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Microsoft Acquires Greenfield Online for $486 Million

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2008-08-29 13:00:17 by Stan Schroeder in Mashable!
Microsoft has announced that it will acquire Greenfield Online Inc , a company that owns Ciao GmbH, a leading European shopping and price comparison site. Microsoft will purchase all outstanding shares of Greenfield Online for $17.50 per share, which means that the total value of the transaction is approx. 486 million dollars. As others have...
 
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Why Did Microsoft Choose Seinfeld for their?

2008-08-29 09:48:18 by Milo in Windows Vista Weblog
 
...Microsofts 300 million dollar campaign and asked whether he was the right man for the job ( found here ). In my own excerpt: Anyways, Seinfeld could give Microsoft Vista a boost but I dont think he is at the top of his career right now to make that happen. Seriously, I would rather get Adam Sandler to do the job. If Adam can use Vista, then...
 
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Lacking Anything Better to Say, Microsoft Blasts Google on Privacy

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2008-08-29 08:41:38 by Stan Schroeder in Mashable!
...Microsoft complains about Googles privacy policies again. Talking to ZDNet.com.au , Microsofts chief privacy strategist Peter Cullen said that Googles a great company, got some great products, but you know in some respects I think Google is where Microsoft was seven or 10 years ago This might even be true, but Cullens reasoning doesnt sound...
 
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No, Microsoft Doesnt Own CyberNet

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2008-08-29 16:47:18 by Ryan in CyberNet
...Microsoft Corporation, and places to contact us are the Internet Explorer Developer Center, Engineering Windows 7 blog, and other Microsoft-owned sites Click to Enlarge Wow! If Microsoft owns us they sure arent paying us very well. And where are my free lunches? Not to mention the fact that wed probably be exiled from the Redmond campus by...
 
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Microsoft Buying Research/Shopping Engine Outfit Greenfield Online, Carving It Up (MSFT)

2008-08-29 07:30:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
 
Microsoft is paying $486 million for Greenfield Online, which runs an Internet survey businesss and Ciao, a European comparison shopping engine. Redmond plans on immediately selling off the survey business to an unnamed buyer. From one of two releases Microsoft put out to explain the deal Ciao is a comprehensive source for intelligent shopping...
 
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Microsoft To Acquire Ciao For $486 Million

2008-08-29 14:45:11 by Charles Knight in Alt Search Engines
 
...Microsoft officials said the sites would be integrated into its Live Search portal in Europe, where Ciao is most popular
 
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Yahoo Smart To Reject Latest Microsoft-Icahn Offer, Which Was Just a Proxy Ploy

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2008-07-13 08:52:00 by Henry Blodget in Silicon Alley Insider
Microsoft (MSFT) and Carl Icahn made another formal, non-negotiable offer on Friday night to buy Yahoo's search assets (without releasing details) and gave the company 24 hours to accept or reject it. Yahoo (YHOO) rejected it. Yahoo also blasted Microsoft for its erratic behavior and "suggested" that Microsoft just buy the whole company for $33...
 
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Yahoo's Yang and Bostock Explain Their Google-Microsoft Decision, Ask For Your Vote

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2008-06-25 22:09:00 by Henry Blodget in Silicon Alley Insider
...Microsoft alternative. They also point out that Carl Icahn has no clue what to do with the company now that Microsoft no longer wants to buy it. They therefore urge you to vote for them at the upcoming shareholder meeting, instead of Carl On the Icahn point, we agree: Carl made a big bet and lost. Better to stick with a management team that...
 
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New Microsoft Offer, Quickly Rejected

2008-07-13 05:22:23 by Michael Arrington in TechCrunch
 
...Microsoft offer to acquire Yahoos search business earlier this evening. The offer, which apparently was made on Friday in cooperation with Yahoo investor Carl Icahn, was a variation on Microsofts previous offer to acquire Yahoos search business in exchange for cash, a partial stock buyout and revenue guarantees, required the complete...
 
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