Microhoo

Source: blogs.reuters.com --- 37 days ago
He talked, he cajoled, he wrote stern letters, and issued threatening press releases. Now, it’s really on: Activist investor Carl Icahn filed a proxy on Monday to nominate a slate of nine directors to replace Yahoo’s board and to oust co-founder and current CEO Jerry Yang. This came after a weekend dust-up in which Yahoo’s board [...] ...

Source: money.cnn.com --- 30 days ago
There's a new twist in the Microhoo takeover saga and Wall Street is busy trying to figure out what it means. ...

Source: www.news.com --- 23 days ago
Stewart Butterfield, who left Yahoo earlier this month, says he wishes Microsoft's acquisition of Yahoo had succeeded. ...

Source: www.news.com --- 13 days ago
The Google-Yahoo-Microsoft power struggle has only made Google, which controls nearly 70 percent of search market share, stronger. ...

Source: www.news.com --- 42 days ago
Although deals can break on dollars and sense, it often comes down to people and the chemistry between the principals. ...

Source: blogs.wsj.com --- 48 days ago
Another buyout bites the dust. This time it is Penn National Gaming. The casino operator and its buyers, Fortress Investment Group and Centerbridge Partners, agreed to terminate the proposed $6.1 billion acquisition. Given where Penn National’s shares were trading this isn’t altogether unexpected. Dan Primack over at peHUB, however, offers up one reason he does find [...] ...

Source: blogs.zdnet.com --- 19 days ago
Something doesn't smell quite right here. Techcrunch reports earlier today that Jonathan Miller, former AOL chief executive and one of the names that popped up as part of Team Icahn on the newly expanded Yahoo board, has been blocked from serving on that board by a non-compete clause in his contract with Time Warner. Then, Silicon Valley Insider reports that Time Warner - which spoke "on-the-record" with the blog - never gave Miller the OK to serve on Yahoo's board and that Miller's contract prevents him from working "for a variety of competitors, including Yahoo, until of March of 2009." Would Time Warner's spokesman really go on-the-record to say that Miller was never given the OK, even though that news... ...

Source: blogs.zdnet.com --- 32 days ago
Microsoft interminable hunt to cobble together an ad platform with greater market share continues, reaching now into AOL territory. There is merit in the goal, though much risk in the path which leads to it. ...

Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com --- 49 days ago
Commenting on the latest development in the long-running corporate saga that has become known not so affectionately as Microhoo, financial blogger Paul Kedrosky wrote Tuesday night: "I can almost not bear to type these irritating words -- Microsoft is messing with Yahoo again." Can't bear to write them? Some people can't bear to read them. The long dance between the two companies got another nudge with a long story on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal. The WSJ says that Microsoft is continuing to talk with potential partners, including Time Warner and News Corp., about ways it might end up with Yahoo's search business. The piece also goes into great detail about how we got to this point, with some funny stories about Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer and Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang meeting for golf with mutual friends in Montana and laughing as they discuss a potential deal on Yang's plane. And then there was this gem:On April 15, the two sides met in Oregon at the Portland offices of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, the former law firm of Microsoft founder Bill Gates's father. With both companies concerned about leaks, Microsoft took pains to ensure that the meeting remained a secret. It instructed Mr. Yang and his coterie of advisers to drive to the back of the building, where a woman holding a closed red umbrella would be waiting for them at the loading dock.Golf games? Giggles? And a woman with a red ...

Source: www.imediaconnection.com --- 47 days ago
After secret talks  between Microsoft and Yahoo broke down earlier this week, ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 44 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo's board next month, saying that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 36 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo has rejected Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a "take or leave it" proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its internet franchise. As described by Yahoo in a... ...

Source: adage.com --- 49 days ago
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- You didn't think it was over, did you? As Yahoo's stock has fallen dangerously low -- almost to sub-$20 levels that preceded Microsoft's takeover bid back in February -- Microsoft is looking for partners to help it break up Yahoo so that it can nab its search business, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 34 days ago
SUNNYVALE - Yahoo has sent a letter to shareholders in which it called Microsoft's actions in its dance to acquire all or part of the internet company "stupefying." The letter from Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and Chief Executive... ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 49 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO - Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp and Time Warner. The latest twist in Microsoft's convoluted courtship... ...

Source: www.microsoft-watch.com --- 49 days ago
News Commentary. Rumors Microsoft wants to break up Yahoo make sense to me. Steveo won't let go.... ...

Source: feeds.portfolio.com --- 13 days ago
Marketers are bummed that Microhoo never worked out since it only boosts Google, to which they're always seeking alternatives. [ CNET ] LinuxWorld starts today and for the first time, it's mainly a corporate affair. [ CNET ] Google launches free music search service in China. [ AP] A few entrepreneurs have built an engine that predicts the future valuation of startups. [ TechCrunch ] Nick Denton disses the Los Angeles Times ' website. As if the folks there needed any help feeling dissed. [ SAI ] Security analyst says a big gaping hole still exists in corporate servers, opening them up to cyber criminals. [ WaPo ] Related Links Is Blodget Back to His Old Tricks? How Google is Like a Hedge Fund How Now Dow? ...

Source: www.itworldcanada.com --- 44 days ago
Now that investor Carl Icahn is pushing to fire Yahoo’s directors, Microsoft says it would be interested in making another offer to buy the search firm. Are Jerry Yang’s days numbered? ...

Source: www.itbusinessedge.com --- 43 days ago
As activist investor Carl Icahn cozies up to Microsoft in an effort to turn up the pressure on Yahoo, Yahoo has re-entered merger talks with Time Warner, reports Times Online. Microsoft announced Monday that, yes, it would come back to the bargaining table for a full buyout of Yahoo if shareholders oust its board of directors. [...] ...