For Microsoft, huge risks in going hostile
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| Analysts say bitter takeover battle could alienate Yahoo's talent pool
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/microsoft-huge-risks-going-hostile/story.aspx?guid=%7B436687A4%2D87AA%2D405B%2D8328%2D52107D21B5B0%7D&siteid=yhoof
http://tinyurl.com/3xdszt
Yahoo Makes Its Case in Letter to Shareholders
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| Yahoo has just released the following letter to shareholders outlining its
| reasoning for rejecting Microsoft’s offer to buy the company.
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/64559-yahoo-makes-its-case-in-letter-to-shareholders?source=yahoo
Yahoo Exploring Alliance With News Corp.
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| Yahoo Inc. is discussing a possible Internet partnership with media
| conglomerate News Corp., its latest effort to repel Microsoft Corp.'s
| takeover bid or pry a better offer from the unsolicited suitor, a person
| familiar with the situation said Wednesday.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080213/microsoft_yahoo.html?.v=15
Retail Sales, Stimulus News Help Stocks
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| The Yahoo!-News Corp. talks were reported on The Wall Street Journal's web
| site. Yahoo! is fighting off an unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover bid from
| Microsoft (MSFT).
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http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/feb2008/pi20080213_223277.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
Related:
Microsoft to take case to Yahoo shareholders: report
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| The board believes Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft is trying to take advantage
| of some recent weakness in Yahoo's share price in order to "steal" the
| company, the report said.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/microsoft-take-case-yahoo-shareholders/story.aspx?guid=%7B7F963245%2D5B26%2D4A77%2D8D18%2D4D2122A9D4AE%7D&siteid=yhoof
http://tinyurl.com/3dpl6n
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| Microsoft is threatening to launch a boardroom coup at Yahoo! within six
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| weeks if the internet search engine fails to accept its $45 billion (£23
| billion) hostile takeover proposal or start serious merger talks, The Times
| has learned.
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http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article3300964.ece?EMC-Bltn=LOXCF1
Options Before Microsoft: Upping Bid; Tender Offer; Hostile Takeover; Pressure
Tactics
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| Hostile board overthrow: This would be the most contentious, and Microsoft
| has indicated its willingness to go through with this if need be: it could
| seek to oust Yahoo's board at its next election; it would have until March 13
| to nominate a new slate of directors. Yahoo has taken "poison pill"
| provisions, and Microsoft have to oust the board to get past these
| provisions.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/paidcontent/080209/1_319741_id.html?.v=1
Microsoft rejects Yahoo! rejection
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| Steve Ballmer still wants to swallow Jerry Yang's company.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/02/11/microsoft_still_wants_yahoo/
Why Microsoft Should Fret
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| But what if at stake in the battle isn't just Microsoft's position in selling
| ads, but the very survival of its core software business? Microsoft would
| never admit that so much is on the line.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120277476716860601.html?mod=yahoo_hs&ru=yahoo
Microsoft's Last Big Beat: Internet Domination or Death
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| What can $44.6B USD mean? Well, for Microsoft (MSFT) it may mean the cost of
| survival.
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/63876-microsoft-s-last-big-beat-internet-domination-or-death?source=yahoo
Microsoft to partners: It's time to change
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| Aiming to rally its partners around the reality of hosted software, Microsoft
| Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner told them it was a matter of financial
| life and death.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6195764.html
Will Microsoft Survive the Next 10 Years?
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| I am not really an expert in this but when I read all the negative
| headlines and articles I ask myself if Microsoft really will survive
| the next 10 years.
|
| [...]
|
| I am pretty sure that the Open Source Community, the new Ubuntu,
| Google and of course Apple are those companies that are ready for
| our century and they will get more and more people that know what
| they really want.
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http://websquirrel.blogspot.com/2007/03/will-microsoft-survive-next-10-years.html
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