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  • Microsoft-Yahoo combo could mean one fewer exit for upstarts

    In the world of Internet investing, there are generally two get-rich exit strategies: acquisition or initial public offering.

  • No Yahoo talks; Windows 7 on track

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday in the US that its on-again, off-again talks with Yahoo were firmly in the "off-again" phase.

  • Microsoft no longer interested in Yahoo?

    Microsoft's efforts to reach some sort of arrangement with Yahoo have broken down again, Yahoo confirmed on Thursday.

  • Ballmer: From the frying pan to the firing line

    In these eBay days, buyer's remorse is increasingly common. Less common is the remorse of the unbought a sensation now widely reported among major Yahoo shareholders in the wake of Ballmer's retreat.

  • Microsoft and News Corp to bid for Yahoo

    A month after Rupert Murdoch said News Corp is too small to compete for Yahoo, the media giant is teaming up with Microsoft in a joint take over bid for Yahoo, which would see MySpace brought into the mix.

  • EU extends review of Google/DoubleClick merger

    European Commission's decision to take a deeper look at the proposed merger potentially puts the deal at risk.

  • Google DoubleClick merger gets ACCC go-ahead

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it will not intervene into Google's US$3.1 billion acquisition of ad-serving company DoubleClick.

  • Flickr founder knocks Yahoo

    During a visit to Australia this week, Flickr founder and former Yahoo staffer Stewart Butterfield criticised the search giant for its lack of an innovative culture compared to rival Google.

  • How do you get bought out by Google?

    Start-ups and venture capitalists often dream of the multimillion-dollar buyout, if not the lucrative IPO. So technology upstarts might perk up to hear the inside scoop from Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft on their acquisitions.

  • Google: Microsoft's Yahoo bid threatens openness

    A Microsoft-Yahoo merger could threaten the openness on which the Internet is based, according to a Google executive.

  • Microsoft deploys anti-Google lobbyists

    It's official: Microsoft is deploying lobbyists to oppose Google's proposed purchase of DoubleClick, which it claims raise "serious competitive issues" in the online-ad space.

  • 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.

  • Bill Gates: We're not looking for another Yahoo

    With its multibillion-dollar Yahoo merger bid yanked from the table, the Microsoft chairman said at a Tokyo press conference on Wednesday that the software giant has no immediate plans to jump on another deal.

  • 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.

  • Google treads on PowerPoint turf

    Google is adding a feature to its Docs & Spreadsheets Web-hosted software that will enable people to create presentations and slide shows, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday at the Web 2.0 Expo.

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