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Investor pushes Yahoo to sell search unit  Ivory Investment Management is adding to the pressure on the Web portal to restart talks with its rival Yahoo-Microsoft talks denied  An article appeared in the Times of London stating that Microsoft has restarted talks to buy Yahoo's search business for $20 billion Microsoft: No interest in buying Yahoo  Yahoo shares dived nearly 13% after CEO of Microsoft said the software giant is not interested in renewing its bid CEO Upbeat Despite 2Q Results. Yahoo Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer


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  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
Jul.7 M-soft wants to negotiate with new board  Yahoo: Microsoft threw its weight behind investor Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo board next month
Jul.3 Shares soar on new takeover rumor. Yahoo Jul.2 Microsoft Exploring Partnership For Yahoo  WSJ: Microsoft has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business Jun.9 Kaiser, Microsoft test medical records tech. Oakland Jun.4 Investor steps up Yahoo campaign  Outraged by new details about Yahoo efforts to complicate Microsoft takeover bid, Carl Icahn says he believes Yahoo's board will have to be fired Documents show Yahoo-Microsoft saga  Yahoo CEO Yang pushed for an employee severance program that made it more expensive for Microsoft to engineer a takeover May.18 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
May.5 Shares Plummet After Microsoft Rejection  Yahoo: Investors are trashing Yahoo shares, sending them down $5.64 at $23.03, 19.7%, in early trading May.4 CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft  Yahoo: Analysts believe stock price, which had climbed 50% since Microsoft's initial offer, will surrender most, if not all, of that gain May.3 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 shar...
Microsoft sweetened bid for Yahoo  Microsoft has sweetened its $44.6 billion bid by several billion dollars, intensifying negotiations and bringing the proposed deal closer to... Apr.26 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 Apr.24 Microsoft Won't Increase Bid For Yahoo Apr.11 Fierce battle over Yahoo/Microsoft deal. Google Apr.5 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 Microsoft May Cut Yahoo Bid Mar.15 Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks  Microsoft Corp. executives met with their counterparts to lobby for a friendly merger Mar.14 Microsoft to Buy Rapt. San Francisco Mar.5 Board meeting postponed to stave off bid  Yahoo: Yahoo has extended the deadline for nominating members to its board, a move that delays Microsoft from trying a hostile takeover Feb.28 Yahoo calls Microsoft bid a distraction Feb.19 Bill Gates Talks Charity, Innovation. Stanford Gates: Microsoft Isn't Raising Yahoo Bid Feb.12 Microsoft hints at hostile takeover. Yahoo Feb.11 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
Feb.9 Yahoo Will Reject Microsoft Feb.4 Microsoft urges to accept bid quickly. Yahoo Feb.3 Critics Question Potential Microsoft-Y Merger. Yahoo Feb.1 Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid
  Yahoo: 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 offer of $31 per share seizes on Yahoo's weakness while Microsoft tries to muscle up in a high-stakes battle with Google likely to define the technology for years to come. Yahoo said it will 'carefully and promptly' study the bid
Jan.21 Microsoft to buy Calista Technologies. San Jose

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Oct.24 Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook
  Palo Alto: Rapidly rising Internet star has sold a 1.6% stake to Microsoft, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google
May.4 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 18% Feb.6 Gates speaks at cyber security conference  San Francisco: Microsoft Corp. Chairman: Keeping information secure in this age of laptop-lugging workers is the most formidable challenge

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May.11 Google goes after Microsoft May.4 Microsoft considers to buy stake in Yahoo Mar.29 Google leaves Yahoo, Microsoft behind Jan.10 Microsoft, Apple Sign 5-Year Pact

year 2005 Top ^

Dec.23 Google settles hiring suit
Dec.15  Google, Microsoft and Sun to fund lab Oct.4 Google, Sun target Microsoft Office Sep.24  Microsoft, Palm to join forces on phone Sep.14  Partial legal victory over Microsoft Jun.24  Maffei named as new president, CFO

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Oct.1  Bill Gates praises boom in China, India Apr.16  Sun promises MS deal will boost finances Apr.2 Sun settles with Microsoft, cuts 3,300 job
  Struggling server maker reached a sweeping, $1.6 billion settlement and plans to cooperate with its longtime nemesis Feb.14  Company is possible source for MS secret

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Jul.28 Immersion gets $26 million from Microsoft. San Jose Jun.26  Sun Lost Appeal on Java Feb.13  Nvidia Profit Falls Despite Settlement

year 2002 Top ^

Dec.23 Microsoft Ordered to Carry Sun's Java
Aug.1 Microsoft ex-president named CEO. Milpitas Apr.25 Gates addresses minorities conference. San Jose Mar.8 Sun sues Microsoft Jan.22 Microsoft eliminates UltimateTV division. Mountain View

year 2001 Top ^

Aug.8  New Microsoft research group
Mar.26  Microsoft new lab Jan.23  Sun, Microsoft settle Java suit

year 2000 Top ^

Aug.1  Funding for SETI Jun.28  Oracle spy on Microsoft