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As rumored last week, Microsoft, with the notion of a Yahoo deal receding quickly in the rear-view mirror, is taking another tack in its efforts to stem the dominance of Google search — rather than playing catch up, it wants to try leapfrog. Today, Microsoft confirmed an agreement to buy Powerset, one of the leaders [...]

For years the big problem with Flash-based websites is that they could not be properly indexed by search engines. Flash websites have been favored by marketers and advertisers for a long time, because of the ability to create rich, interactive Web experiences. However for most other businesses, particularly those with a lot of information on [...]

Yahoo and Google have confirmed that they are indeed entering into a partnership around search advertising, a story we broke earlier today. Google’s blog post on the agreement is here. —The deal is non-exclusive. Yahoo will be able to run Google ads alongside Yahoo ads or other ad providers.—The deal is expected to add $800 [...]

Rather than make an all-out acquisition, Microsoft Corp. has proposed buying Yahoo Inc.’s search business and taking a minority stake in the company, according to a report. The complex deal, reported Tuesday by Reuters citing an anonymous source, would also involve Yahoo putting its Asian assets, which include sizable stakes in Yahoo Japan and China’s [...]

Microsoft set the clock ticking for Yahoo to accept its $41 billion buyout offer in a letter to the Internet pioneer’s board Saturday, warning that if a deal wasn’t reached by April 26 the software maker would launch a hostile takeover at a less attractive price. “If we have not concluded an agreement within the [...]

Pink slips have reached India’s tech capital Bangalore with the online giant Yahoo! chopping at least 40 jobs in a single day at its development centre. The job cuts have come as a shock for the Yahoo! India employees who were given just 30 minutes to exit their workplace. Some of the emotionally distraught employees [...]

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 Inc would consider a business alliance with Google Inc as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with Yahoo’s strategy said on Sunday. Yahoo management is considering revisiting talks it held with Google several months ago on an alliance as an alternative to Microsoft’s bid, that source [...]

Yahoo Inc on Monday rejected as too low Microsoft Corp’s unsolicited takeover offer, currently valued at $42 billion, putting the ball back in the software giant’s court to pursue a deal. In a statement, Yahoo said its board unanimously concluded the proposal was not in the best interests of its shareholders. The company said the [...]