At Yahoo, the Exodus Continues
Friday, June 20th, 2008Qi Lu, Brad Garlinghouse and Vish Makhijani join a number of senior executives who have departed since Yahoo’s talks with Microsoft ended and it signed a search advertising deal with Google.
author By MIGUEL HELFT, source www.nytimes.com
Yahoo Shareholders Seek Repeal of Severance Plan
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008An employee severance plan put in place by Yahoo to protect workers after a merger with Microsoft could skew the outcome of a proxy battle, a lawsuit says.
author By MIGUEL HELFT, source www.nytimes.com
Icahn Wants New Chief for Yahoo
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008The billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn vowed to remove Jerry Yang, Yahoo’s chief executive, if he succeeds in replacing the company’s board with his own slate of directors.
author By MIGUEL HELFT and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, source www.nytimes.com
H.P. to Put Microsoft’s Live Search in PCs
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008The agreement, which takes effect next January for new PCs in the United States and Canada, displaces a similar one Hewlett-Packard has with Yahoo.
author By REUTERS, source www.nytimes.com
Lawsuit Criticizes Yahoo Retention Plan
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008The lawsuit against Yahoo’s board over its rebuff of Microsoft’s $47.5 billion buyout bid was made public by a judge who said that Yahoo had not shown good reason to keep it confidential.
author By MIGUEL HELFT, source www.nytimes.com
In Reversal, Microsoft Proposes New Deal to Yahoo
Monday, May 19th, 2008Microsoft has made a complex proposal that would involve collaboration in the online advertising business but would not involve a full takeover, the company said on Sunday.
author By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, source www.nytimes.com
Advertising: Yahoo and WPP in Partnership
Friday, May 16th, 2008The deal between Yahoo and WPP Group, the advertising holding company, will give WPP’s clients a broader swath of Web sites where they can aim their messages.
author By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD, source www.nytimes.com
Yahoo’s Chairman Disputes Icahn’s Accusations
Friday, May 16th, 2008Yahoo’s chairman rejected accusations from the billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn that the company’s board had acted irrationally in rejecting a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft.
author By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and MIGUEL HELFT, source www.nytimes.com
Icahn Is Said to Weigh a Proxy Fight at Yahoo
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Carl C. Icahn is considering a proxy fight for seats on Yahoo’s board in hopes of pushing the company to restart talks to sell itself to Microsoft.
author By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and MIGUEL HELFT, source www.nytimes.com
A Yahoo Shareholder on What Might Have Been
Monday, May 5th, 2008“Press reports that major shareholders would have been wiling to take $35 are probably not far off the mark,” said Bill Miller, Yahoo’s second-largest shareholder.
author By MIGUEL HELFT, source www.nytimes.com
After Deal Dies, Yahoo Weighs Its Next Move
Monday, May 5th, 2008As Yahoo investors wait to see how far their shares will fall after Microsoft withdrew its offer, a Google partnership is being considered as a lifeline.
author By MIGUEL HELFT, source www.nytimes.com
News Analysis: Microsoft’s Failed Yahoo Bid Risks Online Growth
Monday, May 5th, 2008Without a Yahoo deal, Microsoft faces a problem: its time-tested recipe for success isn’t working against Google.
author By STEVE LOHR, source www.nytimes.com
Microsoft Withdraws Its Bid for Yahoo
Sunday, May 4th, 2008Microsoft said it was abandoning its blockbuster bid after it raised its offer by $5 billion but Yahoo rejected it as still too low.
author By MIGUEL HELFT and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, source www.nytimes.com
For Microsoft, Holding Yahoo Talent May Be Costly
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008A look at that deal suggests that the hidden cost of “flight insurance” against employee defections may also be a reason Microsoft has resisted raising its bid.
author By STEVE LOHR, source www.nytimes.com
In Microsoft’s Yahoo Bid, a Question of Retention Bonuses
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008A look at that deal suggests that the hidden cost of “flight insurance” against employee defections may also be a reason Microsoft has resisted raising its bid.
author By STEVE LOHR, source www.nytimes.com
News Corp. May Join Yahoo Bid With Microsoft
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is in talks with Microsoft about joining in its contested bid for Yahoo, according to people involved in the discussions.
author By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and MIGUEL HELFT, source www.nytimes.com
Microsoft Said to Be Talking With News Corporation About Joint Yahoo Bid
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is in talks with Microsoft about joining in its contested bid for Yahoo, according to people involved in the discussions.
author By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and MIGUEL HELFT, source www.nytimes.com
Yahoo, Trying to Fend Off Microsoft, Plans Google Test
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Amid the bitter battle between Yahoo and Microsoft, Yahoo said it planned a limited test of Google’s search ad technology as part of an effort to remain independent.
author By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and MIGUEL HELFT, source www.nytimes.com
Economy Has Become a Drag on Silicon Valley
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008The gloom pervading the financial markets and the business climate has reached the land of innovation.
author By MATT RICHTEL and BRAD STONE, source www.nytimes.com
A Silicon Valley Slowdown
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008The broad economic downturn is starting to take a toll on the land of innovation.
author By MATT RICHTEL and BRAD STONE, source www.nytimes.com