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Yahoo Saga: Microsoft Investors Weigh In July 22, 2008

Amid Microsoft's quest to acquire all or part of Yahoo, made public a half-year ago, media attention has zeroed in on Yahoo shareholders, and how they stand to gain or...

Microsoft-Yahoo: Desperation Sets In May 20, 2008

When Microsoft announced May 3 that it was dropping its $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo (BusinessWeek.com, 5/3/08), executives said the company had "moved on." Clearly, ...

Microsoft Drops Bid for Yahoo May 03, 2008

Microsoft (MSFT) announced on May 3 it was dropping its unsolicited bid to buy Yahoo! (YHOO). The surprise move came after a day in which it appeared the two companies...

Microsoft-Yahoo: Motivated Buyer Yet? April 11, 2008

Yahoo! investor Larry Haverty has newfound respect for the man who runs the company whose shares he owns. Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang earned those props after Apr. 9 ...

Microsoft-Yahoo: The Lingering Saga July 03, 2008

How quickly things change. Just two months ago, Microsoft (MSFT) seemed desperate to gobble up Yahoo! (YHOO) whole, offering to buy the entire Internet company for $33...

Microsoft Bucks the Tech Trend January 25, 2008

Investors bruised by this year's tech-stock rout found a balm in Microsoft's fiscal second-quarter results released on Jan. 24. It wasn't the blockbuster results that ...

Microsoft's Statement on Yahoo June 12, 2008

June 12, 2008 Microsoft Corp. today issued the following statement: "In the weeks since Microsoft withdrew its offer to acquire Yahoo!, the two companies have ...

Microsoft Joins Free Security Software Push December 08, 2008

Two years ago, Microsoft rankled computer-security software vendors by jumping into their market (BusinessWeek.com, 6/1/06). Now the company is again creating waves by...

Microsoft Gives MSN an Overdue Face-lift November 04, 2009

In the formative days of the Internet economy, Microsoft (MSFT) put a high priority on its Microsoft Network, MSN. Time and again it repositioned the service, morphing...

Microsoft Taps Europe for Search R&D October 06, 2008

Microsoft will set up a Search Technology Centre designed to help its Live Search gain on search leaders Google and Yahoo!, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer ...

Investors Pummel Microsoft; IBM Impresses July 18, 2008

Just as Microsoft allayed one set of fears with its fourth-quarter earnings results on July 17, it inflamed a new one. Wall Street headed into the report fretting that...

Microsoft Research Keeps Dreaming Big August 27, 2009

Rick Rashid, head of Microsoft's (MSFT) research arm, oversees 850 of the brainiest people in the technology industry. But he doesn't push them to help the Microsoft ...

Microsoft Joins One Laptop per Child May 15, 2008

Just four months after a messy breakup with tech giant Intel (INTC), the One Laptop per Child organization on May 15 announced an alliance with another tech ...

Ballmer: Microsoft Still Wants Yahoo March 19, 2009

Microsoft (MSFT) Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says he's still interested in buying Yahoo! (YHOO), or at least part of it. Even though Yahoo's previous management ...

Microsoft Defends Its Empire June 24, 2009

When a Microsoft (MSFT) salesman dropped by IT consultant Westcon Group's Tarrytown (N.Y.) headquarters for a round of negotiations in late 2008, Westcon's chief ...