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Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer

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Jul.13
  San Francisco Bay Area: Yahoo rejected an offer to sell its Internet search business to Microsoft. and leave the remainder of the company in control of Carl Icahn.    The complex deal would have meant a major dismantling of Yahoo; the sale of its coveted search e...
Feb.1
  Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company for $44.6bn in cash and shares. The offer is 62% above Yahoo's closing share price

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Jul.3 Blackstone buys Hilton for $26bn
  Southern California: U.S. private equity group is buying the global hotels chain for $26bn in an all-cash deal, paying $47.50 for each Hilton Hotels Corporation share

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Oct.9 Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn
  San Francisco Bay Area: Google is buying video-sharing website for $1.65bn in shares. The companies will continue to operate independently
 YouTube, launched in February 2005, has 100 million videos viewed every day
Jan.24 Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal
  San Francisco Bay Area: Disney has agreed a $7.4bn deal to buy the animation firm behind films including Toy Story and The Incredibles

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Dec.11 Paramount buys rival Dreamworks  Southern California: Viacom, which owns Paramount, has agreed to pay $1.6bn for one of its best-known rival studios

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Dec.13 Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion  San Francisco Bay Area: PeopleSoft agreed to a sweetened buyout by rival software maker, relenting after a 18-month takeover saga Sep.13 MGM studios to be bought by Sony  Southern California: Hollywood's last major independent studio has agreed in principle to be bought by Japan's Corporation Feb.12 Comcast bids for Disney   USA: No. 1 cable operator offers $54 billion. Disney will evaluate the offer

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Sep.3 HP buying Compaq for $25 billion  San Francisco Bay Area: The new company with annual earnings of $3.9 billion and 145,000 employees would rival IBM

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