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Recent Microsoft/Yahoo Posts

Yahoo! third-quarter earnings preview

[Posted on October 19, 2009 at 10:09 AM]

Yahoo!'s third-quarter earnings, due Tuesday after the closing bell, are likely to stand in stark contrast to the stellar results announced by search leader Google Inc. last week.
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'Peanut butter manifesto' writer joins AOL

[Posted on September 8, 2009 at 2:21 PM]

Brad Garlinghouse, known for a leaked memo comparing Yahoo!'s strategy to peanut butter spread too thinly on toast, will head up AOL's Silicon Valley Operations, including AOL Ventures.
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What antitrust anachronism?

[Posted on August 4, 2009 at 9:00 AM]

Thoughts about Gordon Crovitz's argument in The Wall Street Journal that because there are problems with antitrust enforcement, we should abandon it.
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Yahoo! enters purgatory

[Posted on August 3, 2009 at 12:41 PM]

Yahoo!'s Bartz 'made a mistake' with her 'boatloads of cash' comment, and her company's shares paid for it.
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Deal Stocks: YHOO, MSFT, BX, MS, DIS, BAC, AIG, NYT

[Posted on July 31, 2009 at 2:23 PM]

A round up of the M&A news moving stocks on Friday.
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'Nobody gets it,' sniffs Steve Ballmer on Yahoo! deal

[Posted on July 31, 2009 at 10:50 AM]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer defended Yahoo!'s side of the deal at a meeting with financial analysts Thursday, saying he was "surprised by the market reaction."
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Markets soared Thursday on green shoots, M&A

[Posted on July 30, 2009 at 4:39 PM]

The Nasdaq and Dow Industrials took off on lower jobless claims and surging M&A.
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Ballmer & Bartz talk bull with BusinessWeek

[Posted on July 30, 2009 at 8:58 AM]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz talk about how they and their teams will play nice.
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Roll Call: Deal integration edition

[Posted on July 30, 2009 at 8:18 AM]

A roundup of some of the best blogs and stories from around the Web for Thursday.
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Deal Stocks: AIG, YHOO, MSFT, GOOG, C, SNY

[Posted on July 29, 2009 at 5:04 PM]

A look at the stocks that are being moved by M&A Wednesday.
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Investors boo Yahoo!, Microsoft deal

[Posted on July 29, 2009 at 2:30 PM]

With Yahoo!'s stock down all day, investors are giving the deal the thumbs-down early.
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Roll Call: Merger mania breaks out

[Posted on July 29, 2009 at 8:49 AM]

A round up of the must-read deal news for Wednesday.
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Microsoft misses, advantage Yahoo!

[Posted on July 24, 2009 at 11:32 AM]

Yahoo!'s board reportedly met Thursday to discuss a deal with Microsoft. Yahoo!'s negotiating position might have gotten a boost from Microsoft's earnings, which missed analyst expectations by 2 %.
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