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Yahoo! Issues Statement in Response to Microsoft — SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Roy Bostock, Chairman of Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company issued the following statement today in response to Microsoft Corporation's announcement that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo!:
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Microsoft Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Yahoo! — Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc. — Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) today announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO).
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The Gillmor Gang:
Gillmor Gang Emergency Edition 05.03.08 — The Gillmor Gang - Mike Arrington, Doc Searls, Dan Farber, Dana Gardner, Robert Anderson, and Robert Scoble - turn off the lights on the Microsoft/Yahoo deal? Recorded Saturday, May 3, 2008. — This entry was posted on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 at 8:44 pm and is filed under Gillmor Gang.
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DealBook:
Guessing Yahoo's Opening Stock Price — Update: We've added more predictions below. Well, Yahoo seems to have gotten what it wanted. — The company managed to fend off Microsoft's unwanted advances, even after the software giant sweetened its bid by $5 billion — an amount Yahoo felt still wasn't enough.
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
MicroHoo: The Odd Couple Meetings Led Nowhere — After today's events, I guess you could say Yahoo and Microsoft tried, holding a series of meetings about a possible takeover that ended up proving exactly how incompatible the companies were. — Kind of like Oscar Madison and Felix Unger, but not funny in any way at all.
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Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
OK, so what's Microsoft's plan B? — With Yahoo apparently off the table, it's time to see what Microsoft's back-up plan looks like. — Microsoft has said for some time that it has a strategy with or without Yahoo, but it's a strategy clearly in need of a jump-start.
Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Offer After Attempt to Bridge Gap in Price — Microsoft Corp. said it abandoned its offer for Yahoo Inc., as the two companies failed to bridge a gap between them on price. — Microsoft Saturday released a letter from Chief Executive Steve Ballmer …
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
Report: A peek behind the Yahoo-Microsoft meltdown — Curious how Microsoft's multi-multi-multi-billion dollar buyout bid for Yahoo sputtered, then crashed? — Kara Swisher's BoomTown column in All Things Digital has an interesting account of the missteps, sidesteps …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo's Tough Week Ahead — At around 4:30 California time today news broke that Microsoft has formally withdrawn its offer to acquire Yahoo (see Ballmer's email to Microsoft employees here). — Among other things, that ends a three month stock party where the market value of Yahoo jumped …
Yi-Wyn Yen / Fortune:
Blame it on Google — Microsoft CEO Ballmer said the software giant decided to walk away from a bid because Yahoo would become ‘undesirable’ if it formed an alliance with Google. — (Fortune) — Google proved to be the final straw that broke Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's back.
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:Analysis of the Microsoft Decision, Plus Yahoo's Hari-Kari
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Breaking: Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Bid; Walks Away From Deal (Updated)
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Daniel Cochlin / Daily Mail:
Robobug goes to war: Troops to use electronic insects to spot enemy ‘by end of the year’ — It may have seemed like just another improbable scene from a Hollywood sci-fi flick - Tom Cruise battling against an army of robotic spiders intent on hunting him down.
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Lenovo IdeaPad U110 overview and video — After giving the new IdeaPad U110 its 15 minutes of fame in front of the camera, we got down to business. The 11.1-inch ultraportable is built like a tank — a really, really lightweight tank. The uniquely-designed lid and (overly) …
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