Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has confirmed that Microsoft is no longer interested in buying his company but is looking at other relationships. Yang said that his company is not under Volish ‘siege’, but Steve Ballmer was negotiating other forms of partnership. He added that the Yahoo board was listening to such overtures. Had Ballmer wished, [...]

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Yahoo has sued a group of unknown lottery spammers, even if it is highly unlikely the wrongdoers responsible will ever be in court. Lottery spammers send you emails saying that you have won some kind of prize or lottery winnings from Yahoo. The suit claims trademark infringement and breaking the Federal CAN-SPAM Act, and related [...]

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Yahoo has opened up a look at its browser-as-application-platform service called BrowserPlus, a dynamic extender of online services. Rich Internet application platforms received another addition to a field already containing Adobe Air, Google Gears, and an assortment of startups like Pageflakes and Netvibes, as Yahoo gave people a look at BrowserPlus. The service has been [...]

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Yahoo seems to be in a turmoil and has postponed its shareholder meeting for the second time in an attempt to buy more time from a potential revolt against its board for rejecting Microsoft‘s offer to buy the search engine. Edward Kozel, a board member, is resigning. Kozel said he originally planned to step down [...]

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Google’s top brass are meeting Monday to figure out a response to how Microsoft’s new overtures toward Yahoo affect Google’s potential ad deal with Yahoo. Google and Yahoo have been discussing a partnership under which Google would supply some text ads alongside Yahoo search results; both companies expressed satisfaction with a limited two-week test. However, [...]

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Last week, billionaire financier Carl Icahn decided to launch a proxy fight in an attempt to force Yahoo into a shotgun marriage to Microsoft. Now, Microsoft has let it be known that it is still interested in pursuing some sort of deal with Yahoo. While another bid for the company isn’t currently in the cards, [...]

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Microsoft announced Sunday afternoon it has issued another proposal to Yahoo that calls for a transaction with Yahoo, but that would not involve the acquisition of all of Yahoo’s assets. The announcement comes just days after billionaire investor Carl Icahn launched a proxy fight to unseat Yahoo’s current board at the Internet search pioneer’s upcoming [...]

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Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock has hit back at Carl Icahn, following the investor’s attempts to overthrow the company’s board of directors. In an open letter to the billionaire, Bostock defended the current board’s decision to turn down Microsoft’s takeover bid. He also attacked Icahn’s decision to put forward 10 nominees as potential new management for [...]

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Yahoo‘s stock abruptly reversed its long, slow slide to $20 on news that Carl Icahn may launch a proxy fight for the company. Scott Galloway, an activist investor who recently forced his way onto the New York Times board, is also said to be considering making a play. According to CNBC, Icahn has begun accumulating [...]

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Yahoo have opened up their geographic database. The service is part of what Yahoo calls the Yahoo Internet Location Platform, a service currently in beta testing that’s designed to help developers build geographic features into the Internet. The service fits neatly into the Yahoo Open Services plan under which the company is trying to make [...]

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