Entries tagged "Microsoft Corp."

Are buyers calling RIM?

A recent analyst downgrade has sent Research In Motion shares steeply down, so are strategics Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard calling the smartphone maker with acquisition offers?

Ballmer, Ellison & the backhanded compliment

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer could use a lesson in backhanded compliments from Oracle chief Larry Ellison.

Google back on the M&A trail?

Google CEO Schmidt reportedly says search giant is ready to buy more VC-backed startups

Investors boo Yahoo!, Microsoft deal

With Yahoo!'s stock down all day, investors are giving the deal the thumbs-down early.

Bartz continues selloff game plan

Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz's game plan has been to cast off noncore assets with the latest reportedly to make the short list being Yahoo! Games.

Madoff's sentencing overshadow deal stocks

The Dow jumped 90.99, or 1.08%, to 8,529.38 while the Nasdaq increased 5.84, or .32%, to 1,844.06.

Yahoo! nowhere near sealing Microsoft deal

A Bernstein analyst interprets Carol Bartz's recent comments to mean a Yahoo!-Microsoft deal won't happen until next year.

'Face reality,' Blodget blasts Ballmer

In a scathing critique of Microsoft's strategy, Henry Blodget tells Steve Ballmer to stop comparing search to Windows. Spin Bing and MSN into Yahoo!, advises Blodget.

Yahoo!'s Bartz: We'd sell search for 'boatloads'

Yahoo!'s Carol Bartz confirms that search talks are happening 'a little bit' with Microsoft.

Oprah Effect: Twitter.com hosts 32M visitors

Bolstered by star treatment from Oprah Winfrey and others, Twitter's Web site snagged 32 million visitors last month. Will the Oprah Effect last? Thursday she has Skype on her show.

Intel will appeal EC $1.45B antitrust fine

Intel beats Microsoft's record for biggest antitrust fine levied by the European Commission. Intel vows to appeal.

IBM doesn't want to buy SAP either

Big Blue's software chief Steve Mills tells Fortune that IBM isn't interested in buying SAP. Steve Ballmer say Microsoft's buying SAP was a 'random rumor.'

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