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<title>Technology Today: Microsoft Yahoo Merger News</title>
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<title>.NET on the Net May 8-15 : It&apos;s full of stars</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170325178</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 06:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  some interesting developments in the . While Microsoft has decided that theyre no longer interested  ...  publicly, there is a key investor at Yahoo looking to put a new board in  ...  to take another shot at the Microhoo merger. For any open-source fans, you might be  ...
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<title>Yahoo board threatened because takeover failed</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170313967</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 04:43 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Internet company doesn&apos;t revive takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. over its failed $47.5 billion bid.  ...  owns as much as $1.6 billion in Yahoo shares and might buy another $900 million  ...  shareholders and move expeditiously to negotiate a merger with Microsoft, thereby making a proxy fight  ...
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<title>Does Icahn have a Backup Plan?</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170312773</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 04:42 GMT</pubDate>
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... Billionaire investor Carl Icahn&apos;s proxy fight for Yahoo is aimed at reigniting merger talks between the Internet company and Microsoft,  ...  to prepare a backup plan in case Microsoft is unwilling to return to the bargaining  ...
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<title>Icahn Threatens Yahoo Board Fight After Failed Bid</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170310798</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 04:40 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Internet company doesn&apos;t revive takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. over its failed $47.5 billion bid.  ...  he owns the equivalent of 59 million Yahoo shares, and has permission to acquire up  ...  shareholders and move expeditiously to negotiate a merger with Microsoft, thereby making a proxy fight  ...
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<title>Yahoo tells raider Icahn that its own board knows best</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170310356</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 04:39 GMT</pubDate>
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... Yahoo has responded to investor Carl Icahn&apos;s threat  ...  meeting in July that will resume the merger talks. Yahoo released its to Icahn today,  ...  significant misunderstanding of the facts about the Microsoft proposal and the diligence with which our  ...
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<title>Yahoo&apos;s Chairman Disputes Icahn&apos;s Accusations</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170309723</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 04:39 GMT</pubDate>
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...  down a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft and repeated that Yahoo remained open to a deal at the  ...  directors that would try to negotiate a merger with Microsoft. Mr. Icahn said he hoped  ...
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<title>Week in review: Icahn, Microsoft merger maven?</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170309015</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 04:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  acquire up to another $2.5 billion in Yahoo shares. as Mark Cuban in his efforts  ...  to pave the way for a Microsoft-Yahoo merger. Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and  ...  his proxy fights, according to FactSet SharkWatch. Microsoft earlier this month walked away from its  ...
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<title>Week ahead on Wall St: Record oil may hold stocks hostage</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170304324</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 03:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Any new developments in the Yahoo and Microsoft saga could also determine the market&apos;s direction  ...  who would reopen talks with Microsoft saying Yahoo acted &quot;irrationally&quot; in refusing the software company&apos;s  ...  refusing the software company&apos;s $47.5-billion bid. &quot;More merger and acquisition activity in technology could shift  ...
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<title>Driver&apos;s seat</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170297656</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 01:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  activist investor Carl Icahn has put &quot;With Yahoo being pushed by shareholders to get back  ...  table, you would think it&apos;s just what Microsoft wanted,&quot; said Marc Weingarten, an attorney with  ...  piece-by-piece acquisition strategy could bring significant risk. Mergers and acquisitions experts said it would be  ...
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<title>Wall Street mixed as oil hits new high</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170296711</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the equity market.&amp;rdquo; Among stocks in focus, Yahoo fell 0.32 per cent to $US27.66 as  ...  to unseat the Yahoo board and reopen merger talks with Microsoft, down 1.51 per cent at $US29.99. General  ...
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<title>Yahoo says Icahn &apos;significantly misunderstands the facts&apos;</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170292078</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 00:55 GMT</pubDate>
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... over the software giant&apos;s blockbuster merger offer. &quot;It is clear to me that the board of directors of Yahoo has acted irrationally and lost the faith  ...  could yet fall into the hands of Microsoft or possibly end up with another party.  ...
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<title>Investors say Yahoo&apos;s concealing details</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170292076</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 00:55 GMT</pubDate>
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... bid and details of a conversation between Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Friedlander writes. &quot;Yahoo&apos;s attempt  ...  of directors in a bid to get merger talks restarted. John Letzing is a MarketWatch  ...
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<title>ICAHN VS. YAHOO: ACTIVIST, COMPANY IN HEATED DEBATE ON WHO KNOWS BEST</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170291099</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 00:54 GMT</pubDate>
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... The letter from Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock came hours after Icahn  ...  $19.18 on the day before the initial Microsoft offer.&quot; Icahn said a new board would  ...  board would attempt to negotiate a successful merger with Microsoft. &quot;I and many of your  ...
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<title>Text of Icahn&apos;s letter to Yahoo board</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170122628</link>
<pubDate>15 May 2008 23:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  me that the board of directors of Yahoo has acted irrationally and lost the faith  ...  $19.18 on the day before the initial Microsoft offer. I and many of your shareholders  ...  which would attempt to negotiate a successful merger with Microsoft, something that in my opinion  ...
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<title>Market Rides Tech High</title>
<link>http://tech.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170119726</link>
<pubDate>15 May 2008 23:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  chip tech names like Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Microsoft (MSFT) also benefited from the Intel news.  ...  recession though. Wall Street cheered the latest merger and acquisition news because it had been  ...  Icahn, who bought 59 million shares of Yahoo in the past 10 days, nominated himself,  ...
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