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Yahoo-Microsoft Talks Off, CONFIRMED: Yahoo-Google Have Reached Search Deal

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2008-06-12 20:23:00 by Henry Blodget in Silicon Alley Insider
...deal. The source believes that the deal will start small and ratchet up over time depending on its success. This makes sense, as a small deal will attract far less regulatory scrutiny. It will also contribute less to Yahoo's bottom line. The deal may not be announced this afternoon EARLIER: WSJ reports Microsoft-Yahoo talks have formally...
 
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Why Yahoo Passed On Microsoft's Search Deal (New Details!)

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2008-06-13 19:00:00 by Henry Blodget in Silicon Alley Insider
...deals on the table: A Microsoft (MSFT) search deal and a Google (GOOG) search deal. Yahoo chose the Google deal. After speaking with a person familiar with Microsoft's thinking and a person familiar with Yahoo's thinking, we now have a better sense of why Yahoo chose the Google deal According to the person familiar with Microsoft's thinking,...
 
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Hey Microsoft, How bout We Do That First Deal You Offered?

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2008-06-14 09:38:58 by Michael Arrington in TechCrunch
...deal reveal the desperate, possibly neurotic state of Yahoo these days. Quite simply, it looks to me like Yahoo is effectively paying Google off to step in and (1) keep Jerry Yang, Sue Decker and the current board of directors in power, and (2) avoid a desperation deal with Microsoft for as long as possible, or longer. Its not even clear to...
 
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Antitrust concerns kill Yahoo-Google ad deal

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2008-11-05 15:14:00 by Stephen Shankland in Webware.com
...deal's demise is a new blow to the struggling Internet pioneer, whose stock has plunged since Microsoft offered as much as $33 per share just months ago in an unfriendly acquisition attempt . Yahoo shares closed at $13.35 Tuesday, but rose 57 cents, or 4 percent, to $13.92 in trading Wednesday morning When Yahoo and Google announced the...
 
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Yahoo (YHOO): Yes, We Blew Microsoft Deal, But Please Don't Fire Us

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2008-06-30 16:47:00 by Henry Blodget in Silicon Alley Insider
...deal we rejected in favor of the Google deal. In fact, we suspect Microsoft may never have actually wanted to buy the company Carl Icahn has no plan for the company other than what we've already done: try to sell to Microsoft and sign a search deal with Google Carl Icahn has failed to create value at the vast majority of companies he's...
 
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Yang and the Board eager for Microsoft deal; Icahn still bad for Yahoo

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2008-07-18 07:33:52 by Sardar Mohkim Khan in Startup Meme
...deal with Microsoft , stating that it might sell its shares for $33 each. However there have quite a lot of demands put up that clearly state how exactly the proposal from Microsoft becomes acceptable by Yahoo and the stockholders are guaranteed the real value The letter issued by Roy Bostock and Jerry Yang has clarified as to why they have...
 
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Google, Yahoo Negotiating With Feds On Search Deal

2008-10-14 06:33:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...deal Reworking the deal to include a reporting mechanism could require the companies to disclose more about the mechanics of their closely-guarded search-advertising technology than they want to. And caps on how many Google-sold ads Yahoo can display could limit Yahoo's financial gains from the agreement If the companies reach a settlement...
 
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Microsoft Employees Want To Kill Yahoo Deal (MSFT / YHOO)

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2008-04-24 04:16:00 by Henry Blodget in Silicon Alley Insider
...deal Many Microsoft employees want Microsoft to walk away from the deal Microsoft might stick around and fight The last message was delivered through the WSJ this evening , when Microsoft leaked the names of the some of the directors on its board slate . The first message--we might walk away--was delivered in Milan on Thursday , by Steve...
 
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All Right, Yahoo Bashers, Put a Sock In It: This Is a Good Deal

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2008-06-13 01:09:00 by Henry Blodget in Silicon Alley Insider
...deal--way better than the wacky chop-shop plan Microsoft pr