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Tech Fantasies
Jan 22, 2009, 9:56am
Posted by Equity Private
It looks like the fantasy that tech was going to pull everything out (did anyone really believe this) has been torpedoed twice, is dead in the water and is listing 12 degrees to port. Microsoft Corp. will cut 5,000 jobs,...
Secrets And Lies And (Yes) Portfolio
Dec 10, 2008, 10:54am
Posted by Equity Private
Yes, we were quite shocked too, to find that Portfolio (yes, that Portfolio) seems to have an occasional penchant for investigative journalism. Or perhaps they are just more tolerant of reading SEC filings and the like than we have been...
Any Club That Would Have Me....
Nov 19, 2008, 12:56pm
Posted by Equity Private
It used to be that the Microsoft-Yahoo clash seemed, at its root, a "personality conflict." Yang and Ballmer's war of words was, at one point, so pointed that Ballmer was said unable to consider an acquisition of any kind while...
Do You Yahoo?
Oct 20, 2008, 8:34am
Posted by Equity Private
Poor Yahoo. They could be enjoying piles of cash and Microsoft stock at the moment. Indeed, Microsoft has had a bit of a battering as well, but compared to Yahoo they seem just ducky. Instead, Yahoo is about to, it...
Carl Icahn is like Ocho Cinco and T.O.
Posted in Proxy Fight, Jul 31, 2008, 2:48pm
Posted by Dealbreaker
Following in the footsteps of superstar NFL wide-outs Chad Johnson and Terrell Owens (and former Kansas Senator Bob Dole), Carl Icahn referred to himself in the third-person today on his blog post, "Concerning the Annual Yahoo! Meeting." "Additionally, if any...
You Know You Want It
Jul 24, 2008, 11:14am
Posted by Bess Levin
Before Steve Ballmer unveils Microsoft's new strategy for killing it, today at 11:30:...
Yahoo and Icahn Reach A Compromise Deal
Jul 21, 2008, 8:05am
Posted by John Carney
It is over. The proxy fight between Yahoo and Carl Icahn has ended, not with a bang but whimper. Yahoo this morning announced that the two sides had settled with a compromise board, our own Joe Weisenthal reports at PaidContent....
Drunk Sources at TechCrunch
Jun 25, 2008, 1:14pm
Posted by Dealbreaker
The source telling TechCrunch that Yahoo and Microsoft are talking about a full buyout again "must have been drunk" says Silicon Alley Insider's Henry Blodget. Instead, his source seems to indicate that Yahoo and Microsoft are discussing a search deal,...
Cautious Carl?
Jun 20, 2008, 4:14pm
Posted by John Carney
With no new posts today so far, billionaire dollar big boy Carl Icahn's blog is off to a rather bland start. Where are his diatribes against Yahoo? Are the lawyers curbing Carl's tongue? We're getting a bit worried. What if...
The Earnings Story Changes, The Actors Are Different, But The Spread Sheet Remains The Same
Posted in Earnings, Lehman, Merrill Lynch, Jun 16, 2008, 3:03pm
Posted by John Carney
While many on Wall Street focused on the second quarter earnings of Lehman Brothers, they may have overlooked something odd that occurred behind the scenes. In connection with this morning's earnings report, Lehman issued a detailed financial appendix breaking down...
Yahoo Is Doomed To Marginalization (Oh, And Microsoft Too)
Apr 25, 2008, 12:15pm
Posted by Equity Private
It seems likely that Microsoft's bid for Yahoo is slipping further and further away from possibility. And, if so, what does this mean for the two firms? Growing irrelevance. Monkey Boy has been hedging for the last week and a...
Bet You Want Us Real Bad Now, Don't You Yahoo? Yeah, You Do
Apr 24, 2008, 4:19pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Even though they launched this awesome new ad campaign some months back, Microsoft said profits from last year fell eleven percent, according to the Journal, which says it will have more information in a bit. Until then, amuse yourselves by...
Microsoft's Secret Weapon in Yahoo Bid: Advertising
Apr 10, 2008, 3:55pm
Posted by Bess Levin
A lot of people are talking about this Microsoft/Yahoo deal/non-deal today, DealBreaker included. Stuff about News Corp, AOL, etc, etc, etc. What's gone largely unnoticed, however, is Microsoft's new ad campaign. I don't even think anyone at Yahoo has seen...
