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- Microsoft preps for hostile takeover of Yahoo!
- Microsoft preps for hostile takeover of Yahoo!Microsoft would do fine without thisMS is going to be printing money for the foreseeable future with Office and Vista so I'm not sure why they need to make such a big gamble.Desperation is expensive, it seemsDesperation is expensive is seems. No other commentNot...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
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- Broadcom ups hostile offer for Emulex; Sets July 14 deadline
- Broadcom raised its hostile takeover bid for Emulex from $9.25 a share to $11 a share and told its target that it shouldn't get too cocky about its future prospects. The message from Broadcom: Without a buyout Emulex is unlikely to see $11 a share for a while. ...
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Seven big tech acquisitions to watch for in 2009
- Seven big tech acquisitions to watch for in 2009Oh pleaseApple buy Adobe? They would never deplete their cash that much. Adobe would be very expensive. And as for the comment about Adobe certainly selling more than half to Windows users, that's barely true, but not nearly as much as people...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- Report: Sun and IBM clashed over executive pay
- Report: Sun and IBM clashed over executive payGreed is good... right?Figures that talks would break down because some greedy SOB isn't content with millions of dollars alone, but want even more.RE: Report: Sun and IBM clashed over executive payLet them fail. Who cares. None of their products can't...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- Google buy Twitter? Probably not the best move.
- Google buy Twitter? Probably not the best move.Pay how much its worthTen bucks. Google spent millions on MySpace - only to have Facebook rise out of nowhere. Don't you think that if Google bought Twitter, some other service would pop up? It's not rocket science to do what Twitter has...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-03
- IBM buying Sun Microsystems makes no sense, it's a red herring
- Someone has floated a trial balloon, through a leak to the Wall Street Journal, that IBM is in "talks" to buy Sun Microsystems for $6.5 billion. The only party that would leak this information is Sun itself, and it smacks of desperation in trying to thwart an unwanted acquisition, or...
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
- Sirius XM agrees to $530 million Liberty Media stake
- With the threat of bankruptcy looming large last week, troubled Sirius XM Radio announced today that it will accept a $530 million investment from cable giant Liberty Media. The $530 million investment, which will save the satellite radio company from bankruptcy or a hostile takeover, will...
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- Satyam â€" Time for a real (early) Spring Cleaning
- A Holiday Gift for Litigators? Could this be the story of the year for 2009? The news about Satyam in the last few days has been disconcerting, to say the least, and it has thrown a cloud of doubt on the Indian services...
- Blog posts 2008-12-19
- AMD to enter netbook market; Maintains fourth quarter outlook for now
- AMD to enter netbook market; Maintains fourth quarter outlook for nowThey have plans.Good luck to them.RE: AMD to enter netbook market; Maintains fourth quarter outlook for nowGood luck to AMD, lets hope they do well.AMD has the Geode but may be shy about it- why so, when the LX800 is...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-13
- Microsoft and Yahoo: Ballmer's 'failure' now a 'dodged bullet'
- Microsoft and Yahoo: Ballmer's 'failure' now a 'dodged bullet'Microsoft and Yahoo: Ballmer's 'failure' now a 'dodged bullet'Ballmer was very lucky indeed. Now they can purchase Yahoo at a much cheaper price. Yes I'm still for the purchase.I said so at the timeWalking away from Yahoo was a good...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- SanDisk plays hard to get as Samsung (and maybe Toshiba) eye takeover
- Samsung is making a hostile bid for SanDisk for $26 a share in cash, or almost double SanDisk's current stock price. SanDisk promptly said no to Samsung's overtures. And why not? Toshiba may be interested too. In a letter to SanDisk's board, Samsung CEO Yoon-Woo Lee said:...
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- The (un)Biased Parties Explain Online Ad Biz to Capitol Hill
- Just so we understand each other, the Internet is like a series of tubes, kind of like tunnels. And large amounts of data get moved through those tunnels, like in the back of a truck, you see. And inside those tunnels, there are advertisements - sort of like the billboards...
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'
- Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'What is the fascination with bringing up Vista in......just about every blog forum? This blog had nothing to do with Vista yet here you are whining about it. Why?It has to do with eyeballs and marketing.In the search market, Yahoo is number 2...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-13
- Microsoft on Vista: 'The time of worry is over.'
- Microsoft on Vista: 'The time of worry is over.'PR or R&DThey can crow all they want, but for many Vista is a lame duck. It's fine for home use, and even great for digital photo enthusiasts, but the reality is businesses and power users are in a bind if they...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- MSFT walks away from YHOO: The antitrust connection
- MSFT walks away from YHOO: The antitrust connectionMonkey Boy knows all about anti-trustSo he would be banging THAT drum.RE: MSFT walks away from YHOO: The antitrust connectionBallmer was right. As soon as Yahoo started talking with Google antitrust played a very big part of this deal. Yahoo is dealing...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
- Yahoo reportedly closer to Google search deal
- As Yahoo awaits Microsoft's decision on whether to launch a proxy war, the company is moving closer to a search deal with Google. Yahoo and Microsoft, which are negotiating through the Wall Street Journal, are trying to outflank each other. Microsoft is talking about walking away and...
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Image: Takeover attempts at a glance
- Just how common is it for U.S. companies to try taking over other companies? And in such cases, how often does it get hostile? These charts break it down.Just how common is it for U.S. companies to try taking over other companies? And in such cases, how often does it...
- Image galleries 2008-05-01
- Ballmer still claims Microsoft might walk away from Yahoo
- Ballmer still claims Microsoft might walk away from YahooTo quote the old westerns......"if you're going to shoot, shoot". I agree that Ballmer's most recent comments are mere posturing. If he wanted to walk away which he should do, he would have done it already.Hard to say really...If MS...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- Microsoft: Does a Yahoo proxy war add up?
- Microsoft has three clear paths to take with regards to Yahoo acquisition: It can make a hostile bid, raise its offer or walk away and hope for a better price later. Given that Microsoft's "negotiate or else" deadline passed Saturday the software giant should be making its...
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Microsoft internal memo details Windows 7-Windows Live ties
- In January, I mentioned an internal Microsoft memo I had seen which provided details of how Microsoft plans to more tightly integrate its Windows 7 operating system with Windows Live services. Today, I'm providing the text of that memo in full, as part of the launch of my book Microsoft...
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
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