Yahoo Exodus
Posted on June 23, 2008 - Filed Under Merger News, Microsoft, Yahoo | Leave a Comment
An interesting undercurrent has been taking place at Yahoo, beginning even before Microsoft’s offer to buy was made and eventually rejected.
The numbers of executives leaving since January 2007 has grown to well over a hundred at last count. Executives, mind you.
Not Over After All?
Posted on May 5, 2008 - Filed Under Merger News, Microsoft, Yahoo | Leave a Comment
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang talked to the press Monday, opening the door to further negotiations if Microsoft is willing to show him the money, or what he considers the appropriate price.
Microsoft’s final bid was $33 and Yahoo held out for $37, or something close to that number, but Ballmer decided on Saturday not to continue […]
Death Knell
Posted on May 4, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Merger News, Microsoft, Yahoo | 1 Comment
Or death nail…..as in the ‘nail in the coffin’. That describes the final decision rendered this weekend by Microsoft as they sent Yahoo a letter detailing their reasons for no longer pursuing a merger.
That’s right. It’s over. The merger is off. As we blogged on 4/30, there were just too many dollars separating the […]
Merger Update
Posted on April 30, 2008 - Filed Under Merger News, Microsoft, Yahoo | Leave a Comment
Microsoft’s board met today to discuss its stand-off with Yahoo over its takeover offer, but failed to reach a decision on what to do next.The board is still considering whether to adopt a hostile approach and nominate a proxy slate of directors to replace the existing board, place a bigger offer on the table, or […]
Read More..>>Defrag
Posted on April 25, 2008 - Filed Under Merger News, Microsoft, Yahoo | Leave a Comment
Just as you defrag your hard drive to optimize accessing data and speeding the process of doing so, Yahoo has announced its equivalent by introducing the basic structure of plans to defragment its network of users.
Read More..>>Microsoft/Yahoo/Google/AOL
Posted on April 12, 2008 - Filed Under AOL, Google, Internet, Merger News, Microsoft, Politics, Yahoo | Leave a Comment
Shoot, let’s just merge ‘em all. Call it MYGAL or something. Gotta be good for the Internet, huh? Guess who may be the most interested in where things are moving since a trial advertising agreement was just reached where Google provides search results advertising to Yahoo? Well, it’s the boys up in big W,DC.
Read More..>>Here They Go Again
Posted on February 12, 2008 - Filed Under Merger News | 1 Comment
Wasn’t it just last May that MSFT and YHOO were looking at some sort of partnership, if not outright merger? Those talks broke off almost before they got started with analysts saying that Yahoo was worth $50Bil. What are they worth now? In the interim, GOOG has increased its hold on search plus a myriad […]
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