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November 19, 2009 |
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November 13, 2007 |
Ballmer: The 'BRIC' Will Grow Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said the company sees growth opportunities in emerging countries and the shift to digital advertising. |
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April 7, 2008
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Yahoo Calls Microsoft Out on Bid Ultimatum Yahoo fires back at Microsoft for its 'counterproductive' letter threatening a proxy fight. |
InternetNews
February 24, 2009
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Microsoft Sees Threat From Android Notebooks Ballmer and company dig in to stave off Google - and weigh a Yahoo partnership to bolster their plan. |
InternetNews
February 4, 2008
Stuart J. Johnston |
Ballmer: Software Vision Will Continue Whether Microsoft wins or loses its bid to buy Yahoo, the company is on an inexorable path to fulfill its software-plus-services vision. |
InternetNews
April 9, 2008 |
Shareholder Steps Into Microsoft-Yahoo Fray: Report Legg Mason may back Yahoo if Microsoft lowers its bid. |
InternetNews
April 7, 2008 |
Yahoo, Microsoft Bid Talk Heating Up As a three-week deadline set by Microsoft arrives, Yahoo responds. Ballmer also hints at hostility to come. |
InternetNews
July 20, 2004
Erin Joyce |
Microsoft To Buy Back $30B In Stock Microsoft moved to significantly boost the value of its shares Tuesday, as it announced a quarterly dividend of 8 cents per share as well as plans to buy back up to $30 billion of its own stock over the next four years. |
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Yahoo!'s Decker Doubles Down When Microsoft walked away from Yahoo!, it left behind a sea of shareholders who are now irate with Yahoo!'s executives, including new president Susan Decker. |
InternetNews
February 8, 2008 |
Industry Abuzz on What's Next: Yahoo/Microsoft A major investor in Yahoo has met with Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to see if he would raise a $42 billion unsolicited offer for the company. |
InternetNews
May 7, 2009
David Needle |
Ballmer: Microsoft Is 'Like a Startup' in Search Microsoft's CEO says a deal with Yahoo and the opportunity to "create a better search product" are still possible - but there's a long road ahead. |
InternetNews
February 5, 2008
Stuart J. Johnston |
Ballmer Fills in 'Software-Plus-Services' Plan CEO Steve Ballmer talks up Microsoft's approach to services and how they integrate with its software products. |
InternetNews
November 17, 2010 |
Investors Grill Microsoft Execs on Share Price At Microsoft's annual shareholders' meeting this week, company executives faced down questions from disgruntled investors over the firm's moribund share price. |
InternetNews
April 21, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
More Layoffs at Yahoo as Profits Fall 78% Yahoo is trimming costs in the face of continued slowdown in ad spending. |
Search Engine Watch
August 6, 2008
Kevin Ryan |
Woohoo for Yahoo Even after the vote re-count, a majority of shareholders voted Yahoo's board in, and Carl Icahn settled for the right to propose two board seats and a spot for himself. At the end of the day, what's more important than rebuilding the Web's biggest brand? |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
You're on the Clock, Ballmer Microsoft's fiery CEO is still hungry for Yahoo!'s search business and suggests that now's the time. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Life After Microhoo Yahoo! shareholders are resentful. Microsoft investors are relieved. The rest of the market is shocked. Is the deal really dead? |
Fast Company
June 2010
Farhad Manjoo |
Microsoft Needs Bill Gates Back Steve Ballmer needs to be replaced as Microsoft CEO ... by Bill Gates. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2010
Anders Bylund |
As Executives Flee, Is Microsoft Falling Apart? Microsoft is slowly losing talent. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Doesn't Yahoo! Get a Say? Billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Microsoft insist that only a new boardroom -- ideally populated by the slate of directors that Icahn is proposing -- will lead Microsoft to reopen acquisition talks with Yahoo!. |
InternetNews
March 6, 2008
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft CEO Holds Court on Vista, iPhone & Yahoo Steve Ballmer answers questions from an old nemesis about where Microsoft's future lies and why. |
InternetNews
November 5, 2007 |
Microsoft Defends Facebook Stake Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says $240 million spend in Facebook was a key investment. |
InternetNews
July 2, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft: One Year After Bill Gates' Exit Changes inside Microsoft have been subtle since Gates left day-to-day operations to Ballmer and other execs. |
InternetNews
July 17, 2009 |
Microsoft and Yahoo Finally to Ink the Ad Deal? After a tortured year-and-a-half of stop-start negotiations, Microsoft and Yahoo could be getting close to signing a deal to partner in online advertising. Or not. |
InternetNews
February 15, 2007
Michael Hickins |
Ballmer: 'We Don't Like Being Number Three' Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Microsoft is committed to overtaking Google and Yahoo online. |
InternetNews
July 30, 2009 |
Ballmer on Yahoo Deal: 'Nobody Gets It' At its annual financial analysts conclave, Microsoft's CEO explains his view of the Yahoo deal, and reveals the driver behind Windows 7. |
InternetNews
July 28, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft On Demand? Microsoft plans a move toward Web-based services connecting with Windows and Office. Customers might buy "cloud-based services" (Microsoft's description) as a way to leave the server and software with Microsoft. |
Popular Mechanics
May 7, 2008
Nilay Patel |
The Microhoo That Would've Been--and Why It Might Not Matter It's probably for the best that the Microsoft-Yahoo deal is off, but on the surface, the takeover bid made perfect sense. |
InternetNews
October 17, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
Ballmer Slaps Google, Ogles Yahoo, Anoints Vista Microsoft's CEO outlines the company's thinking and provides a peek at what's coming down the line. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2012
Dawn Kawamoto |
Yahoo!'s Yang Out, Board Selection Trumps New CEO Selection Yahoo! is reportedly on the prowl for new board directors, as shareholder activist Third Point LLC is increasing pressure to name its own competing slate. |
InternetNews
June 25, 2009
David Needle |
Bartz Talks Yahoo's Execution Challenge Yahoo's CEO gives a peek at some of the Web giant's next steps and how she came to join the company in the first place. |
InternetNews
December 10, 2008
David Needle |
Ax Falls at Yahoo as Yang Notes 'Tough Times' Yahoo follows through on plans to lay off at least 1,500 employees. |
InternetNews
January 22, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Misses Earnings, First Layoffs Ahead Microsoft remains profitable in a distressed economy, but is cutting 5,000 staffers to hold down expenses. |
Search Engine Watch
November 19, 2008
Kevin Ryan |
Yahoo's Next Move While many onlookers see Jerry Yang's tenure as CEO of Yahoo as a failure, that's not really accurate. He stepped in to rebuild a floundering machine, and is now making way for the next evolution of the world's most powerful portal. |
InternetNews
February 28, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Shareholders Blast Yahoo Over Microsoft Bid Yahoo said that seven shareholder groups have filed lawsuits against the company's board of directors since Microsoft announced its unsolicited bid to take over the company. |
InternetNews
April 9, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Yahoo to Test-Drive Google's AdSense Yahoo announced that it was conducting a trial of Google's AdSense for Search product to place ads alongside Yahoo's search results. |
InternetNews
July 20, 2004
Erin Joyce |
Microsoft's $75 Billion Surprise Microsoft moved to significantly boost the value of its stock Tuesday as part of a plan to share about $75 billion with investors over the next four years. |
InternetNews
December 24, 2008
Stuart J. Johnston |
A Year of Change Ahead for Microsoft in 2009 Goodbye, Bill Gates, hello headaches. As Microsoft's founder departs to run his charitable work, the company finds itself with a multitude of challenges. |
InternetNews
February 1, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Microsoft Looks to Buy Yahoo Microsoft today announced a $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, looking to combine forces in a move to combat Google's dominant position in search and Internet advertising. |
InternetNews
March 5, 2008 |
Yahoo Buys Some Breathing Room Yahoo extended its deadline to nominate board directors, gaining time to seek alternatives or negotiate friendlier terms to a $41.7 billion buyout offer from Microsoft. |
Search Engine Watch
July 2, 2008
Kevin Ryan |
Yahoo's Judgment Day Microsoft was set to save Yahoo from certain death with a solid offer to purchase assets, but according to yesterday's shareholder presentation the deal wasn't such a great idea. |
InternetNews
April 10, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Ballmer Huddles With Bartz; Google Eyes Twitter Reports say the CEOs of Microsoft and Yahoo held their first meeting. Meanwhile, both Microsoft and Google court Twitter for search. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is Microsoft Buying Twitter? Mr. Softy may be taking a hard look at Twitter. Is now the time to buy? |
InternetNews
January 7, 2010 |
Android Trumps Microsoft at CES, Say Analysts Microsoft has always cast a long shadow over this show, but this year, Android gave it a big fight. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Microsoft Plays Hard Ballmer Microsoft's pointed missive over the weekend -- which puts Yahoo! on the clock to accept its buyout bid within three weeks -- is a flare that some in the media have mistaken for a warning shot. |
InternetNews
April 9, 2008 |
Yahoo in Talks With Google Over Search Ads Yahoo is in advanced talks to carry Web search advertising from Google as part of a test to evaluate the revenue potential of a broader outsourcing arrangement. |
Wall Street & Technology
March 5, 2010
Melanie Rodier |
Steve Ballmer: Microsoft Is "Betting Our Company" On The Cloud Speaking at the University of Washington, Ballmer spoke of the evolution of the Redmond-based company best known for its Windows and Office PC software, to a cloud computing company. |
Search Engine Watch
August 30, 2010
Bas van den Beld |
Yahoo's Split Personality: Let's Help Them Out Senior VP Shashi Seth claims Yahoo will always be a search engine, even though CEO Carol Bartz told us that Yahoo has never been a search company. Can we help Yahoo find a cure for their identity crisis? |
Search Engine Watch
June 11, 2008
Kevin Ryan |
Carl Icahn Can't Save Yahoo Last week's public exchange between Icahn and Yahoo management is just the latest round of treating symptoms while ignoring the illness. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2011
Eric Dutram |
Friday's ETF to Watch: S&P Software Index Fund Is Ballmer holding Microsoft back? |
