Comments on: Yahoo rejects Microsoft / Icahn proposal, name drops Google

By: Icahn haz seat on Yahoo board » VentureBeat

Icahn haz seat on Yahoo board » VentureBeat — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:03:24 +0000

[...] As you can see, Icahn is still all about a transaction. So while there may be peace for now, don’t expect this saga to be truly over until Yahoo sells either its search business or the entire company. The leading contender in both regards remains, of course, Microsoft. [...]

By: Google pushes towards 70 percent of all U.S. searches. Yahoo, Microsoft going the other way. » VentureBeat

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:14:48 +0000

[...] in the search space. It has been trying to do so for the past several months, but the two sides cannot see eye to eye on terms (or just about anything [...]

By: Microsoft says Microsoft is upset with the way Yahoo portrayed Microsoft » VentureBeat

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:14:00 +0000

[...] finally got around to issuing a response to the statement Yahoo released on Saturday night saying it was rejecting what it felt was a unfair joint offer from …. Microsoft claims that Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock was being disingenuous in some of his claims that [...]

By: Roundup: Microsoft/Icahn offered Yahoo $2.3B, the Gphone continues to be imaginary and more » VentureBeat

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:25:03 +0000

[...] revenue — That money would have been guaranteed from search advertising for five years. Yahoo rejected that deal yesterday. Its current search ad deal with Google guarantees them $800 million a year but is more open. More [...]

By: Microsoft teams up with ruthless old-school billionaire, but still doesn’t manage to impress Yahoo

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:47:47 +0000

[...] Yahoo expects that a take-over will destabilize the company and, here it comes, that the company is satisfied with the Google advertisement deal – stating it has “superior financial value and less [...]