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Yahoo, Google Close in on Search Ad Deal

A successful system test puts Yahoo in the catbird seat with Microsoft

(Newser) - A deal that would have Google operate Yahoo’s core search ad business may be closer now that the two have successfully tested the system, reports the Wall Street Journal. An agreement would increase Yahoo’s cash flow by as much as $1 billion annually, and give it additional leverage...

Tech Biz Workers Back Barack
 Tech Biz Workers Back Barack 
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Apr 14, 2008 5:19 PM CDT

Tech Biz Workers Back Barack

Young, liberal workers at Google and Yahoo like him

(Newser) - Google and Yahoo workers who have donated to presidential campaigns support Barack Obama, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports, donating significantly more to him than any other candidate. Obama does well with the tech industry as a whole, though his edge is less pronounced at older companies like Microsoft and Apple. Obama...

Yahoo Merger Could Level Online Ad Market

But Google team-up would shrink advertisers' options

(Newser) - Winds of a Yahoo-Microsoft merger have sparked a “nuclear war” in the online-advertising world—and the Google-dominated market could soon see major changes, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Nothing short of a new world order in this space is up for grabs,” says an expert. As Yahoo...

Google Taps Quattrone for Yahoo Advice

It's his first high-profile post since legal troubles last year

(Newser) - Google has hired controversial former dot-com banker Frank Quattrone to advise the company on its increasingly complicated role in Yahoo’s takeover drama, the New York Times reports. It’s Quattrone’s first high-visibility gig since his obstruction-of-justice conviction was overturned last year. Google CEO Eric Schmidt is a longtime...

Yahoo Board Meets as Buyout Options Grow

Microsoft likeliest buyer but battle heats up

(Newser) - Yahoo's board meets today to examine the options for avoiding a hostile takeover by Microsoft, the Wall Street Journal reports. Experts think a Microsoft grab is still the most likely scenario, but the situation has grown increasingly complicated in the midst of discussions of an AOL-Yahoo merger, Yahoo's proposed trial...

Internet Bigwigs Fight NY Law on Tracking Web Users

Companies say they have a right to collect information for advertisers

(Newser) - Google, Yahoo and a bevy of Internet biggies have joined to fight a proposed New York state law that would limit their ability to collect information about people's web habits for advertisers, reports the Wall Street Journal. The coalition says the law would endanger the future of online advertising and...

Yahoo, AOL May Merge; Murdoch-Microsoft In Talks

Two Internet-shaking deals stem from Microsoft-Yahoo talks

(Newser) - Two groundbreaking Internet deals are in the works, both related to Microsoft's desire to take over Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports. In one, Yahoo is considering combining its online operations with Time Warner's AOL. In the other, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is in talks to join Microsoft in its...

Yahoo to Test Google Ads
 Yahoo to Test Google Ads 
Apr 9, 2008 4:56 PM CDT

Yahoo to Test Google Ads

Deal could help company fend off Microsoft or get a improved offer

(Newser) - Yahoo will try carrying ads from Google as it seeks to ward off a takeover by Microsoft—or at least get an improved offer, the Wall Street Journal reports. The test will run two weeks, and only 3% of Yahoo search results will come up with Google ads. Google, in...

Yahoo Investor Calls Microsoft Threat a Blunder

Stakeholder Legg Mason will support Yahoo if Microsoft tries to drop price

(Newser) - Yahoo received a tepid endorsement from its second-largest shareholder yesterday as its takeover battle with suitor Microsoft continued to heat up, the Wall Street Journal reports. Legg Mason, which holds a 7% stake in Yahoo, said it would back an independent Yahoo before it would sell its stake at a...

EU Takes Aim at Search Engines Over Personal Data

Companies should delete users' info within six months, advisory group says

(Newser) - A European advisory body has sharply criticized Internet search companies’ use of personal data, the BBC reports. Its recommendations, likely to be adopted by the European Commission, say search companies should delete users’ information within six months. The opinion comes alongside reports of a new kind of computer cookie that...

Yahoo Plans One-Stop Web-Advertising Shop

Microsoft 'would be foolish to dismantle this,' analyst says of would-be buyer

(Newser) - Aiming to increase revenues in the face of a proposed Microsoft buyout, Yahoo is working on a system that will provide businesses with one-stop shopping for graphic advertisements across Yahoo’s partner sites, the Wall Street Journal reports. The system, called AMP, will let businesses buy ads such as banners—...

Yahoo Says Microsoft Is at Fault on Stalled Talks

Yang fires back after Ballmer ultimatum

(Newser) - Yahoo execs fired back a response this morning to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's weekend ultimatum giving the Yahoo board a deadline of 3 weeks to avoid a hostile takeover. CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock reiterated that the Microsoft offer is still too low—it has declined in value...

Microsoft Threatens Hostile Takeover of Yahoo

Corporation promises proxy battle, threatens lower buyout price

(Newser) - Yahoo has 3 weeks to accept Microsoft’s takeover before things get hostile, Microsoft warned in a letter to Yahoo execs today. “The substantial premium reflected in our initial proposal anticipated a friendly transaction,” wrote Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who promised a proxy director battle and implied a...

Microsoft and Yahoo: Second Date, Still No Kiss

The two sides meet again, but neither will budge

(Newser) - Microsoft and Yahoo execs met again this week, but the software maker refused to raise its takeover offer and the two sides failed to make progress toward an agreement. Yahoo won’t enter formal negotiations unless Microsoft increases its Jan. 31 cash-and-stock bid, then worth $44.6 billion and now...

Sinking Market Forces New Venture-Capital Strategies

Analysts don't see money drying up, just more scrutiny on where it's spent

(Newser) - Venture capitalists are watching economic indicators carefully, trying to find safer places to put their mountains of money, CNET reports. The stats on first-quarter VC activity will land soon, and though experts don't expect dollar totals to have waned, players are “under pressure to invest in quality companies that...

Microsoft Standing Pat on Yahoo Bid
Microsoft Standing Pat
on Yahoo Bid
Apr 1, 2008 12:14 PM CDT

Microsoft Standing Pat on Yahoo Bid

Sans other suitors, Microsoft feels no pressure to up its $44B

(Newser) - Microsoft is standing pat on its $44.6 billion offer for Yahoo, with no intention of upping its ante, reports the Wall Street Journal. The software maker’s Jan. 31 bid—worth $31 per share—was rejected by Yahoo as undervalued. Since then, pundits have waited for Microsoft to raise...

Chinese Law Muddles Microsoft Bid for Yahoo

New anti-trust regs could require review

(Newser) - A new anti-monopoly law in China could interfere with Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo, the New York Times reports. Because Yahoo owns 40% of Alibaba, China’s biggest e-commerce business, Beijing could demand approval of the deal along with the US and the EU. “I don’t think anyone...

Yahoo Joins Google Social Network Alliance

Facebook, Microsoft on other side in battle for software developers

(Newser) - Yahoo will join Google in developing the latter's open social networking framework OpenSocial, the company announced yesterday. The two giants, along with other partners, also announced the creation of a foundation to oversee the effort. Neither Facebook nor Microsoft, which have an advertising agreement, are part of OpenSocial; Facebook on...

Microsoft Likely to Raise Yahoo Bid: Analyst

Stock upgraded to a buy after $34-per-share offer predicted

(Newser) - A Citigroup analyst upgraded Yahoo stock to a buy today, predicting that Microsoft will raise its buyout bid from $31 per share to $34, MarketWatch reports. Acquiring Yahoo is the only way for Microsoft to successfully compete with Google for online advertising, said analyst Mark Mahaney, and so “the...

How Yahoo Would Improve Microsoft

(Newser) - Yahoo today restated its opinion that Microsoft’s $44.6 billion buyout bid underestimates the online giant’s “combination of unique assets,” but for the first time stated publicly the strengths it would bring to the Microsoft merger, MarketWatch reports. In an investor presentation for the SEC, the...

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