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Yahoo shareholder pushes for Microsoft search deal; Assumptions too optimistic

Updated: Ivory Investment Management, a hedge fund that owns about 1.5 percent of Yahoo, is pushing the company to do a search deal with Microsoft, but the sticking point is valuation. Analysts say that Ivory's assumptions sound optimistic. In a letter reported earlier by CNBC, Ivory urges...

Tags: Revenue, Shareholder, EBITDA, Search Business, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Ivory Investment Management, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Search, Operational Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-10

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The end of software...

...as you know it. Right now I'm falling over startup vendors vying for attention in the so-called 'social software' space. The fact enterprise people hate the term doesn't seem to bother those who are bypassing IT as they sell into the marketing departments of companies at departmental budget prices. But...

Tags: Software, Information Technology, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-03-19

Rwanda experience shows difficulty in connecting Africa to the net

Despite investment from big players in the U.S. and elsewhere, most of Africa lags far behind when it comes to Internet infrastructure, reports the New York Times.Civil war, corruption and political instability have made it difficult for companies to invest in Africa. Seventy-five percent of email messages and phone calls...

Tags: International

Blog posts 2007-07-23

UPS: Driving cost savings by eliminating left-hand turns

UPS: Driving cost savings by eliminating left-hand turnsAvoiding left-hand turns...I wonder what effect that will have on their trucks' alignment & tire wear.That will explain why more packages are NOT delivered on time...The poor UPS drivers in most areas work their butts off right now. Just imagine what will happen...

Tags: cost savings, United Parcel Service of America Inc., left-hand turn, surcharge

Discussion threads 2005-11-22

Study: Costly shortcoming--IT planning

Study: Costly shortcoming--IT planningCostly shortcoming--IT planning = Implementing MS PlatformsCostly shortcoming--IT planning is what you get when MS takes a naive IT manager out to a good lunch and strong wine.Planning? They have to be very short term.Given that the technology changes very, very quickly it is diffcult to...

Tags: Strategy, Operating systems, IBM Corp., Going Linux, IT Planning, information technology, Linux

Discussion threads 2004-01-30