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 The last word on Microsoft-Yahoo is that the companies are furiously discussing a byzantine transaction in which Microsoft buys Yahoo's search business and that Microsoft is holding open the possibility of buying the whole company. So what to make of Ray Ozzie's comments this morning at a conference in New York?
Ray, as quoted by MarketWatch:
Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp.'s chief software architect, said Wednesday that the software giant would "still love to discuss possibilities with Yahoo," but didn't go into details of what the two companies might do together. Ozzie was speaking at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York.
Four interpretations:
- Ray was misquoted.
- Ray is WAY out of the loop (Microsoft and Yahoo resumed talks about ten days ago).
- Ray let slip that talks have cooled.
- Ray misspoke.
No offense to Ray, but we're guessing the latter. Trying to confirm...
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| Microsoft and Yahoo In Talks to Avoid Hostile Fight or Bid Withdrawal* |  Not "formal" talks, says Kara Swisher, who reported them. Just "informal talks." Which of course are the same thing:
According to sources close to both companies, there are informal
discussions now taking place between Yahoo (YHOO) and Microsoft
(MSFT)-via bankers, board members, shareholders and others close to
both companies-to try to prevent a hostile take [..] Read complete article | | Published 29-Apr-2008 by Silicon in MSFTYHOO
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| Yahoo! talks! to! Time! Warner? | | And others…
Yahoo! spent the holiday weekend locked in talks with Time Warner. The two are looking for a way to split Yahoo! up in order to fend off Microsoft’s takeover attempt.
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| News Corp On Microsoft, Yahoo: Talks? What Talks? | | Asked several times about News Corp.'s interest in combining its MySpace/FIM properties with Yahoo, Microsoft or anyone else, COO Peter Chernin waved off the question during the company's Q3 call. News Corp. is happy where it is, and isn't intent on doing a deal, he said.
Then again, Chernin wasn't emphatic about it. The company is "willing to have strategic conversations if they made se [..] Read complete article | | Published 07-May-2008 by Silicon in NWSTWXMSFT
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| Microsoft eyes AOL takeover | | But is it for real?
Microhoo Time Warner is still trying to flog AOL to either Yahoo! or Microsoft in the event that their on-off merger talks ending completely.
TheRegister [..] Read complete article | | Published 17-Jul-2008 by Nerdblog in General
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