Ex-Yahoo Database Guru Zawodny Joining Craigslist (YHOO) Former Yahoo database expert Jeremy Zawodny said he was leaving the company last week because "something very compelling" came along to lure him away. Turns out tha [..]
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DOJ Investigating Yahoo's Ad Pact With Google The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Yahoo's recent collaboration with Google (GOOG) on search advertising, a key defense against Microsoft's (MSFT) takeover bid.
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Yahoo: Sending You A Text, Advertising Included Yahoo is about to try the only type of mobile advertising that has even close to caught on--text messages. The WSJ reports the company is set to announce a partnership with Silicon Vall [..]
Jerry: I'm Absolutely The Right Guy To Lead Yahoo From the Kara Swisher interview:
[I]n this uncertain environment, I think I am absolutely the right person [to lead Yahoo]. Times like this require a leader who really understands this company an [..]
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Microsoft: No Plans To Raise Yahoo Bid (Yet) Microsoft (MSFT) plans to continue to stand firm on its Yahoo (YHOO) bid, the WSJ says--a report that will likely come as a disappointment to those hoping for a pre-emptive hike. We still expect [..]
Microsoft! offers! Yahoo! less! New deal on the table
Microsoft said yesterday that a deal with Yahoo!, but not a full-blown acquisition, is still very much on the table.
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If Icahn Wins And MSFT Buys Yahoo, YHOO Goes to $30. Big Whoop As traders wait on the edge of their seats for the latest crumbs of info about the "leanings" of the great Carl Icahn--this morning, it was "leaning toward Yahoo (YHOO) proxy fight"--it's wo [..]
DoJ to probe Google Yahoo! deal While Microsoft seeks partners for renewed bid
The US Department of Justice is to open a formal investigation into Yahoo!’s partnership with Google, fearing it will reduce competition in the online advertising market.
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Yahoo To Blow Mass Firing Announcement, Paralyze Company Yahoo will not announce a specific number of firings this afternoon, Kara Swisher says. Instead, it will talk vaguely about the huge coming cost cuts necessary for the company to survive the tanking ad market.
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Yahoo appropriately calls BS on Microsoft's latest this morning. Specifically, it says it is perfectly willing to have Microsoft buy it. So if Microsoft is really serious again, why doesn' [..]
Former Yahoo database expert Jeremy Zawodny said he was leaving the company last week because "something very compelling" came along to lure him away. Turns out tha [..]
Yahoo is about to try the only type of mobile advertising that has even close to caught on--text messages. The WSJ reports the company is set to announce a partnership with Silicon Vall [..]
We were encouraged when we heard that Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo (YHOO) are now talking about an "alternative transaction". We thought that, finally, the companies might b [..]
Andrew Ross Sorkin reports from Sun Valley that Yahoo shareholders will now accept, gasp, less than $33 for the company. Some are even willing to sell for $31.50! Carl Icahn, meanwhile, [..]
The Times Of London adds a few more details to the "Yahoo, everyone, talking to everyone" story from last week: It says that Yahoo's bankers spent the holiday weekend talking to Time Warne [..]
The SEC filing for the Google-Yahoo search deal has one interesting tidbit: An escape clause designed specifically with Microsoft, Time Warner, or News Corp in mi [..]
