Yahoo CEO hoping to thwart Microsoft
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Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang told employees Wednesday that the struggling Internet pioneer is still examining ways to avoid a takeover by rival Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Corp will authorize a  proxy battle for Yahoo Inc this week to convince the Web  company's shareholders to agree on a takeover deal that the  Yahoo board so far has rejected, the New York Times' Dealbook  blog said on Tuesday.
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What Yahoo! can do for Microsoft--and what it can't.
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Yahoo's rejection Monday of Microsoft's buyout offer sets the stage for the US software giant to up the ante or attempt a coup by ousting the Internet firm's board of directors.
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Redmond appears ready to appeal directly to Yahoo shareholders to sell their stock to Microsoft, even as Yahoo sets the table to make an acquisition more difficult.
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Yahoo Inc. hopes media conglomerate News Corp. can rescue it from a Microsoft Corp. takeover Â or at least prove the slumping Internet pioneer is worth more money than its unsolicited suitor wants to pay.
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Microsoft Corp plans to invest heavily in Web search to competes against Google Inc, even if it fails to acquire Yahoo Inc, the company's chairman Bill Gates said on Monday.
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Google could help keep Yahoo away from Microsoft if it took over selling search ads for Yahoo in return for a very large check. That money could help finance all sorts of possible deals.
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Microsoft plans to intensify its pursuit of Yahoo this week when it authorizes a proxy fight to oust Yahoo&#39;s board, meaning the 19-day old acquisition attempt will soon turn a darker shade of ugly, according to The New York Times.
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The CEO of the embattled internet company hopes to avoid a takeover, while trying to reassure his workers -- even though many stand to lose their jobs regardless of what happens.
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Microsoft is turning to debt to finance its Yahoo! deal.  The stakes must be very, very high.
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Microsoft will wage a proxy fight to oust Yahooâs directors, people briefed on the matter told DealBook.
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Microsoft Corp.'s proposed $42 billion purchase of Yahoo Inc. would establish the world's largest software maker as a "strong No. 2 competitor" against online search leader Google Inc., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday.
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Yahoo is exploring a possible alliance with media conglomerate News Corp. to stave off a take-over by software giant Microsoft, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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Yahoo Inc's board of directors is to  meet on Friday to discuss Microsoft Corp's $44.6 billion buyout  offer, the TechCrunch blog said, citing unnamed sources.
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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.
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Yahoo Inc  insiders are  mulling ties to rival Google Inc  as a possible defense  to rebuff Microsoft Corp's  takeover bid, a person  familiar with Yahoo management's thinking said on Sunday.