reuters.com - 7/18/2009
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Alexei Oreskovic and Bill Rigby SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn spoke out in favor of a search deal between Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp, as talks between the two companies appeared to regain momentum. Icahn declined to comment on the state of any negotiations ...
kara.allthingsd.com - 7/17/2009
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Unless there is some major glitch, there might
finally be a search and online advertising deal struck...
between Yahoo and Microsoft at long last. Top executives at Microsoft--including SVP of the Online Audience Business Group Yusuf Mehdi, search ...
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Yahoo Search Ad Deal With Microsoft “Down to the Short ...
kara.allthingsd.com - 7/22/2009
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kara.allthingsd.com —
Yahoo plans on announcing Thursday that it has
bought Xoopit for a price in the $20 million...
range, according to several sources, one of its first acquisitions in a long while. Reached late this afternoon by BoomTown, a Yahoo spokeswoman declined ...
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Yahoo to Acquire Xoopit for About $20 Million
reuters.com - 7/20/2009
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reuters.com —
Bill Rigby SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will
likely report the first annual sales dip in its...
history as a public company, but investors are looking beyond that for upbeat comments on Windows 7, signs of a tech sector recovery, and even a deal ...
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Microsoft deal talk, optimism overshadow results
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... appeared to regain momentum. Reuters Microsoft changes IE8 default settings Microsoft has made changes to the first-run experience in its Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) browser to allow users to more easily change their default browser selection. ...
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Saturday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki 11:32 PM on July 18, 2009 Saturday [H] Enthusiast reports VisionTek responds to rumors of bankruptcy TG Daily reports IBM sued over DRAM patents and Apple, Microsoft, other sued over touch pad products Yahoo search ad deal with Microsoft " down to the short strokes " - but caution also advised Yahoo board member Icahn wants Microsoft deal Sony Ericsson summarizes Q2 financially, loses more ground DailyTech reports Apple Computer sales slow , may have dropped to 5th place ...
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