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  • Microsoft, Icahn join forces for Yahoo takeover

    Investor activist Carl Icahn and Microsoft on Monday asked Yahoo investors to oust Yahoo's board and in its place elect Icahn's dissident slate, potentially paving the way for a purchase of the internet company in its entirety or just its search assets.

  • Icahn dons the gloves ahead of Yahoo proxy fight

    Yahoo announced on Tuesday that it will hold its annual shareholders meeting on 1 August, setting the stage for a contentious proxy battle with billionaire shareholder Carl Icahn.

  • Microsoft gives Yahoo three weeks to do a deal

    Microsoft on Saturday issued an ultimatum to Yahoo, giving the Internet search pioneer three weeks to enter formal merger negotiations and conclude a deal.

  • Yahoo CEO Yang to step down

    Yahoo, under fierce financial pressure, has begun a search to replace company co-founder Jerry Yang as chief executive, the company said late Monday in the US.

  • Microsoft makes Yahoo a new offer

    Microsoft announced on Sunday afternoon it has issued another proposal to Yahoo that calls for a transaction with the company but would not involve the acquisition of all of its assets.

  • Yahoo's backdoor promising for Microsoft entry

    Microsoft has tried the front-door approach in wooing Yahoo. But, pssst, the backdoor is unlocked.

  • Yahoo to investors: Help us push Microsoft bid up

    Without a competing suitor to push Microsoft's unsolicited bid higher, Yahoo is turning to its investors to get that job done.

  • Microsoft shows some FAST love with search buy

    The software giant has announced an offer to acquire Norwegian enterprise search provider FAST, ending months of speculation of a planned move into the premium search market.

  • Yahoo will go slow over Microsoft bid

    For those wondering how long Yahoo may take to respond to Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover bid, Yahoo says don't hold your breath.

  • Microsoft makes $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo

    Microsoft went public on Friday with a US$44.6 billion cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo.

  • Yahoo-Microsoft "bear hug" hard to resist

    The bold bid unveiled by Microsoft for Yahoo would create a technology titan of unprecedented size to challenge the Internet leadership established by Google, analysts believe.

  • Yang unlikely to yield to Ballmer

    Yahoo may indeed agree to Microsoft's US$44.6 billion bear hug, but it will be over Jerry Yang's dead body.

  • Google loves Apple's iPhone

    The chief executive of Google Eric Schmidt was showing off his iPhone at a press conference in France, where he said that Apple's mobile handset would be ideal for hosting applications.

  • Yahoo search update gets mixed reviews

    Yahoo introduced changes to its search engine this week that were meant to improve the quality of search results, but the update is making some Webmasters grumpy.

  • Google worm turns to AOL and Yahoo

    Days after Google acted to thwart the Santy worm, security firms warned that variants have begun to spread again using both Google and other search engines.

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