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Yahoo! Rejects Microsoft/Icahn Proposal
Yahoo! confirmed today that it has rejected a joint proposal from Microsoft Corporation and Carl Icahn for a complex restructuring of Yahoo! that would include the acquisition of Yahoo!’s search business by Microsoft. The proposal was made on Friday evening and Yahoo! was given less than 24 hours to accept the proposal, the fundamental terms [...]
Yahoo! Remains Open to Value Maximizing Transactions
Yahoo! today issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Microsoft Corporation that it is continuing to review potential transactions with Yahoo!: “Yahoo! has confirmed with Microsoft that it is not interested in pursuing an acquisition of all of Yahoo! at this time. Yahoo! and its Board of Directors continue to consider a [...]
Microsoft Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per Share
Microsoft today announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo! Board of Directors to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion. Microsoft’s proposal would allow the Yahoo! shareholders to elect to receive cash or a fixed [...]
WSJ Teams With Microsoft for Contextual and Paid Search Advertising
The Wall Street Journal Digital Network today announced an agreement in which Microsoft Corp. becomes the exclusive third-party provider of contextual and paid search advertising for its network of sites, including The Wall Street Journal Online, Barrons.com, MarketWatch.com, AllThingsD.com and others. “Relevant and targeted digital advertising is important to our business and to the quality [...]
Microsoft Announces Offer to Acquire Fast Search
Microsoft today announced that it will make an offer to acquire Fast Search & Transfer ASA, a leading provider of enterprise search solutions, through a cash tender offer for 19.00 Norwegian kroner (NOK) per share. This offer represents a 42 percent premium to the closing share price on Jan. 4, 2008 (the last trading day [...]
Microsoft Acquires One of Europe’s Top Online Map Services
Microsoft Corp. has acquired Multimap, one of the United Kingdom’s top 100 technology companies and one of the leading online mapping services in the world. The acquisition gives Microsoft a powerful new location and mapping technology to complement existing offerings such as Virtual Earth, Live Search, Windows Live services, MSN and the aQuantive advertising platform, [...]
Facebook and Microsoft Expand Strategic Alliance
Facebook and Microsoft today announced that the two companies would expand their advertising partnership and that Microsoft will take a $240 million equity stake in Facebook’s next round of financing at a $15 billion valuation. Under the expanded strategic alliance, Microsoft will be the exclusive third-party advertising platform partner for Facebook, and will begin to [...]
Microsoft Launched Virtual Earth – 3DVIA
Dassault Systèmes (DS) and Microsoft todaylaunched Microsoft Virtual Earth -3DVIA (Technology Preview). This free online application, developed by Dassault Systèmes, allows consumers to imagine and create realistic 3-D models — such as of buildings and structures — then share them through Microsoft Virtual Earth and online communities. “Virtual Earth -3DVIA users will be able to [...]