SAN FRANCISCO (Feb 11) - Yahoo Inc. spurned Microsoft Corp.’s $44.6 billion takeover bid as
inadequate Monday, betting that it can elicit a higher offer from the world’s largest software
maker or find another way to deliver a comparable payoff to its shareholders.
The rebuff by the slumping Internet pioneer had been widely anticipated after word of Yahoo’s
intention [...]
Not rumors anymore! The official news is out…
MIGUEL HELFT of New York Times reported on Feb 1, 2008:
“SAN FRANCISCO — In a bold move to counter Google’s online pre-eminence, Microsoft said
Friday that it had made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo for about $44.6 billion in a mix
of cash and stock.
If consummated, the deal would [...]
On Jan 22, EBay Inc Chief Executive Meg Whitman, one of the most powerful women in
Corporate America, announced her decision to retire from the online auction giant, as reported by
The Wall Street Journal.
When Meg Whitman joined as president and CEO in early 1998, EBay had only a few dozen
employees. EBay’s initial public offering came six [...]
It is now official - Doubleclick is now part of Google.
Two days ago, on Dec 20, 2007, the Federal Trade Commission, FTC Approved the
Google-DoubleClick Deal. It has taken more than 8 months for the deal to go through.
FTC Announcement
Google Press Release
Bloomberg News
Why the deal went through?
It points to the latest Microsoft-Viacom deal as proof [...]
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