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Reuters - Yahoo Inc's net profit fell 19 percent but investors took heart that it did not change its outlook despite a weakening U.S. economy and the distraction of Microsoft Corp's failed takeover bid.
Industry gadfly John Dvorak is advancing a theory culled from the blogosphere that Microsoft wants Yahoo for some all-important patent or another that would give it an edge in cloud computing, SaaS and portable search advertising.
The third of the big three proxy advisory services has issued its recommendation on how investors should vote during Yahoo's upcoming election. The advice: send a message about Yahoo's overpaid top brass.
The software leader will find other ways to gain ground in online search and advertising, investors are told. Microsoft Corp. executives ruled out an acquisition of Yahoo Inc. on Thursday, even as they acknowledged that the Internet company would have provided a needed boost in online search, where the software giant trails leader Google Inc.
A Yahoo acquisition would have helped Microsoft's bid to overtake Google in search, but any current merger plans are dead, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday.
The warning that precedes all conference calls is usually a short waste of time, but Yahoo's are actually worth noting, just cause there are so many and they're pretty real. Among the one's enumerated by Marta Nichols: uncertainty around the company's deal with Google , customers acceptance of it, regulatory issues related to that deal, future arrangements with Microsoft , and the strength of ...
-- Yahoo's decision to allow the fox into the hen-house means: a Microsoft buyout is either more likely or less likely . Either way, reality bites for Jerry Yang ...
The curtain appeared to come down Thursday on Silicon Valley's most popular business drama, as Microsoft Chairman Steve Ballmer confirmed that talks to acquire Yahoo have ended and a major shareholder advisory service said it was backing the Internet company's board.
An influential shareholder advisory firm endorsed the re-election of Yahoo Inc.'s entire board Thursday, reducing the chances that the Internet company's directors will be ousted for spurning Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid during the spring.
Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang, who has rejected takeover bids worth as much as $47.5 billion, defended his tenure at the Internet company, saying he's on the path to a turnaround.
With Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover bid off the table and his company's stock price down 20 percent during his 13-month reign as Yahoo's CEO, Jerry Yang has a message for his exasperated shareholders: Things aren't as bleak as they look. "This company is...
A year into Jerry Yang's turnaround strategy - and 10 days before a potentially ear-boxing stockholders meeting - and Yahoo has produced second-quarter results that missed Wall Street's reduced expectations. And, as the AP observed, its market value is now about $18 billion below Microsoft's last offer.
Zimbra is offering an office productivity suite. The Yahoo-owned provider of open-source messaging and collaboration tools announced Thursday a free beta of Yahoo Zimbra Desktop, which offers a centralized location for managing e-mail even when a user is not connected to the Internet, plus a tool for creating documents and spreadsheets.
After fund manager backs Yahoo board, investor settles for three board seats; ‘unified voice’ in Microsoft negotiations.
Chief Executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday defended Microsoft Corp's need to make heavy investments in its Internet businesses but said the company was "done," for now, with pursuing Yahoo Inc.
Yahoo on Tuesday reported an 18 percent drop in profit in the second quarter, quelling fears of much worse, given the challenging national advertising market. Possible Yang replacement? Microsoft-Yahoo page | More Yahoo
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