fades
  
  Wall Street Journal | Feb 13, 08 7:13 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A potential advertising deal linking Google and Yahoo is losing steam because of Google's concerns over regulatory scrutiny, reports the Wall Street Journal, and that in turn removes one lever Yahoo hoped to use to boost Microsoft's buyout bid . Yahoo’s second largest shareholder, meanwhile, said yesterday that Microsoft’s takeover likely will succeed, but at a higher price than the $41.7 billion, or $31 per share, offered. More »
- Secret Yang Plan to Save Yahoo
  
  Valleywag | 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 against selling at any price until his plans to make Yahoo more "relevant" bear fruit.