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Microsoft: No interest in buying Yahoo
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| Jul.13 |
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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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| Jul.7 |
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M-soft wants to negotiate with new board. Yahoo
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| May.22 |
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Yahoo postpones meeting, battle Icahn
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| May.18 |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go
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| May.12 |
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HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems
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| May.3 |
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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 |
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Yahoo mum as Microsoft's deadline passes
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| Apr.5 |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline for deal
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| Mar.15 |
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Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks
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| Mar.11 |
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Google closes $3.1 billion DoubleClick deal
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| Mar.5 |
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Board meeting postponed to stave off bid. Yahoo
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| Feb.11 |
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Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover
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| Feb.1 |
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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 Goog...
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| Oct.24 |
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Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook. Palo Alto
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| May.29 |
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FTC reviews into Google-DoubleClick deal
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| May.4 |
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Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo
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| Apr.13 |
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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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| Jul.25 |
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HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5b. Mountain View
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| Jun.2 |
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Sun buys StorageTek for $4.1 billion
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| Dec.17 |
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Symantec snaps up Veritas for $13.5b. Cupertino
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| Mar.19 |
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CEO claims victory in merger vote HP: Dissident board member W. Hewlett insisted the vote remained too close to call
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HP buying Compaq for $25 billion
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| Nov. 7 |
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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
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McAfee to buy Secure Computing. Santa Clara
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| Jul.13 |
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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 |
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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
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Microsoft Exploring Partnership For Yahoo
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| Jun.30 |
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Defense against Icahn taken to investors. Yahoo
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| Jun.2 |
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Documents show Yahoo-Microsoft saga
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| May.22 |
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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.18 |
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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 |
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Google Sites Ranked No. 1
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| May.12 |
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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 |
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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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Microsoft sweetened bid for Yahoo
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| Apr.26 |
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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 |
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Microsoft Won't Increase Bid For Yahoo
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| Apr.7 |
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Yahoo not opposed to deal with Microsoft
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| Apr.5 |
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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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Microsoft May Cut Yahoo Bid
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| Mar.15 |
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Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks Microsoft Corp. executives met with their counterparts to lobby for a friendly merger
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| Mar.14 |
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DoubleClick Cost $3.24B. Google
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Microsoft to Buy Rapt. San Francisco
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| Mar.11 |
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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 |
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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.13 |
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Yahoo in talks with News Corp.
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| Feb.11 |
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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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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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Sun to buy MySQL for $1 billion
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| Dec.20 |
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Regulators approve DoubleClick purchase. Google
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| Oct.24 |
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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
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| Jul.23 |
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HP to Buy Opsware for $1.6 Billion
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| May.29 |
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FTC reviews into Google-DoubleClick deal The Federal Trade Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into proposed $3.1 billion purchase of ad-management technology company
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| May.4 |
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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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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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| Nov.30 |
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Intuit to Buy Digital Insight for $1.35B. Mountain View
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| Jul.25 |
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HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5b Mountain View: The all-cash price works out to $52 per share, a 33% premium above Mercury's closing price of $39
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| Jul.24 |
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Advanced Micro Devices To Acquire ATI. AMD
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| Aug.11 |
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Yahoo invests $1 billion in China's Alibaba
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| Jun.2 |
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Sun buys StorageTek for $4.1 billion Sun Microsystems has signed a deal to buy the technology firm to become more competitive in business data storage
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| Dec.17 |
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Symantec snaps up Veritas for $13.5b Cupertino: Computer security giant is buying storage and backup program specialist to create the world's 4th largest software maker
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| Sep.14 |
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Yahoo buys jukebox provider Musicmatch
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| Feb.9 |
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Juniper to buy NetScreen for $3.5 billion. Sunnyvale
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| Jul.14 |
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Yahoo buying Overture in $1.6 billion deal
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| Jul.8 |
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EMC to Buy Legato for $1.3 Billion |
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| Feb.18 |
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Overture to buy AltaVista for $140 million |
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| Feb.17 |
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Google Buys Pyra Labs |
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| Dec.6 |
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IBM to Buy Rational Software. Cupertino
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| Jul.8 |
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eBay buying payment provider PayPal
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| May.3 |
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Compaq acquisition officially closed. HP
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| Apr.17 |
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Independent: investors approve vote. HP
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| Mar.19 |
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CEO claims victory in merger vote| HP: Dissident board member W. Hewlett insisted the vote remained too close to call. The turbulent shareholder meeting drew more than 2,000 mom-and-pop investors, current and past Hewlett-Packard employees... | |
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Regulators Approve HP-Compaq Deal |
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| Mar.5 |
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Research firm recommends merger. HP
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| Dec.7 |
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Packard Foundation against merger |
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| Nov.6 |
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Founder family oppose Compaq deal. HP
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| Sep.3 |
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HP buying Compaq for $25 billion The new company with annual earnings of $3.9 billion and 145,000 employees would rival IBM
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