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By: Red Rover: Microsoft and Icahn lock arms, tell Yahoo to come over » VentureBeat

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:03:40 +0000

[...] Microsoft working with Icahn has seemed more or less inevitable since May, now that it’s in writing, Yahoo finds itself even further backed into a corner. As such, it [...]

By: Microsoft seeks partners for Yahoo scrapyard endeavor » VentureBeat

Microsoft seeks partners for Yahoo scrapyard endeavor » VentureBeat — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:02:15 +0000

[...] a month that this discussion was taking place, would you pick: a) January 2007 b) January 2008 c) May 2008 or d) Right [...]

By: Microsoft/Yahoo dealings go from mostly dead to all dead. » VentureBeat

Microsoft/Yahoo dealings go from mostly dead to all dead. » VentureBeat — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:32:43 +0000

[...] Microsoft and Yahoo continued to meet to discuss possibilities such as Microsoft buying Yahoo’s search business, it was clear the dealings between them were only mostly dead. Today, however, those dealings [...]

By: Icahn gets FTC approval to buy massive amounts of Yahoo stock » VentureBeat

Icahn gets FTC approval to buy massive amounts of Yahoo stock » VentureBeat — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:20:45 +0000

[...] chief executive Jerry Yang met for a round of golf last weekend. They are said to have discussed Microsoft’s new desire to buy just Yahoo’s search business. This follows the failure by both sides to get a deal done that would have merged the two companies [...]

By: Google search share now more than double Yahoo and Microsoft’s — combined » VentureBeat

Thu, 22 May 2008 19:33:57 +0000

[...] other service with a market share in the double digits is Yahoo with 20.4 percent. Incredibly, if Microsoft were to be successful in buying Yahoo’s search business, their two market shares combined would still be less than half of Google’s (29.5 percent [...]

By: Microsoft Live Search: If at first you don’t succeed, pay your users » VentureBeat

Wed, 21 May 2008 15:30:49 +0000

[...] Buying Yahoo’s Search business would be a much more effective way for Microsoft to use its boatloads of money to get ahead in the game. [...]

By: Ballmer’s bad month comes to a head — as eggs fly at his head » VentureBeat

Tue, 20 May 2008 03:21:08 +0000

[...] Something tells me though that if Yahoo signs a search advertising deal with Google — and not Microsoft — he won’t be [...]

By: Marcus Ogawa

Marcus Ogawa — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:54:15 +0000

Seriously, funny photo.

Comedy Gold.

By: Powder keg or conjecture? Microsoft buying Facebook could start Internet War I » VentureBeat

Mon, 19 May 2008 18:18:43 +0000

[...] you heard yesterday that Microsoft was back at the negotiating table with Yahoo, but not about a full acqusition this time, but rather about buying its search business. That [...]

By: MG Siegler

MG Siegler — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:08:59 +0000

Yeah, as I mention I really don't see even this deal helping out either side too much long-term. It'll be a bit of a stopgap and a nice story for a while — 'look a true competitor for Google', but unless either of them comes up with a revolutionary new way of doing things, eventually Microsoft, or someone else, will swallow the whole of Yahoo.

By: MG Siegler

MG Siegler — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:06:32 +0000

Thanks Saumil, glad you liked it.

By: Microsoft to Yahoo: We’ll take what we can get — or we’ll back Icahn

Microsoft to Yahoo: We’ll take what we can get — or we’ll back Icahn — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:53:30 +0000

[...] Jack Flack wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptBarely two weeks after walking away from its proposed deal to buy Yahoo, Microsoft released a statement today that the two sides were back at the negotiating table “in light of developments.” Those developments are billionaire financier … [...]

By: Sachin Balagopalan

Sachin Balagopalan — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:05:06 +0000

Win Win for all the players

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By: Saumil

Saumil — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:03:27 +0000

Read most of the coverage on this news but you have the best photo – thanks for the laugh.