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M-soft wants to negotiate with new board  Yahoo: Microsoft threw its weight behind investor Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo board next month Microsoft Exploring Partnership For Yahoo  WSJ: Microsoft has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business Defense against Icahn taken to investors  Yahoo: Yahoo began pressing a case to major shareholders that its board prove they made the right move when they rejected an offer from Microsoft Voters Pass Bayview Development 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 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 Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go

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Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer


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Jul.13
  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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  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.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 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
May.2 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...

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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  Hoping to prod Yahoo to accept its takeover bid, Microsoft said that it has no plans to increase its offer and criticized the portal for dragging... Apr.7 Yahoo not opposed to deal with Microsoft  Yahoo, under pressure of a three-week deadlineto accept its $41 billion bid, said it doesn't oppose a deal but wants a better offer 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  Microsoft Corp. is rethinking its bid in light of the tumbling economy as a warning to the Yahoo's board to quickly accept the takeover prop...

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Take-Two Board Rejects EA Bid Mar.15 Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks
  Microsoft Corp. executives met with their counterparts to lobby for a friendly merger Google closes $3.1 billion DoubleClick deal 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

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Feb.28 Yahoo calls Microsoft bid a distraction Feb.19 Gates: Microsoft Isn't Raising Yahoo Bid Feb.13 Yahoo in talks with News Corp.  Yahoo Inc. is in talks with the owner of MySpace social networking site about cooperating on a variety of fronts to fend off Microsoft 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.5 Yahoo running out of options 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 of...


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Oracle to Buy BEA for $7.85 Billion

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Nov.16 Abu Dhabi Buys Stake In AMD Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook Sep.4 Yahoo to buy ad network BlueLithium 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%

year 2006 Top ^

Jul.24 Advanced Micro Devices To Acquire ATI  AMD: AMD will pay $5.4 billion to acquire top graphics chip maker ATI Technologies Inc. May.25 Yahoo, eBay to join forces in partnership  Internet powerhouses are thwarting the expansions of online search engine leader Google and Microsoft May.4 Microsoft considers to buy stake in Yahoo
McClatchy to Buy Knight Ridder for $4.5B

year 2005 Top ^

Aug.11 Yahoo invests $1 billion in China's Alibaba

year 2004 Top ^

Sep.14 Yahoo buys jukebox provider Musicmatch
Feb.9 Juniper to buy NetScreen for $3.5 billion

year 2003 Top ^

Schwarzenegger to run for governor
Jul.14 Yahoo buying Overture in $1.6 billion deal

year 2002 Top ^

Dec.23 Yahoo Buys Inktomi  Yahoo announced a $235 million deal to acquire Internet search-software maker. Inktomi soared 43 cents, or 37% CEO claims victory in merger vote


year 2000 Top ^

Mar.15 Yahoo considering eBay purchase



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