Microsoft’s war against Google
Microsoft is pushing hard to stop Google from teaming up with Yahoo now that the software giant has given up on acquiring the tarnished Internet portal. But antitrust lawyers and technology analysts outside the case don’t think Ballmer & Co. has much of a prayer at stopping the deal from going through. Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune [...]
What makes Google better than Microsoft?
Read the excerpts from Microsoft and Google’s letter to the investors:Microsoft CEO says “Given the evolution of the Web and our strategy, we believe the next generation of search is about the development of an underlying, sustainable business model for the search engine, consumer, and content partner. For example, this past Wednesday we announced our [...]
The Tug of War Begins Again: Microsoft and Yahoo Having a Fresh Round of Talks
Two weeks after saying no to the Yahoo demands, Microsoft is back on the negotiation table with a new deal The world’s biggest software giant and the world’s second biggest Internet search company are back on the negotiation table. A fortnight ago, Microsoft had backed out of the offer made to Yahoo! saying that it [...]
Google Search To Surpass Size of Microsoft Windows in 2009
Why is Microsoft (MSFT) so concerned about Google? (GOOG) Lots of reasons, one of which is this: By this time next year, Google’s search business will be larger and more profitable than the most profitable and legendary monopoly in history–Microsoft Windows. (Just Google’s search business–that doesn’t even include AdSense). Before we go to the numbers, [...]
Google-Yahoo! collects some strange enemies
A weird assortment of lobby groups has come out against Google and Yahoo! working together. Although there is no formal deal in place, lobbyists including the Black Leadership Forum (which represents 35 black activist organisations), the League of Rural Voters and the Corn Growers Association have written to the Justice Department. They warn that any [...]
Microsoft Withdraws Its Bid for Yahoo
Microsoft said Saturday that it was abandoning its blockbuster bid to acquire Yahoo after it raised its offer by $5 billion but Yahoo rejected it as still too low.The about-face followed a meeting in Seattle on Saturday morning between Microsoft’s chief executive, Steven A. Ballmer, and Yahoo’s chief and co-founder, Jerry Yang, according to a [...]
The Silicon Valley triangle: Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft
It’s Friday night and still no word from the Microsoft or Yahoo bunkers. The headlines for today tell the story (see Techmeme). The Wall Street Journal, which appears to be a conduit for the negotiations, has a story, “Microsoft, Yahoo Talks Intensify In Push to Reach a Friendly Deal,” and another one, “Yahoo-Google Pact May [...]
Yahoo rejects Microsoft, report says it may buy AOL
Yahoo Inc., which rejected Microsoft Corp.’s unsolicited $44.6 billion bid Monday as too low, wants to restart merger talks with Time Warner Inc.’s AOL unit, according to a London newspaper. The Times said, without citing its sources, that the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company (NASDAQ: YHOO) is exploring merger talks with AOL, as well as deals with [...]
Yahoo to Reject Microsoft Buyout Offer
Yahoo! Inc., the Internet company that has failed to crack Google Inc.’s dominance of Web search, plans to reject a $44.6 billion takeover bid from Microsoft Corp., a person familiar with the situation said. The board spent a week reviewing the $31-per-share unsolicited offer before deciding it was too low, and directors are likely to [...]
Yahoo seeking ways to avoid Microsoft takeover: Jerry Yang
Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang sent a message to employees on Wednesday, assuring them the firm’s leaders are exploring ways to avoid a takeover by software giant Microsoft. In an email to Yahoo workers, Yang said the board of directors has yet to decide how to respond to Microsoft’s offer to buy the veteran Internet [...]
