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May 7 2008
Yahoo!, whose shares fell 20 per cent on Monday after Microsoft dropped its $47.5 billion (£24 billion) bid for the company, is likely to face pressure and possibly a proxy battle from activist hedge funds looking to revive the deal....
Apr 28 2008
What’s most important to you – the computer you carry around in your bag or your pocket, or the data that is stored upon it?...
Apr 14 2008
A latent pool of 'hidden innovators' could potentially add a staggering £15 billion to the UK economy by 2012 - if the right conditions were created - according to new figures....
Feb 19 2008
The sands are shifting in Silicon Valley. Microsoft, eager to foil Google's plans for global success, made an offer for Yahoo! - to the great consternation of many Yahoo! users and staff....
Feb 15 2008
Yahoo! is in talks on a possible deal with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, but analysts said yesterday that an alternative bid was unlikely to emerge to rival Microsoft's $42.1 billion (£21.5 billion) offer....
Feb 12 2008
Last week Microsoft made a $44.6 billion bid for the world's most famous exclamation mark!...
Feb 6 2008
Microsoft's $41 billion (£20.9 billion) takeover bid for struggling internet pioneer Yahoo appears to have backed the company into a corner - leaving it with the unpleasant choice of selling to a detested rival or pursuing other agonising alternatives likely to require the help of an even fiercer foe, Google....