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Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp.’s sales of its Windows 7 operating system were “fantastic,” exceeding revenue from any of its previous operating software releases in the first 10 days, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said.

Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp.’s sales of its Windows 7 operating system were “fantastic,” exceeding revenue from any of its previous operating software releases in the first 10 days, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aWMe3Uix7iYo SEO Spanish sspanish123 5 4 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:14565671747130743705-708fe6756b2d06c5be62675e8e1ae4ab 2009-11-13T00:56:59.979-05:00

Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of Microsoft Corp.'s online audience business, talks with Bloomberg's Carol Massar, Adam Johnson and Jon Erlichman about the company's overhaul of its MSN.com home page in an effort to focus...

Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of Microsoft Corp.'s online audience business, talks with Bloomberg's Carol Massar, Adam Johnson and Jon Erlichman about the company's overhaul of its MSN.com home page in an effort to focus... http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ag.s65K.YQ68 SEO Spanish sspanish123 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:916203271812886056-12bc1bf7208afb64e2ef91c8dc0a77a4 2009-10-29T13:28:19.003-04:00

Wednesday was the first day of Yahoo! Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) road back to respect, CEO Carol Bartz promised before an audience of analysts. But a key part of the executive's transformation of the struggling Internet company that was supposed to be...

Wednesday was the first day of Yahoo! Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) road back to respect, CEO Carol Bartz promised before an audience of analysts. But a key part of the executive's transformation of the struggling Internet company that was supposed to be... http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/10/microhoo_we_dont_need_no_stink.php#at Brennen Wysong bwysong598 13 13 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15517098675468964762-01e2f2fe2d1460d1fac7c9cb65357748 2009-03-19T13:51:17.856-04:00

By Heidi N. Moore Some love stories are eternal. Romeo and Juliet. Heloise and Abelard. And Microsoft and Yahoo. At a media conference in New York on Thursday, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said he expects to see fewer acquisitions until...

By Heidi N. Moore Some love stories are eternal. Romeo and Juliet. Heloise and Abelard. And Microsoft and Yahoo. At a media conference in New York on Thursday, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said he expects to see fewer acquisitions until... http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2009/03/19/microsoft-yahoo-oh-no-not-again-why-again/ Pat LaVecchia plavecchia467 172 172 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17170825162107023932-9f311e4861b197c756d37b5acf409ed8 2009-10-20T16:08:11.502-04:00

Yahoo will report its third-quarter earnings in an hour or so. Expectations are muted. That’s not only because the Internet portal is expected to report a drop in profits and sales.

Yahoo will report its third-quarter earnings in an hour or so. Expectations are muted. That’s not only because the Internet portal is expected to report a drop in profits and sales. http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/10/live_yahoos_q3.html Robert Hof rhof604 5 4 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:412075312395565959-cf96c7cf33a04b3df5e96fe9de6e7e00 2009-10-26T14:36:45.201-04:00

Icahn has bid adieu to Yahoo!. Months after publicly battling management to sell the company to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn quietly announced his resignation from Yahoo! Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) board on Friday. The Deal Pipeline (subscription required) has more details on the Microsoft-Yahoo! search deal and earnings.

Icahn has bid adieu to Yahoo!. Months after publicly battling management to sell the company to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn quietly announced his resignation from Yahoo! Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) board on Friday. The Deal Pipeline (subscription required) has more details on the Microsoft-Yahoo! search deal and earnings. http://www.thedeal.com/corporatedealmaker/2009/10/icahn_bids_adieu_to_yahoo.php Brennen Wysong bwysong598 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11012782397994156260-93fab1d748ee7e77bb22074086741efa 2009-10-20T13:57:45.615-04:00

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- If there were any lingering doubts about Madison Avenue's support of the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo search deal, those were dispelled today with an open letter signed by four holding company CEOs. In the letter, Publicis Groupe...

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- If there were any lingering doubts about Madison Avenue's support of the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo search deal, those were dispelled today with an open letter signed by four holding company CEOs. In the letter, Publicis Groupe... http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=139773 Robert Hof rhof604 4 4 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:8131999418928781047-17f98b9f0b4a50bea04abef84ec92e02 2009-10-18T00:17:08.704-04:00

As predicted last month, when I first raised this issue, Yahoo! (YHOO) disclosed late Friday that Carol Bartz had sold another $1.3 million of Yahoo! stock at the end of September. This brings her total Yahoo! share sales for the year to $3.

As predicted last month, when I first raised this issue, Yahoo! (YHOO) disclosed late Friday that Carol Bartz had sold another $1.3 million of Yahoo! stock at the end of September. This brings her total Yahoo! share sales for the year to $3. http://www.hedgetracker.com/article/Yahoo-CEO-Carol-Bartzs-Continued-Share-Dumps-Reflect-Poorly-on-Leadership Todd Walker rwienke085 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2784136996826971840-bc01ce80b9890454013e20690ba5217d 2009-07-29T21:22:45.567-04:00

5 or 10 years from now, maybe Carol Bartz will be seen as having fleeced a directionless dinosaur who was still throwing money around at a declining opportunity.

5 or 10 years from now, maybe Carol Bartz will be seen as having fleeced a directionless dinosaur who was still throwing money around at a declining opportunity. http://blog.josephnet.org/?p=93 Robert Hof rhof604 13 9 1 3 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:3657805655507115303-b672a935343b4f2c9267937abf4d3723 2009-09-11T10:19:12.914-04:00

Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. have been asked by the U.S. Justice Department for more details on a proposed Internet-search partnership, expanding the agency’s review of the agreement. The request means regulators will do a...

Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. have been asked by the U.S. Justice Department for more details on a proposed Internet-search partnership, expanding the agency’s review of the agreement. The request means regulators will do a... http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a4s40EaeoZzs Robert Hof rhof604 5 3 2 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5891559473293673566-ba3ce68971edf48f9b9c9778a072375d 2009-07-28T20:02:17.015-04:00

At long last, Microsoft and Yahoo appear to be very close to a long-awaited deal on Internet search. According to reports in the Wall Street Journal and the Boomtown blog,...

At long last, Microsoft and Yahoo appear to be very close to a long-awaited deal on Internet search. According to reports in the Wall Street Journal and the Boomtown blog,... http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/07/microsoft_searc_1.html Robert Hof rhof604 10 4 2 4 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15957700939240649132-8de9c415fd346d179c752025508b7b15 2009-09-07T22:02:40.703-04:00

Yahoo exec Hilary Schneider's sale of over $600,000 of Yahoo stock this week may make some investors think again before buying shares in the company - after all, if management is selling their...

Yahoo exec Hilary Schneider's sale of over $600,000 of Yahoo stock this week may make some investors think again before buying shares in the company - after all, if management is selling their... http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Is-Now-A-Good-Time-To-Buy-siliconalley-3432815019.html?x=0&.v=3 Robert Hof rhof604 5 5 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:8689722031729943709-b19ae8720d2bb81438cd35e4e5e92618 2009-07-29T19:59:27.136-04:00

"No Bulls--t": Ballmer & Bartz on Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal Posted by: Rob Hof on July 29 Soon after announcing their deal to combine forces on Internet search and search advertising, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked...

"No Bulls--t": Ballmer & Bartz on Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal Posted by: Rob Hof on July 29 Soon after announcing their deal to combine forces on Internet search and search advertising, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked... http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/07/no_bulls--t_bal.html Robert Hof rhof604 7 4 1 2 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17084957207800805010-0d64da6a09af848747340a8097bd0231 2009-03-01T01:14:31.440-05:00

But once you get down to the details of how the deal would work, it starts to make less sense. Unless the terms are different from what Microsoft proposed last year, this deal could prove messy for both companies in several ways. Yahoo’s interest appears to hinge on its using search data to better target its graphic ads. But Microsoft would also use it for ads that compete with Yahoo, potentially undermining the very core of Yahoo’s revenue generation. Never mind that if people are skittish about sharing personal data with one company, they’re unlikely to want to share it with two.

But once you get down to the details of how the deal would work, it starts to make less sense. Unless the terms are different from what Microsoft proposed last year, this deal could prove messy for both companies in several ways. Yahoo’s interest appears to hinge on its using search data to better target its graphic ads. But Microsoft would also use it for ads that compete with Yahoo, potentially undermining the very core of Yahoo’s revenue generation. Never mind that if people are skittish about sharing personal data with one company, they’re unlikely to want to share it with two. http://gigaom.com/2009/02/28/microsoft-yahoo-still-doesnt-make-sense/ Robert Hof rhof604 33 33 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17915690914297637837-9fe16316b01c0adc9cb89290e85bd7be 2009-10-03T23:53:18.082-04:00

Maggie Wilderotter -- the most recent addition to Yahoo!'s (YHOO) board, joining in July 2007 (not including Carl Icahn and his band of merry men who joined last September) -- is now its most recent departing director. She gave the company notice...

Maggie Wilderotter -- the most recent addition to Yahoo!'s (YHOO) board, joining in July 2007 (not including Carl Icahn and his band of merry men who joined last September) -- is now its most recent departing director. She gave the company notice... http://www.hedgetracker.com/article/Yahoo-Board-Director-Maggie-Wilderotter-Makes-for-the-Door# Todd Walker rwienke085 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1167463206918284862-744f61c250828ee54e4df0f6fcdd39bf 2009-09-07T09:22:39.078-04:00

The following post does a simple analysis of search patterns of users and shows why the Microsoft - Yahoo pact will in fact benefit Google in improving its search market share.

The following post does a simple analysis of search patterns of users and shows why the Microsoft - Yahoo pact will in fact benefit Google in improving its search market share. http://bytes2bits.blogspot.com/2009/09/microsoft-yahoo-google-tussle-is-here_6019.html Omkar Mazumdar omazumdar825 4 4 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17888628948463237158-bc31258559a8566730dc8902b86809ba 2009-08-31T13:51:00.009-04:00

saw its own share increase 41%, according to data published Monday by comScore Inc. Searches on Google sites rose to 76.9 million, compared with second-place Yahoo's 2% gain to 8.9 million, according to the data. Searches on fourth-ranked Microsoft...

saw its own share increase 41%, according to data published Monday by comScore Inc. Searches on Google sites rose to 76.9 million, compared with second-place Yahoo's 2% gain to 8.9 million, according to the data. Searches on fourth-ranked Microsoft... http://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-increases-global-search-lead-report-2009-08-31?siteid=nbsh Robert Hof rhof604 3 2 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12057420820168137061-f458a60421b19b8969290f1a5c2b0d5a 2009-09-25T00:16:16.499-04:00

Kudos to Michelle Leder at Footnoted for spotting another distasteful perk paid for by hapless shareholders. This one was at Microsoft (MSFT) -- which is a long holding of mine. Microsoft has earned some praise recently among those who promote good...

Kudos to Michelle Leder at Footnoted for spotting another distasteful perk paid for by hapless shareholders. This one was at Microsoft (MSFT) -- which is a long holding of mine. Microsoft has earned some praise recently among those who promote good... http://www.hedgetracker.com/article/Microsofts-Distasteful-Plans-to-Save-Us-from-the-Housing-Crisis Todd Walker rwienke085 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:10465551905821606997-e0f0e0aa03191ca43c5eb291157a2ca6 2009-09-25T00:09:47.485-04:00

Yahoo! (YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz didn't get the "boatloads of cash" for her shareholders from Microsoft (MSFT) as she vowed in May, but she'll take home a boatload of cash herself out of Yahoo! for her work in 2009. A review of her total compensation...

Yahoo! (YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz didn't get the "boatloads of cash" for her shareholders from Microsoft (MSFT) as she vowed in May, but she'll take home a boatload of cash herself out of Yahoo! for her work in 2009. A review of her total compensation... http://www.hedgetracker.com/article/Yahoo-CEO-Bartz-Has-a-Lot-of-Explaining-to-Do Todd Walker rwienke085 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:10020634085769993531-0fb34d0186c584895bdc640a8a4691b2 2009-09-23T16:28:51.195-04:00

It's hard to imagine anyone wishing for the return of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang, after he scotched a potential $47 billion acquisition by Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT). But so far, Yang's replacement Carol Bartz...

It's hard to imagine anyone wishing for the return of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang, after he scotched a potential $47 billion acquisition by Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT). But so far, Yang's replacement Carol Bartz... http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/09/yahoo_vision_and_relevance.php Brennen Wysong bwysong598 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2138842253020134968-b2a8b60bb739c7a0c96059f6d39b8697 2009-09-10T11:40:07.902-04:00

shares are on the rise this morning after Bank of America/Merrill Lynch analyst Justin Post lifted his rating on the stock to Buy from Neutral, increasing his price target to $19, from $17. Post describes Yahoo as “a growth company which is now...

shares are on the rise this morning after Bank of America/Merrill Lynch analyst Justin Post lifted his rating on the stock to Buy from Neutral, increasing his price target to $19, from $17. Post describes Yahoo as “a growth company which is now... http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/09/10/yahoo-rises-as-merrill-turns-bullish/?mod=yahoobarrons Robert Hof rhof604 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:8498896715669293106-75eead455de2659ffa2c8fab74bd173d 2009-03-09T23:24:34.902-04:00

Microsoft may not be interested in buying Yahoo outright, but it's saying it wouldn't mind doing some sort of deal. Over and over again.

Microsoft may not be interested in buying Yahoo outright, but it's saying it wouldn't mind doing some sort of deal. Over and over again. http://technologizer.com/2009/03/09/the-microsoftyahoo-saga-continues-again/ Harry McCracken hmccracken736 21 20 1 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:8855921240438668030-39b3f51090a9aa1cc694de1da47ca416 2009-09-17T10:25:41.486-04:00

Antitrust bodies in the U.S. and Europe are eyeing Microsoft's search partnership with Internet portal Yahoo to ensure the deal doesn't run afoul of competition rules. "As we said when the agreement was announced, we anticipated that this deal will...

Antitrust bodies in the U.S. and Europe are eyeing Microsoft's search partnership with Internet portal Yahoo to ensure the deal doesn't run afoul of competition rules. "As we said when the agreement was announced, we anticipated that this deal will... http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/search/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220000839 Tom Giles tgiles603 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15768951003172581454-94839b507d070154b7940ea003829dd1 2009-09-19T21:24:04.912-04:00

In response to my recent criticisms of Carol Bartz, her management team, and board at Yahoo! (YHOO), I've had some people ask me "How can you be against management? Don't you support business and capitalism?" When did it become assumed that anyone...

In response to my recent criticisms of Carol Bartz, her management team, and board at Yahoo! (YHOO), I've had some people ask me "How can you be against management? Don't you support business and capitalism?" When did it become assumed that anyone... http://www.hedgetracker.com/article/CEOs-Boards-and-Management-Welcome-to-Club-Crony Todd Walker rwienke085 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:11209012566341919738-f5a26061a3339f6cc060a914dfc2767f 2009-08-24T01:02:00.017-04:00

As the U.S. Justice Department reviews the proposed partnership, approval figures to hinge on this question: Will the online ad market be healthier if Google's dominance...

As the U.S. Justice Department reviews the proposed partnership, approval figures to hinge on this question: Will the online ad market be healthier if Google's dominance... http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Will-antitrust-probe-keep-apf-2115290786.html?x=0&.v=1 Robert Hof rhof604 2 2 0 0