Microsoft Adversary Rises Instinctively at Yahoo Bid
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Whatever the outcome of Microsoftâs bid for Yahoo, the move and Googleâs countermoves mark an escalation in the confrontation between the two companies.
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Microsoft was urged to raise its $42 billion bid for the Internet company and warned Yahoo that it has few options left.
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Yahoo Inc   rejected Microsoft Corp's  unsolicited $41.6 billion  takeover offer as too low on Monday, forcing the software maker  either to sweeten the bid or adopt a hostile approach to clinch  a deal.
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Googleâs management team has an obsession with Microsoft, and that oversensitivity may well cloud their reaction to the prospect of Microsoft buying Yahoo.
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Microsoft may end up having to raise the amount it is willing to pay for Yahoo if the software company's stock continues to drop while Yahoo's continues to rise.
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Google Inc  fired back on Sunday at Microsoft Corp's  $44.6 billion bid to acquire Yahoo Inc , accusing Microsoft of seeking to extend its computer software monopoly deeper into the Internet realm.
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Fingers in both pies !!!!! Some of Yahoo!'s institutional investors are keen for the proposed Microsoft takeover to go ahead, not because they're pleased with the offer price but because they own shares in both Microsoft and Yahoo!.â¦
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Microsoft Corp made a  bid to buy Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion in cash and stock,  seeking to join forces against Google Inc in what would be the  biggest Internet deal since the Time Warner-AOL merger.
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In an unusually aggressive effort to block Microsoftâs $44.6 billion hostile bid for Yahoo, Google emerged over the weekend with plans to play the role of spoiler.
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BOSTON/SEATTLE  - Yahoo Inc's   second-biggest shareholder urged Microsoft Corp  to  raise its $42 billion bid for the Web pioneer and warned Yahoo  it has few options other than to accept, raising pressure for  them to seal a deal.
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With Yahooâs shares up slightly on the news that its board has officially rejected the $31 a share bid from Microsoft, it appears investors are betting the company is looking for a better deal.
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BOSTON/SEATTLE  - Yahoo Inc's  second-biggest shareholder urged Microsoft Corp  to raise its $42 billion bid for the Web pioneer and warned Yahoo it has few options other than to accept, raising pressure for them to seal a deal.
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Business software units of Yahoo  Inc  and Google Inc  are introducing beefed-up  versions of their Web-based software that compete with  Microsoft Outlook, offering yet another clue why Microsoft Corp   made a $45 billion unsolicited bid for Yahoo.
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In a bold move to counter Googleâs online pre-eminence, Microsoft said that it had made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo for about $44.6 billion in a mix of cash and stock.
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If Yahooâs board resists the offer, Microsoft wold have to pursue a proxy contest.
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Google Inc  fired back on  Sunday at Microsoft Corp's  $44.6 billion bid to  acquire Yahoo Inc , accusing Microsoft of seeking to  extend its computer software monopoly deeper into the Internet  realm.
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Yahoo's fiercest competitor, Google, has raised concerns about the possibility of Microsoft's takeover. Google's motives, of course, are hardly pure.