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April 2008
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Why Ballmer should walk away from Yahoo [Acquisitions]
From Valleywag | April 30, 2008MSteve Ballmer must be itching for a fight. The culture he built at Microsoft prizes confrontation, and taking its bid for Yahoo directly... more
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Ready To Rumble: Here’s Who Microsoft Will Bring To a Hostile Fight...
From TechCrunch | April 29, 2008Microsoft does not like to be rushed. Everyone is waiting for its next move, now that the deadline it set for Yahoo to accept its takeover... more
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Reunion.com hires one of Yahoo's most hated execs [Rachel Glaser]
From Valleywag | April 29, 2008A high-level hire by a rival is usually bad news. So why do I suspect insiders at Classmates.com are rejoicing at the news that former Yahoo... more
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GMAC Loses $589m in Q1
From The Truth About Cars | April 29, 2008GMAC is the lender underwriting the vast majority of GM dealers' loans, facilitating the finance that's been fueling GM sales. GMAC... more
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JAJAH Lands 97 Million Yahoo Users
From TechCrunch | April 29, 2008VOIP provider JAJAH has just got a welcome boost via a deal with Yahoo that will see JAJAH power premium voice on Yahoo Messenger. Under the... more
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Interview With Citi Analyst Mark Mahaney On Yahoo/Microsoft/Google
From TechCrunch | April 29, 2008Citi’s Internet Analyst Mark Mahaney has been at the center of the Microsoft/Yahoo takeover battle since the beginning. On February... more
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Email startup tries to hurry Microsoft-Yahoo merger [Xobni]
From Valleywag | April 29, 2008Former Yahoo executive Jeff Bonforte, now CEO of Xobni, has come up with possibly the most cynical yet useful product ever launched by a startup... more
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San Jose Mercury News inadvertently offers most accurate analysis...
From Valleywag | April 29, 2008Wondering what a Microsoft takeover will mean for the Yahoos? Front-page editors at the San Jose Mercury News offer what one hopes will be... more
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Xobni’s Secret Project: Merge Outlook With Yahoo Mail
From TechCrunch | April 28, 2008E-mail startup Xobni may or may not be in acquisition talks with Microsoft (they say no), but they do have a nifty project up their sleeves... more
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While wantrepreneurs worry about a recession, it's a great time...
From Valleywag | April 28, 2008newVideoPlayer("VC_love_the_downturn.flv", undefined, NaN,""); During an economic downturn, Scale Venture Partners' Sharon Wienbar explains... more
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Morgan Stanley’s March Internet Trends Report: Social!
From TechCrunch | April 28, 2008Morgan Stanley’s Internet Trends report from last month takes a big turn from previous reports - the focus is nearly 100% on social... more
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Will The Microsoft Hammer Fall This Week?
From TechCrunch | April 28, 2008“If we have not concluded an agreement within the next three weeks, we will be compelled to take our case directly to your shareholders... more
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Microsoft's Yahoo Bid Deadline Passes, World Doesn't End [Microsoft...
From Gizmodo | April 28, 2008Yahoo! and Microsoft have failed to agree on a takeover deal. The deadline for the deal was last weekend, and Saturday came and went without... more
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Futures edge up; battle for Yahoo, Fed in focus
From Reuters: Business News | April 28, 2008LONDON (Reuters) - Stock futures edged up in Europe on Monday, suggesting a rise on Wall Street after a modest rally last week and as the... more
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Microsoft Takeover Deadline For Yahoo Passes With No Deal
From Huffington Post | April 28, 2008A Microsoft deadline for Internet service company Yahoo to accept its 44.6 billion-dollar (28.5 billion-euro) acquisition offer expired at... more
