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Yahoo leaders brush off Microsoft criticism
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| Yahoo's top executives yesterday sought to draw a line under the six months
| of upheaval triggered by Microsoft's takeover bid, as the internet company
| fended off renewed criticism at its annual shareholder meeting for failing to
| secure a deal with the software company.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cbc97012-602b-11dd-805e-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
Yahoo's board re-elected, but a new drama arises
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| The real surprise happened elsewhere, as the expected nomination to the board
| of former AOL Chief Executive Jon Miller, part of the settlement with Icahn,
| got caught up in a battle between his old employer and Yahoo.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_10077224?source=rss
Microsoft wants to spy on more people.
U.S. Lawmakers Query 33 Companies on Web Advertising (Update3)
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| ``Online users have a right to explicitly know when their broadband provider
| is tracking their activity and collecting potentially sensitive and personal
| information,'' Representative Edward Markey of Massachusetts, who heads the
| telecommunications subcommittee, said today in an e-mailed statement.
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| Lawmakers' concerns about privacy are growing as companies such as Google,
| Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. battle for a bigger share of the online ad
| market.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aSJ3X0I6jd.c&refer=home
Recent:
Microsoft CEO says done talking to Yahoo, for now
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| But Ballmer suggested he would never say never to reviving talks: "Does that
| mean nobody will ever talk to anybody again? I suspect the answer is also
| no," he said.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUKN2450988920080724
Eight Years of Wrongness
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| That performance record would be embarrassing enough on its own, but it comes
| in spite of going through an unprecedented amount of our cash on buybacks
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| (nearly $43 billion worth in just the past three fiscal years) and other
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| schemes that were supposed to drive the stock.
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http://msftextrememakeover.blogspot.com/2008/06/eight-years-of-wrongness.html
Microsoft should issue debt for a buyback--analyst
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| Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) should take on
| debt to repurchase stock as a way to revive its flagging share price, a
| financial analyst said in a new report issued on Tuesday.
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| Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co analyst David Hilal called on the company to
| take advantage of its predictable cash flow and rock solid balance sheet to
| execute a leveraged buyback.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2225586020080722
Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal
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| Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its
| history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo
| Inc.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205
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