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| Aug.18 |
Redwood City |
EA Drops Take-Two Bid
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| Jul.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer| 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... | |
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| May.22 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo postpones meeting, battle Icahn
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| May.18 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go
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| May.12 |
HP |
HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems
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| May.3 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft walks away from Yahoo Microsoft has dropped its 3-month-old bid to buy internet firm because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price
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| Apr.26 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo mum as Microsoft's deadline passes
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| Apr.5 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline for deal
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| Mar.26 |
Redwood City |
Take-Two Board Rejects EA Bid
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| Mar.15 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks
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| Mar.11 |
Google |
Google closes $3.1 billion DoubleClick deal
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| Feb.11 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover
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| Feb.1 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Goog...
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| Jan.16 |
Oracle |
Oracle to Buy BEA for $7.85 Billion
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| Sep. 22 |
Santa Clara |
McAfee to buy Secure Computing
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| Aug.18 |
Redwood City |
EA Drops Take-Two Bid Electronic Arts is abandoning its $2 billion hostile takeover of in the hopes of sealing a deal through friendly negotiations
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| Jul.21 |
Redwood City |
EA Extends Tender Deadline
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| Jul.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer 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 engine; the spin-off of its Asian assets and the ouster of its top management, including CEO Yang
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| Jul.7 |
Yahoo |
M-soft wants to negotiate with new board
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| Jul.2 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft Exploring Partnership For Yahoo
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| Jun.30 |
Yahoo |
Defense against Icahn taken to investors
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| Jun.2 |
Yahoo |
Documents show Yahoo-Microsoft saga
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| May.22 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo postpones meeting, battle Icahn Yahoo postponed a looming showdown for control of its board, giving itself more time to prepare a defense or negotiate a sale to Microsoft
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| May.19 |
Redwood City |
EA again extends Take-Two deadline
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| May.18 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go Microsoft has made a new, downsized offer to cooperate with the Web portal while leaving the door open to a merger down the road
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| May.14 |
Google |
Google Sites Ranked No. 1
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| May.12 |
HP |
HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems Hewlett-Packard is in advanced talks to buy Electronic Data Systems for about $12 billion to compete with IBM in the business info. Technology
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| May.3 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft walks away from Yahoo Microsoft has dropped its 3-month-old bid to buy internet firm because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price
| CEO Steve Ballmer withdrew the offer in a letter to Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang. Microsoft had raised its offer from $44.6bn to $47.5bn - $33 per share. Yahoo had insisted on at least $53bn - more than Microsoft was prepared to pay. Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock dismissed the unsolicited bid as a distraction
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| May.2 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft sweetened bid for Yahoo
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| Apr.26 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo mum as Microsoft's deadline passes Yahoo Inc. is setting the stage for the next chapter in the three-month standoff of technology titan
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| Apr.24 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft Won't Increase Bid For Yahoo
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| Apr.18 |
Redwood City |
EA extends tender offer for Take-Two
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| Apr.7 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo not opposed to deal with Microsoft
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| Apr.5 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline for deal The ultimatum, revealed in a letter from CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo's board, underscores impatience with the two-month merger saga
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| Mar.26 |
Redwood City |
Take-Two Board Rejects EA Bid Grand Theft Auto publisher told its shareholders to reject a $2 billion buyout bid from rival Electronic Arts, saying it's not enough
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| Mar.15 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks Microsoft Corp. executives met with their counterparts to lobby for a friendly merger
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| Mar.14 |
Google |
DoubleClick Cost $3.24B |
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San Francisco |
Microsoft to Buy Rapt |
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| Mar.11 |
Google |
Google closes $3.1 billion DoubleClick deal European regulators approved the acquisition of online advertising giant, removing the last major obstacle for a deal
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| Mar.5 |
Yahoo |
Board meeting postponed to stave off bid
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| Feb.28 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo calls Microsoft bid a distraction |
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| Feb.19 |
Yahoo |
Gates: Microsoft Isn't Raising Yahoo Bid |
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| Feb.12 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft hints at hostile takeover |
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| Feb.11 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover Yahoo Inc.'s board is saying that it 'substantially undervalues' the Web portal, but at the same time, left the door open for a counter offer
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| Feb.9 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo Will Reject Microsoft |
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| Feb.5 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo running out of options |
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| Feb.4 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft urges to accept bid quickly |
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| Feb.3 |
Yahoo |
Critics Question Potential Microsoft-Y Merger |
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Yahoo |
Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid| Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Google. The offer leaves the decision in the hands of Yahoo's board. In making the unsolicited public acquisition offer, MS is hoping to force Yahoo's investors to support the deal as they bemoan a slumping share price. The surprise of... | |
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| Jan.21 |
San Jose |
Microsoft to buy Calista Technologies |
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| Jan.16 |
Oracle |
Oracle to Buy BEA for $7.85 Billion Oracle agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the company
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Sun |
Sun to buy MySQL for $1 billion
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| Dec.20 |
Google |
Regulators approve DoubleClick purchase
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| Oct.24 |
Palo Alto |
Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook Rapidly rising Internet star has sold a 1.6% stake to Microsoft, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google
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| Oct.12 |
Oracle |
Oracle Offers $6.7B for BEA Systems Oracle Corp. has offered to buy struggling rival BEA Systems in its latest shot aimed at another industry leader, SAP AG
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| May.29 |
Google |
FTC reviews into Google-DoubleClick deal
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| May.4 |
Yahoo |
Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo Microsoft is resuming its pursuit of search engine operator that could help it better compete with search leader Google. Yahoo shares surged...
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| Apr.13 |
Google |
Google To Buy DoubleClick For $3.1B| Seeking to expand the ability to sell targeted Internet ads, Google agreed to acquire ad-management technology company | |
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| Oct.31 |
Google |
Google Acquires Wiki Tool Developer
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| Oct.9 |
Google |
Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn  | Google is buying video-sharing website for $1.65bn in shares. The companies will continue to operate independently. YouTube, launched in February 2005, h... | |
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| Jul.25 |
Mountain View |
HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5b The all-cash price works out to $52 per share, a 33% premium above Mercury's closing price of $39
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| May.25 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo, eBay to join forces in partnership
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| Sep.12 |
Oracle |
Oracle to Purchase Siebel in $5.85B Deal Oracle is continuing a shopping spree that has eliminated two of its biggest competitors in nine months
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eBay |
eBay to Pay at Least $2.6B for Skype |
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| Aug.11 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo invests $1 billion in China's Alibaba |
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| Jun.2 |
eBay |
eBay to purchase Shopping.com for $620m |
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| Apr.18 |
Adobe |
Adobe to acquire Macromedia for $3.4b
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| Jan.7 |
Oracle |
Oracle completes PeopleSoft acquisition
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| Dec.17 |
Cupertino |
Symantec snaps up Veritas for $13.5b
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| Dec.13 |
Oracle |
 Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion PeopleSoft agreed to a sweetened buyout by rival software maker, relenting after a 18-month takeover saga
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| Nov.19 |
Pleasanton |
PeopleSoft shareholders back Oracle bid
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| Nov.1 |
Oracle |
Oracle boosts bid for PeopleSoft
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| Sep.14 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo buys jukebox provider Musicmatch |
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| Jun.21 |
Oracle |
9 takeover targets before PeopleSoft
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| May.26 |
Pleasanton |
PeopleSoft spurns Oracle bid for 4th time
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| May.14 |
Oracle |
Oracle shaves 18% off PeopleSoft bid |
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| Feb.10 |
Oracle |
DOJ recommends blocking PeopleSoft bid
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| Jul.14 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo buying Overture in $1.6 billion deal |
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| Jun.11 |
eBay |
eBay buys Chinese e-commerce company |
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| Jun.6 |
Oracle |
Oracle offers $5.1 billion for PeopleSoft Software maker is in a hostile takeover attempt aimed at eliminating one of its competitors for $16 per share
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| Feb.18 |
AltaVista |
Overture to buy AltaVista for $140 million |
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| Feb.17 |
Google |
Google Buys Pyra Labs |
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| Dec.23 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo Buys Inktomi |
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| Dec.6 |
Cupertino |
IBM to Buy Rational Software |
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| Jul.8 |
eBay |
eBay buying payment provider PayPal
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| Mar.15 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo considering eBay purchase |
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